Meg's Blog
Lead Pipe Replacement Redux
Taxpayers are closely following Mayor Katie's latest snake oil scheme in Wausau as she navigates her re-election bid. We are watching! Below is an OP-ED from concerned Wausau citizen Orlando Alfonso. He is running for both the Wausau City Council and the Marathon County Board of Supervisors. Reach out to him and ask hi...
Feb 13, 2024
Alachua County / CC
Secure the Border: We Want a Clean Bill
It's really quite simple: If Joe Biden and the Democrats really wanted to secure our nation's border, then they'd give the American citizens a clean bill that actually secures the border and protects American citizens. Not this ridiculous attempt by Chuck Schumer/Democrats to continue funding a war that Ukraine will ne...
Feb 08, 2024
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Democrats Attempting to Seize Control of the Legislature thru Wisconsin Supreme Court
State Senator Duey Stroebel joined me today on The Meg Ellefson Show to discuss the Democrats' absurd hyper-partisan scheme to gerrymander Wisconsin's legislative maps that have already been ruled lawful by the Supreme Court. Now that the Democrats have purchased their very own state Supreme Court call girl for $10 mil...
Jan 26, 2024
Secretary Austin's Unauthorized Absence
Minnesota native Adam Schwarze joined me on The Meg Ellefson Show today. (Part 1) (Part 2) Adam is a highly decorated combat veteran, with expansive international experience and a lifelong servant leader. He has deployed 9 times and traveled to over 70 countries in service to his nation and in 2021, he received his Ma...
Jan 16, 2024
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The January 6 Narrative
I have been a skeptic about the January 6 narrative perpetrated by the MSM and Democrats since January 7, 2021. I've planned, participated and attended countless Republican events, Trump rallies, true peaceful protests, tea parties over the years and the propaganda offered by the January 6 narrative scriptwriters is co...
Jan 11, 2024
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Conley Commentary
CONLEY COMMENTARY - Needless meddling from American liberals
CONLEY COMMENTARY (WSAU) - I'm not about to pass myself off as an expert on the internal politics of Israel. But I know this about war and human nature. The American people did not want peace after the Battle of the Bulge or the Battle of Midway. We want peace when the war is won. When military objectives have been ach...
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U.S. Department of State
CONLEY COMMENTARY - Friday on Faith; Fully Human yet Fully Divine
CONLEY COMMENTARY (WSAU) - In George Orwell's 1984, we know that Winston, the protagonist, is fully defeated when he betrays Julia, his lover. Winston is about to be tortured. Hungry rats will be released to feed on his flesh. That's the kind of punishment that awaits anyone who doesn't love Big Brother. And just befor...
Mar 15, 2024
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CONLEY COMMENTARY - Ballot Harvesting Boxes
CONLEY COMMENTARY (WSAU) - Here comes another case where Wisconsin's newly-liberal state Supreme Court is prepared to act as a super-legislature. They're going to revisit the issue of whether absentee ballot drop boxes are legal. The obvious answer is 'no'. Our state constitution could not be more clear. The state legi...
Mar 14, 2024
CONLEY COMMENTARY - The bus doesn't go there
CONLEY COMMENTARY (WSAU) - If you live in Weston, you need a car. The community is spread out enough that getting to and from a job and doing basic shopping is impossible without one. That's true of almost all communities around Wausau. Life in Schofield, Rothschild, Mosinee, and Rib Mountain requires your own vehicle....
Mar 13, 2024
CONLEY COMMENTARY - Haiti
CONLEY COMMENTARY (WSAU) - Here's another thing that Donald Trump was right about. In 2018, Trump referred to Haiti as an "s-hole" country. Consider what's happened there since last weekend. Haiti's Prime Minister Ariel Henry was traveling to the United States. While he was out of the country, street gangs r...
Mar 12, 2024
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Tom King's Blog
It's Been a Great Ride
As a kid in the 1960s-early 70's listening to WRIG & WIFC and pestering the DJs with requests and telling them that they were playing the wrong songs, I really couldnt have envisioned working in that business for nearly 40 years and spending many of those years working at those stations. I can't remember when I dec...
Dec 30, 2022
A Old-Fashioned Southern Christmas
We continue our look back at the music of 50 years ago.... The only "new" Christmas album I could find from 1972 was this one from "The Man In Black". He and his family, touring band and several notable guests deliver an album of mostly original holiday material along with old standbyes "Jingle...
Dec 22, 2022
The Album That Wasn't Supposed To Happen
We continue our look back at the music of 50 years ago..... Maybe the oddest thing about the hit double LP "Made In Japan" from the band Deep Purple is the fact that they didnt even want to record it and then when it was recorded didn't really care if it got released. Many fans had recorded bootleg tapes of t...
Dec 21, 2022
Soulful Shuffling
We continue our look back at the music of 50 years ago..... This is one of those LPs that nobody in Central Wisconsin heard at the time. No one was really playing jazz records here. Even ones as funky as this. You may not know the name Bernard "Pretty" Purdie but I guarantee you have heard him play. He was Ar...
Dec 20, 2022
Better Material Needed
We continue our look back at the music of 50 years ago..... The New Riders of The Purple Sage were prolific if nothing else. "Gypsy Cowboy" was the second Lp of the year and their 3rd in 15 months. As in most cases of that much material being needed, some is weaker than most. The best tracks on the Lp are a s...
Dec 19, 2022
WSAU Newsroom Blog
Newsroom blog: What's coming up for March 18th
The Weston Board of Trustees will take an important second step to creating the Mountain Bay Metro Police Department on Monday evening. They're scheduled to approve the intergovernmental agreement for the department, which was announced on Friday in a joint news conference by both Village Administrators. Highlights of ...
Mar 18, 2024
Newsroom blog: What's coming up for March 15th
Leaders in the Villages of Weston and Rothschild will meet Friday morning to share an update on the potential merger of the Everest Metro Police Department and neighboring Rothschild PD. Rothschild Administrator Ryan VanDeWalle and Weston Administrator Jami Gebert will hold a news conference at 8:30 AM at the Weston Mu...
Mar 15, 2024
Newsroom blog: What's coming up for March 12th
Talk of creating another regional transportation system in the Wausau area will restart tomorrow. The Marathon County Metropolitan Planning Commission will meet at 2:00 PM Tuesday, and according to the agenda they'll be introduced to the latest iteration of the Transit Planning Workgroup, which will include representat...
Mar 12, 2024
Newsroom blog: What's coming up for March 4th
Wausau's Parks and Rec committee will consider a lease agreement that could bring a summer collegiate softball team to Atheltic Park. The committee will consider a ten-year agreement with Wausau College Softball, LLC to bring a Northwoods League softball franchise to the venue next year. The team would operate much lik...
Mar 04, 2024
Newsroom blog: What's coming up for February 27th
Will the Wausau Water Works Commission be disbanded? That's the question for a joint session of the Commission and City Council on Tuesday. Both groups will meet at 6:30 PM to discuss the matter as part of a Committee of the Whole agenda. That includes a two-page memo from Mayor Katie Rosenberg discussing potential cha...
Feb 27, 2024
The Midwestern Conservative
Gilman, Sparta and Cadott take top archery honors
(DNR) MADISON, Wis. - Student archers from 51 public, private and home schools competed virtually in the state's National Archery in the Schools Progr...
Apr 04, 2022
President Trump's first social media posting
It took less than an hour for President Trump to send out his first message on social media following his swearing in. Trump posted the following message on Facebook: Greg Belfrage @belfrageshow is the veteran morning show host on KELO Newstalk 1320/107.9 in Sioux Falls, SD. Greg can be contacted at greg.belfrage@mwcra...
Jan 20, 2017
Poll: Obamacare replace must happen with repeal
Nearly two-thirds of Americans say any repeal of Obamacare should include an immediate replacement plan. The Morning Consult/Politico poll says voters support the repeal of the Affordable Care Act, but they want another plan at the ready. Replacing Obamacare was listed by a plurality of voters as the top job facing Pre...
Jan 10, 2017
How The Far Right Fell in Love With Assange
Much has been written about “tribal politics” since the November 8 election. Simply put, loyalty to the tribe is put above all else. In a piece for the Washington Post, Michael Gerson uses the acceptance of criminal Julian Assange by leading conservative figures to maximum effect in explaining tribal politi...
Jan 06, 2017
What Will Trump "Russian Reset" Look Like
A U.S. intelligence community report declassified Friday squarely blames Russian President Vladimir Putin for “influence campaign” aimed at hurting Hillary Clinton and helping President-elect Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election. The report concludes that it was Putin himself who ordered the campa...
Jan 06, 2017