Here's your local news at a glance for Wednesday, the 21st of October.
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🏘️ Community
The second annual Glow Games will be held on Feb.
20 at Greenheck Turner Community Center in Weston, featuring glow-in-the-dark wiffle ball games, a home run derby, raffles and music that benefit youth scholarships and education. The event runs from 4 p.m. to midnight and encourages participants to wear glow gear (registration required).
United Way of Marathon County distributed $152,500 in grants this week to local nonprofits using the Otto Bremer Trust Community Responsive Fund.
The support went to Bridge Community Health Clinic, The Women’s Community (a nonprofit) and Woodson YMCA.
🏛️ Government
Governor Tony Evers and the DNR launched two new grant programs to test water systems for PFAS chemicals.
Municipalities have six months to apply for the Grants Sampling Program, and eligible private well owners can receive testing kits funded by the $125-million PFAS Trust Fund.
🏈 Sports
The WIAA high school boys soccer playoffs began Tuesday as Wausau West beat D.C.
Everest 2-1 — with Alber Hayek’s header making the difference — and Wausau East won 5-3 on penalties against Onalaska; both teams will compete on Saturday.
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