EPA bans consumer use of a toxic chemical widely used as a paint stripper but known to cause cancer
The EPA said Tuesday it has finalized a ban on consumer uses of methylene chloride, a chemical that is widely used as a paint stripper but is known to cause liver cancer and other health problems.
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday it has finalized a ban on consumer uses of methylene chloride, a chemical that is widely used as a paint stripper but is known to cause liver cancer and other health problems.
The EPA said its action will protect Americans from health risks while allowing certain commercial uses to continue with…
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US drug control agency will move to reclassify marijuana in a historic shift, AP sources say
The DEA's proposal would recognize the medical uses of cannabis and acknowledge it has less potential for abuse than some of the nation’s most dangerous drugs.
By ZEKE MILLER, JOSHUA GOODMAN, JIM MUSTIAN and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, The Associated Press has learned, a historic shift to generations of American drug policy that could have wide ripple effects across the country.
The DEA’s proposal, which still must be reviewed…
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Wausau School District budget deficit could soar higher
Declining enrollment, state revenue limits and other challenges could push the Wausau School District's multi-million dollar deficit even further, officials acknowledge.
Damakant Jayshi
Declining enrollment, state revenue limits and other challenges could push the Wausau School District’s multi-million dollar deficit even further, officials acknowledge.
Though a look at district budgets over the past three years show deficits as a recurring theme, the amount skyrocketed from about $1.53 million in 2020-2021 to an estimated $3.5 million for the upcoming school…
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D.C. Everest softball cruises past Wausau East
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WESTON – D.C. Everest scored seven times in the first inning and went on to a 15-2 rout of Wausau East in a Wisconsin Valley Conference softball game Monday at D.C. Everest High School.
The Evergreens scored in all four of their at-bats and rode the pitching of Addison Kluck and Kelsey Meverden to finish off the victory, improving to 7-4 overall and 5-2 in the WVC.
Kluck…
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Seven-run sixth pushes Wausau West softball past Marshfield
Wausau Pilot & Review
WAUSAU – Wausau West erupted for seven runs in the bottom of the sixth inning, erasing a one-run deficit and went on to finish off Marshfield 11-7 in a Wisconsin Valley Conference softball game Monday at West High School.
Marshfield scored twice in the first inning on an RBI double by Ashlyn Barwick and a groundout, and Shylah Brogan smacked a two-run homer in the third to…
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Bucks and 76ers, who had high expectations this season, face early elimination Tuesday in Game 5s
NEW YORK (AP) — Perhaps neither Milwaukee nor Philadelphia would’ve been good enough to beat a Boston team that ran away to the NBA’s best record.
The Bucks and 76ers surely never thought about going out in the first round of the playoffs, though.
Both teams will be facing that possibility Tuesday on a night of Game 5s in the Eastern Conference, with the New York Knicks able to eliminate the…
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Rays thwart Brewers' ninth-inning comeback attempt and win 1-0
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Ryan Pepiot and three relievers combined on a three-hit shutout and the Tampa Bay Rays withstood a ninth-inning comeback attempt to beat the Milwaukee Brewers 1-0 on Monday night.
Brewers manager Pat Murphy was ejected in the ninth inning after arguing a call that prevented Milwaukee from scoring the apparent tying run.
The Brewers had runners on second and third with one out…
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Wausau weather for Tuesday and Wednesday
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Today
Scattered sprinkles before 9am. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 64. West wind 6 to 9 mph.
Tonight
Showers and thunderstorms before 3am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 3am and 4am, then a chance of showers after 4am. Low around 48. Southeast wind 5 to 13 mph becoming west southwest after midnight. Winds could…
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Midwest tornadoes: What a decaying El Niño has to do with violent storms in the central US
Jana Lesak Houser, The Ohio State University
Dozens of tornadoes hit the central U.S. April 26-28, 2024, tearing through suburbs and small towns and damaging hundreds of homes from Oklahoma to Nebraska and Iowa.
Spring is tornado season in the U.S., but the tornadoes in Nebraska and Iowa were quite a bit farther north and east of what would be typical for tornadoes in late April, when tornado…
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Coalition pushes for closure of Wisconsin’s Green Bay prison
A 2020 report detailed numerous problems at the 126-year-old maximum-security facility in Allouez, including security concerns, leaky plumbing and noncompliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
By Sarah Lehr | Wisconsin Public Radio
A coalition of politicians, members of law enforcement and formerly incarcerated people took to the state Capitol last week to urge the governor and state lawmakers to shut down one of Wisconsin’s oldest prisons.
The group’s goal is to get Democratic Gov. Tony Evers to commit to closing the Green Bay Correctional Institution, or GBCI, in Wisconsin’s next…
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After northern hunters bag fewer deer, some seek closer look at herd management
While the deer population has been steadily growing to a high of roughly 1.6 million statewide, their numbers have been falling in northern counties.
By Danielle Kaeding | Wisconsin Public Radio
Some county officials, conservation groups and lawmakers say the state should take a closer look at deer management after Gov. Tony Evers vetoed a Republican bill that would have temporarily banned hunting does up north.
Republican lawmakers introduced the bill in an effort to boost the deer population after a dramatic drop in the gun deer harvest…
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Letters: Monk Gardens family member sounds off on renaming decision
The son of Robert Monk III has sharp words for garden leadership - and the decision to change the name.
To the editor:I want to express my gratitude for the outpouring of community support our family has received in our efforts to restore my father’s name to the botanical garden he so generously donated in 2004.
The current Board of Directors, and the current garden professional leadership, has been a profound disappointment. Not one person from garden leadership, board or staff, has ever…
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Wausau area obituaries April 29, 2024
Brent A. Bell
Brent A. Bell, age 49, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday April 21, 2024 of a heart condition, at his home in Wausau, WI.
Brent was born September 6, 1974, in Racine, WI to Gerald and Betty Bell, and graduated from D. C. Everest High School. He was a window mill worker at Kolbe & Doors Wausau, WI.
Brent is survived by his son Logan and daughter Jordann Bell, and his parents…
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Your letters: In Monk Gardens dispute, it's tempting to say "what goes around, comes around"
A Wausau reader weighs in on the Monk Gardens debate.
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Just in: Wausau property values to rise 50 percent, impact on taxes uncertain
Property values are increasing. But what that means to your taxes? We’ll see.
By Shereen Siewert | Wausau Pilot and Review
Residents in Wausau already shocked by high water and sewer bills are bracing for yet another shock to their wallets after city officials on Monday announced property values would increase as much as 50 percent.
“The city assessor has completed revaluations of the city commercial and residential properties, and the report was waiting on my desk,”…
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What to stream this week: Dua Lipa, Seinfeld's 'Unfrosted' 'Hacks' and 'Welcome to Wrexham'
By The Associated Press
The return of “Hacks” and a new Jerry Seinfeld movie are some of the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near you.
Also among the streaming offerings worth your time as selected by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists: New episodes of “Behind the Music,” Selena Gomez taking her cooking skills to restaurants and a video game for political…
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On abortion, advocates and opponents unite on policies to address root causes
This story is the third in a series about a group of people from Wisconsin trying to come up with policies to address abortion and its root causes that could be applied nationwide. Their larger goal is to find common ground.
by Sofia Resnick, Wisconsin Examiner April 29, 2024
Can a group of strangers find common ground on one of the most divisive issues in America?
Editor’s note: This story is the third in a series about a group of people from Wisconsin trying to come up with policies to address abortion and its root causes that could be applied nationwide. Their larger goal is to find common ground on one of the…
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