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    A bus pulls into its stop at Ministry Saint Clare's Hospital in Weston in January. Ministry Health Care plans a reduction in workforce, the organization announced Tuesday. Dan Young/Daily Herald Media

    Updated: Ministry Health to cut hundreds of jobs, cites federal sequester effects

    Ministry Health Care plans to lay off hundreds of employees, citing a decline in patients and reimbursement rates as well as the impact of the federal sequestration bill.

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  1. Lea Bessinger salvages a picture of Jesus as she and her son, Josh Bessinger, sort through the rubble of the elder Bessinger's tornado-ravaged home Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Moore, Okla. A huge tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburb Monday, flattening an entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) AP

    Tornado confirmed as EF5, search for survivors almost complete (update, video, photos)

    The search for survivors and the dead is nearly complete in the Oklahoma City suburb that was smashed by a mammoth tornado, the fire chief said Tuesday.

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  2. State will take to air, land to target summer traffic violators

    The Wisconsin Department of Transportation announced Tuesday a series of initiatives aimed at improving traffic safety and reducing road deaths during the summer, including the launch of the department's first smartphone application.

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  3. Zoey Yang, a kindergartner, reacts as she has an oxygen tank put on her by firefighter Kris Grod at the Weston Fire Department, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. Students from Weston Elementary School were rewarded for their efforts in a reading contest with breakfast and a tour of fire department along with a ride to school in one of the fire trucks. The kids in the background are from left, Mikayla Pozorski, a second grader, Katie Kloth, a third grader, Rose Schommer, a first grader, and Xander Buntrock a 5th grader. Dan Young/Daily Herald Media

    Weston Elementary School's top readers tour fire department

    In an effort to teach fire safety and encourage young students in the D.C. Everest Area School District to read, the Weston Fire Department opened its doors today for Weston Elementary School's top readers.

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  4. A 2008 ordinance requires all driveways in the city of Wausau, such as this one on Wausau's east side, to be paved by Sept. 30, 2014. Daily Herald Media file photo

    City to consider delaying due date for paving driveways

    The Wausau Plan Commission today will consider extending the date by which city residents must have gravel driveways paved.

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    Alex Nowak, 18, shows some of work he'll have on display at '3P Painting Pottery Pencils' at Wausau West High School. Keith Uhlig/Daily Herald Media

    Wausau's student artists in the spotlight

    Art created on both sides of the river will take center stage this evening when Wausau East and West high schools offer exhibitions of student work.

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  5. Proposal would require work under FoodShare

    An estimated 63,000 able-bodied adults without dependents would have to work or participate in training at least 20 hours a week to receive full FoodShare benefits under a proposal by Gov. Scott Walker to be debated Tuesday by the Legislature's budget committee.

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    FILE- In this Wednesday, May 23, 2012, file photo, a new home still under construction is seen for sale in Springfield, Ill. Americans signed more contracts to buy previously occupied homes in May, matching the fastest pace in two years. The increase suggests home sales will rise this summer and the modest housing recovery will continue. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File) Seth Perlman

    Housing rebound continues in Wisconsin

    MILWAUKEE — Housing sales in Wisconsin continue to rebound.

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    Police Log

    On Monday, officers responded to the 700 block of Jackson Street for a welfare check. A 20-year-old woman was arrested on two Marathon County warrants.

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  6. Enter the Hub's 'West Side Story' ticket giveaway contest!

    Are you a Shark or a Jet? Either way, you'll want to enter our "West Side Story" ticket contest, where we'll give away free tickets to the showing of the classic musical May 23 at The Grand theater in Wausau. Check it out today!

    • May 10, 2013
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    Distraught Spencer man charged with 4th OWI in 5 years

    A Spencer man is facing felony drunken-driving charges after he told police he drank heavily at a bar because he was distraught over his wife's affair and a relative's illness.

    • May 20, 2013
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    Police: Beef-stick heist leads to heroin bust

    A Wausau woman accused of trying to steal beef sticks, flowers and other merchandise from a Wausau grocery store found herself in more serious trouble when thousands of dollars of heroin fell out of her bra during her arrest, police said.

    • May 20, 2013
  7. Michele Shopinski and her daughters Kate and Grace volunteer at the Humane Society of Marathon County. T'xer Zhon Kha/Daily Herald Media Volunteer Michele Shopinski, right, and her daughters, Kate and Grace, help out Friday at the Humane Society of Marathon County shelter in Wausau. Tâ??xer Zhon Kha/Daily Herald Media Volunteer Michele Shopinski, right, puts on a safe vest while her daughters Kate and Grace padding a dog Friday afternoon, March 29, 2013, at the Humane Society of Marathon County in Wausau.

    City of Wausau begins search for humane officer

    The city of Wausau today posted to its website an opening for a humane officer with a application deadline of June 3.

    • May 20, 2013
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    Wausau native leads $1.1B purchase of Tumblr

    Yahoo is buying online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 billion as CEO Marissa Mayer tries to rejuvenate an Internet icon that had fallen behind the times.

    • May 20, 2013
  8. Friends and neighbors help out a resident in Lyon County just south of Emporia, Kan., Sunday evening, May 19, 2013 after an apparent tornado touched down. (AP Photo/Emporia Gazette, Matthew Fowler)

    Interactive map shows states hit by tornadoes

    On Sunday there were several reports of tornadoes in five states.

    • May 20, 2013
  9. Donna Brown of Wausau speaks Monday at a health care rally at the Marathon County Courthouse. She and others urged state lawmakers to challenge Gov. Scott Walker's decision to reject federal funds available for the expansion of BadgerCare. Dan Young/Daily Herald Media

    BadgerCare advocates press GOP to accept Medicaid funding

    State Rep. Mandy Wright of Wausau and local advocacy groups urged Republican legislators Monday to reverse the governor's decision and accept federal Medicaid expansion money.

    • May 20, 2013
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    FILE - In a June 11, 2007 file photo, Helen Heinlo smokes outside of a coffee shop in Belmont, Calif. Millions of smokers could be priced out of health insurance because of tobacco penalties in President Barack Obama's health care law, say experts. The Affordable Care Act allows health insurers to charge smokers buying an individual policy up to 50 percent higher premiums starting next Jan. 1. For a 55-year-old smoker, the penalty could reach nearly $4,250 a year. A 60-year-old could wind up paying nearly $5,100 on top of premiums. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File) Paul Sakuma/AP

    State workers who smoke would pay $50 fee

    MADISON— State workers who smoke would have to pay $50 more per month for health insurance under a proposal by Gov. Scott Walker.

    • May 20, 2013
  10. Map: 5 states from Texas to Missouri under 'tornado watch'

    The National Weather Service placed parts of five storm-battered states -- Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas and Texas -- under a "tornado watch" Monday afternoon, meaning that conditions are favorable for tornadoes to develop within the next few hours.

    • May 20, 2013
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    The soldiers of Charlie Battery stood inside the Noel Hangar at the Stevens Point Municipal Airport in 2006 as they were welcomed home from Iraq. A photo exhibition honoring soldiers, sailors and Marines who served in Iraq and Afghanistan will open Memorial Day at UWMC.

    UWMC exhibit to honor Iraq, Afghanistan veterans

    The University of Wisconsin Marathon County will play host to 'Always Lost,' an extensive photo exhibition about the sacrifices U.S. military members have made since Sept. 11, 2001.

    • May 20, 2013
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    CORRECTION

    Wisconsin Valley Lutheran High School administrator David Beringer was identified incorrectly in a photo caption on page 3A of Sunday's newspaper. The guest speaker pictured was the Rev. Gary Albert.

    • May 20, 2013
  11. Short closures scheduled for Highway 51 this week

    Highway 51 between Bridge Street and Decator Drive on Wausau's northwest side will undergo short closures this week due to blasting operations.

    • May 20, 2013
  12. $1 million Powerball tickets sold in Antigo, Milwaukee

    MADISON — Two tickets sold in Wisconsin are worth $1 million apiece after Saturday night’s Powerball drawing.

    • May 20, 2013
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    Marathon County Jail booking officer Bill Beaudry enters an incoming prisoner into the computer during the booking process while the prisoner makes his one allowed phone call in 2010. Daily Herald Media file photo

    Sheriff, jail ignored plan to address problems (with documents)

    Marathon County officials created an action plan to address problems at the jail two years before a March 27 attack that left two officers injured, but they then put that plan on a shelf and failed to follow through on it.

    • May 19, 2013
  13. Police: Beef sticks, razor theft leads to drug bust

    A 35-year-old Wausau woman is facing drug charges after she allegedly attempted to steal from a grocery store on Wausau west side early Sunday morning.

    • May 20, 2013
  14. Wausau Paper releases details in mill sale

    Wausau Paper today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its mills in Mosinee and Rhinelander to a private equity firm. It also released details of the agreement.

    • May 20, 2013
  15. Rain, thunderstorms likely tonight (video)

    Today will be partly sunny with a high near 83 degrees and a 30 percent chance of rain and thunderstorms after 4 p.m., according to the National Weather Service.

    • May 20, 2013
  16. Wausau Paper releases new towel, tissue product line

    Wausau Paper Monday announced the launch of a new premium line of cloth-like towl and tissue products made with 100 percent recycled fiber.

    • May 20, 2013
  17. Stevens Point hopes to rank well in National Bike Challenge

    Coming off an 11th place finish in last year's challenge, bikers are gearing up for this year's National Bike Challenge.

    • May 19, 2013
  18. 'The Blues Brothers' rock Wausau West Pop Concert (video)

    Students perform as "The Blues Brothers" during the 41st Annual Wausau West Pop Concert, which began Friday. The concert continues at 8 p.m. tonight and Tuesday.

    • May 20, 2013
  19. Updated: Name released in fatal ATV crash

    HARRISON -- Authorities have released the name of the man killed in an all-terrain vehicle crash on an ATV trail in the town of Harrison.

    • May 20, 2013
  20. Police seek motorcycle driver

    TOMAHAWK The Lincoln County Sheriff's Department is looking for the driver of a motorcycle who led deputies on a high speed chase Sunday near Tomahawk.

    • May 20, 2013
  21. Gov. Scott Walker talks to a group of people at Applied Laser Technologies in Weston during his State of the State Tour. Walker emphasized themes of creating jobs, passing a mining bill, reforming government and education, cutting taxes and rebuilding the state’s infrastructure. Daily Herald Media file photo

    Will he run? Gov. Walker to headline Iowa GOP event

    DES MOINES, Iowa— Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker will visit Iowa this week to deliver a speech that may bolster speculation that he will run for president in 2016.

    • May 20, 2013
  22. A boy is pulled from beneath a collapsed wall Monday at the Plaza Towers Elementary School following a tornado in Moore, Okla AP

    Medical examiner: 24 dead in Oklahoma twister (update, video, photos)

    Search-and-rescue crews worked through the night after a monstrous tornado barreled through the Oklahoma City suburbs, demolishing an elementary school and reducing homes to piles of splintered wood.

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  23. Magic, a pit bull terrier, stands on his hind legs to greet visitors at the Humane Society of Marathon County's shelter. About half of the dogs in the shelter are pit bulls, which are difficult to adopt out and tend to cost the shelter more than other dogs because it takes so long to find them homes. Dan Young/Daily Herald Media

    Pit bulls crowd Humane Society

    About half of all the dogs housed at the Humane Society of Marathon County's shelter are pit bulls, animals that are difficult to adopt out and stretch the agency's budget because of their vicious reputation.

    • May 19, 2013
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    Police: Dog that bit girl likely to be euthanized

    The 2-year-old pit bull that on May 12 attacked a 7-year-old Wausau girl in the face likely will be euthanized, according to Wausau Police Department officials.

    • May 19, 2013
  24. ATV crash kills Rhinelander man

    HARRISON -- A 49-year-old Rhinelander man was killed in an all-terrain vehicle crash that happened just after 6 p.m. on an ATV trail in the town of Harrison.

    • May 19, 2013
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    Jennifer Hasse-Rau, right, of Wausau, and Alina Muller, of Minneapolis, volunteer to help search for the missing Stephanie Low on Sunday in Wausau. T'xer Zhon Kha/Daily Herald Media

    Searching for answers to Stephanie Low's disappearance

    Friends and family members of Stephanie Low scoured an area along the Rib River on Sunday, hoping to find any clues that could answer the question of what happened to her.

    • May 19, 2013
  25. Marlena Hodson walks out of her home as her grandsons, Campbell Miller, 10, and Dillon Miller, 13, at right, help her sort through belongings after a tornado damaged her home Carney Okla., on Sunday, May 19, 2013. Hodson and her family left the home to escape the tornado. AP

    Twisters slam Oklahoma, killing 2; more storms possible today

    Several tornadoes ravaged parts of the American heartland, reducing portions of a mobile home park to rubble and killing two elderly men.

    • May 20, 2013
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    Wisconsin bill would ban mandatory flu shots

    MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin employers, including hospitals and nursing homes, could no longer require workers to get flu shots under a bill pending in the Legislature.

    • May 19, 2013
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    Beat Notes: Merrill sells renovated downtown building

    The Merrill City Council last week unanimously approved selling the property at 811 and 813 E. First St. to Brion and Nicole Hoffman for $35,000.

    • May 19, 2013
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    Black flies at Wis. refuge plague whooping cranes

    MILWAUKEE (AP) — Experts say a swarm of black flies appears to be the best explanation for why endangered whooping cranes are abandoning their nests at a Wisconsin wildlife refuge.

    • May 19, 2013
  26. Hannah Vakoc stands with some of the 400-plus baked goods sold Friday at her family's garage sale. Proceeds from the bake sale went to help a young boy with the same type of leukemia Hannah had. Contributed photo

    Girl, 8, pays hope forward to infant with leukemia

    The kindness of strangers has impacted an 8-year-old Wisconsin Rapids girl — and now, she will be helping a little boy she has never met.

    • May 19, 2013
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    Clockwise from left, Boy Scouts Eric Kusterer, Jacob Sorah, James Sorah, Micah Brownlee and Cub Scout John Sorah hold signs at the "Save Our Scouts" Prayer Vigil and Rally in front of the Boy Scouts of America National Headquarters in Irving, Texas on Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013. With its ranks deeply divided, the Boy Scouts of America is asking its local leaders from across the country to decide whether its contentious membership policy should be overhauled so that openly gay boys can participate in Scout units. The proposal to be put before the roughly 1,400 voting members of the BSA's National Council on Thursday, May 23, 2013 at a meeting in Grapevine, Texas, would retain the Scouts' long-standing ban on gays serving in adult leadership positions. AP Photo/Richard Rodriguez

    Will Boy Scouts accept gay youth? Vote is imminent

    With its ranks deeply divided, the Boy Scouts of America is asking its local leaders from across the country to decide whether its contentious membership policy should be overhauled so that openly gay boys can participate in Scout units.

    • May 18, 2013
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    Brianwa Flores, left, and Katie Cosentino from the Illinois State Lottery greet fans before Game 2 of an NHL playoff game between the Detroit Red Wings and the Chicago Blackhawks in Chicago on Saturday. Nam Y. Huh/AP

    $590M Powerball ticket sold in Florida

    It's all about the odds, and one lone ticket in Florida has beaten them all by matching each of the numbers drawn for the highest Powerball jackpot in history at an estimated $590.5 million.

    • May 19, 2013
  27. Weather forecast: Summer-like Sunday in store (with video)

    Can it be that summer weather is here? At least for today it is.

    • May 19, 2013
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    The day in photos: May 19, 2013

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    • May 19, 2013
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    About 430 of the 754 students who graduated from Northcentral Technical College this spring participated in the college's commencement ceremony Saturday morning at Wausau West High School. Keith Uhlig/Daily Herald Media

    Older NTC graduates reflect on economy, need for lifelong education (with video)

    More than half of Saturday's Northcentral Technical College graduates were age 25 or older, telling a compelling story of the impact of a ragged economy and the need for lifelong education.

    • May 18, 2013

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