WXCO News

Chad Holmes visits with Robyn Vargas of the Marathon County Public Library to discuss the summer programming at the main branch in downtown Wausau and at the other branches throughout the county. We also talk about the progressing construction downtown and whether or not the construction will finish before we get a decision on whether Mayor Diny did anything wrong last September in removing the voter dropbox?

You can also view our conversation with Robyn Vargas unedited at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHKylao3LCQ

In the first hour we talk about this weekend’s Central Wisconsin Children’s Theatre production of “Into the Woods” at the UWSP at Wausau’s Veniga Theater (Friday at 7 pm, Saturday at 2 pm & 7 pm and Sunday at 2 pm) with cast members Sophie Matz and Peter Chitwood and director Michael Klapperich. You can also see the entire discussion at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6omdia8vtlk. Also get tickets at cwct.booktix.com and more information at mycwct.org.

In the second hour we discuss with Ian the announcement of the 2025-26 season of the Wausau Community Theatre. Plus, a response to Dan Shafer’s opinion piece that Governor Tony Evers should retire.

Chad Holmes and Ian Welsh, from our Wausau studios, discuss Saturday’s “No Kings” rally that Chad attended in Rib Mountain plus the tragic weekend that took the life of a Minnesota state representative. In the second hour we discuss this weekend’s Central Wisconsin Children’s Theatre production of “Into the Woods” that we will have cast members and the director join us on tomorrow’s show plus more on the positive experience of the “No Kings” rally. Finally, it’s the “Number of the Day” quiz to wrap things up.