In May of 1919, the people of Wausau enjoyed a few days of considerable excitement, surrounding the sighting and subsequent hunt for what was believed to be a genuine "ghost."

This is a look into the life of the nation's youngest female pilot and later a pioneer in the aviation industry. Marie J. Towle (Grimm) Schuette, born July 24th, 1923, spent her entire life around aviation by choice and circumstance until her death on October 9th, 2010. A native of Wausau, Wisconsin, she ran the Wausau Municipal Airport for 40 years alongside her husband at the time, Lyle Grimm; not to mention the countless awards she earned for her influence in aviation. 

In 1964, Calvin Cook surveyed the historical records to create a year-by-year record of the creation and changes to the Marathon County's townships between 1850, and 1910. While it was created for the County's Highway Department, it has become a helpful historical document to visualize the settlement and development of the County.

Wausau's Beautification Week

The Third Graders at Marathon Area Elementary have spent the last twelve weeks studying a notable individual from the past and then recorded a short video to show what they learned about them. And these videos were compiled to create a virtual "wax museum."

Click the links below to see the google pages for each of the classes with the videos they created!