News, Analysis, and Insights
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Dear Kronenwetter Residents,
Our new interim Finance Director, John Jacobs, found a $1,223,358 mistake in the 2024 and 2025 Village budget presentations and in the resulting 2024 and 2025 Village tax levy. It is important to note that a) there is no indication of fraud or missing funds and b) the mistake in the budget presentation was not
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Marathon County (and Wausau) want to move the County Highway Garage to Kronenwetter.
Summary Marathon County Administration and key members of the Board Leadership are pushing to relocate the Marathon County Highway Facility (Garage) to Kronenwetter. This new facility would be located on Business 51 between Cedar Creek in Rothschild and Kowalski Road in Kronenwetter. Under the current plan, this would transfer traffic congestion and traffic safety issues
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Marathon County has about $1,200,000 in Highway Reserves paid for by Kronenwetter Residents.
I want to start by saying that a) I believe that Marathon County needs to build a new County Highway Facility or substantially rebuild the existing facility either on the current site or on a new site. b) I believe that the Leadership (Commissioner Jim Griesbach and Deputy Commissioner Kevin Lang) and Employees of the
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Marathon County Board: Please use the funds from the wheel tax to improve our roads, not to build a Highway Garage
Marathon County implemented a wheel tax in 2017. The wheel tax was promised to be in place only for 1 year and most residents believed it was intended to be used to improve Marathon County roads. In reality, an amount approximately equal to the annual wheel tax (about $3,000,000 per year) went into County Highway
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Marathon County XX-X-Pine Kronenwetter Intersection Safety Study Update
Marathon County has completed a preliminary 68 page Safety Study (Intersection Control Evaluation) for the XX-X-Pine Road Intersection in Kronenwetter. The study was presented at the March 13, 2025 meeting of the Marathon County Infrastructure Committee. The study, which was delivered almost 6 months later than the promised date, finds that the intersection is “operating
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Town Hall Meeting – Kronenwetter Village Hall
Kronenwetter Candidate for President – David Baker Thursday, March 13th, 2025 at 6:00 pm Facebook Event: Town Hall Meeting
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Kronenwetter Village Board Promotes Jennifer Poyer to Clerk
The Kronenwetter Village Board voted during a special Village Board meeting to promote Jennifer Poyer to Village Clerk. Congratulations Jennifer!
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Partial Compilation of Old Posts regarding the Marathon County Library
One or more individuals have been making false and/or misleading claims on Social Media regarding my time on the County Board and the Marathon County Public Library. It is obvious that this is an attempt to deflect attention from the serious issues facing the Village of Kronenwetter. I wrote a post on 11/23/2023- “Show me
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Kronenwetter’s Government is Broken
Paid for by Baker for Kronenwetter PresidentPlease note that I have 100% personally financed my campaign. I have not accepted campaign contributions from any party, committee, or individual. For More Information:
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Mosinee School District sent Kronenwetter a Bill for Election Ballot Errors
The Mosinee Superintendent of Schools, Greg Doverspike, has sent an invoice to the Village for $2,250 for costs associated with “the recent errors related to the election and ballot results in the Village of Kronenwetter.” The letter and invoice are on the Agenda for the 1/27/25 Village Board Meeting. It is not completely clear how