CONLEY COMMENTARY (WSAU) - This afternoon at 1pm the Wausau Fire Department will hold its latest session trying to convince you to raise your taxes by $1.5-million. The session is at the North Central Technical College, West Campus, Building A. We are told that there's a critical shortage of paramedics and EMTs in the ...

CONLEY COMMENTARY (WSAU) - For those with long memories, let's go back to 2016. Then-president Barack Obama's strategy was to negotiate to slow down Iran's nuclear program. For a ten year period, Iran would be allowed to enrich uranium... but not to weapons grade. They would be subject to international monitoring. Afte...

CONLEY COMMENTARY (WSAU) - At my church, The Cross on Grand Avenue in Schofield, we have been blessed with many new believers in the past few weeks. This is wonderful. One of the things I will be discussing with the other church elders is 'what happens next?' It's a very important question. New Christians need to put ...

CONLEY COMMENTARY (WSAU) - We all watched the same speech on Tuesday night. Apparently the American public liked it more than I did. I suggested on yesterday's program that the speech was too long... beyond the attention-span of most viewers. And I didn't like that it didn't state an overall theme, which should have be...

CONLEY COMMENTARY (WSAU) There is a saturation point for everything. If a city has more restaurants than people who dine-out, some will close. More jobs than people to fill them? Companies will, eventually, move away. We're already at the saturation point for fun things. Too many pickleball players, and still many, ma...

CONLEY COMMENTARY (WSAU) There are dozens of democrats who will boycott tonight's State of the Union address. Among them, Illinois Congressman Eric Sorensen, who says "because I already know the state of our union. Families across Illinois are hurting. Neighbors are being scared of ICE violence. Farmers are going ...

CONLEY COMMENTARY (WSAU) - That collective gasp you heard from the political left is that ICE is now operating in Wisconsin. ICE agents made four arrests last week in Eau Claire County. In case you missed the story, here's what happened: ICE agents notified the sheriffs department that they had a warrant to arrest a ma...

CONLEY COMMENTARY (WSAU) - You might ask yourself what does the British royal family have to do with faith? I think, a lot. Consider the arrest yesterday of former-prince Andrew. He had unimaginable wealth and had royal title. Literally, the world was his oyster. And he squandered it through personal indulgence and de...

CONLEY COMMENTARY (WSAU) - The State of Wisconsin, sitting on an $8-billion surplus, is unlikely to give any of it back to taxpayers. Republicans are partly to blame. They couldn't agree among themselves on a tax cutting strategy. Republicans in the state senate favored a direct rebate from the state's accounts: $500 ...

CONLEY COMMENTARY (WSAU) - If you've ever moved from one state to another, there's a lot to do. You have to pack everything, arrange for a moving company, find a new place to live, transfer your utilities, get a new drivers license, transfer your vehicle registration. I bet one thing you did not do was call your local ...

CONLEY COMMENTARY (WSAU) - Here's a general rule of thumb for budgeting your housing costs. You should spend no more than one-third to one-quarter of your monthly income on your rent or your mortgage. If you overspend on housing, you won't have enough for food, or your car payment, or other bills. So - if you were to m...

CONLEY COMMENTARY (WSAU) - Today is Presidents' Day. We celebrate George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Both were remarkable leaders. They happened to be born ten days apart, Lincoln on February 12th and Washington on February 22nd. It is a mistake to combine their birthdays into one holiday. Each should be honored se...

CONLEY COMMENTARY (WSAU) Do you know what's coming up next Tuesday and next Wednesday? Next Tuesday is Fat Tuesday, the end of Marti Gras. Next Wednesday is Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent. It's the 40 days of preparation before Easter. I know, it feels like we just took down our Christmas decorations. Christians will...

CONLEY COMMENTARY (WSAU) - Two of Donald Trump's allies, Steve Bannon and Roger Stone, served jail time for refusing to testify in front of Congress. Bannon, who was sentenced to four months in a federal penitentiary for contempt, said that he was, indeed, guilty. That he did have contempt for the way Congress was inve...

CONLEY COMMENTARY (WSAU) - Wausau East had a proud high school hockey history. Now the hockey program is literally down to nothing. For some years the team was uncompetitive and had fewer kids coming out for the team. Then they merged with Merrill, another struggling hockey program. As a combined East-Merrill team, the...

CONLEY COMMENTARY (WSAU) - Madison East High School will host a drag show on Thursday night. The event is in their high school auditorium. Tickets are $5 for students and $10 for adults. Candidate for Governor Tom Tiffany is calling for the event to be cancelled. He is right. Of course, the super-liberal Madison School...

CONLEY COMMENTARY (WSAU) - The Super Bowl isn't always a close game. The event itself is infected with political correctness. A five hour pregame show assures that there will be more hype than actual competition. But, consider for a moment, maybe the Super Bowl is more important to us than we realize. What are the nati...

CONLEY COMMENTARY (WSAU) Do you go to church? If you do, you're part of the 1-out-of-3 Americans who still do. About 31% of us go to church semi-regularly, that's once a month or so. 1-out-of-5 are regular attendees who show up almost every Sunday. And in America, we're religious fanatics compared to the rest of the wo...

CONLEY COMMENTARY (WSAU) - I don't think I've ever seen such a polling divide: 80% of Republicans approve of how ICE is carrying out its duties. Only 5% of Democrats approve. The numbers are from a new national Marquette Law School poll. Overall the numbers are 40% approve of ICE and 60% disapprove. This is the type ...

CONLEY COMMENTARY (WSAU) - I was outraged when anti ICE protested disrupted a church service last week in St. Paul, Minnesota. They screamed at the pulpit and yelled at church-goers, even following some of them out to their cars. Protest leaders have been charged under the FACE Act, which makes it illegal to disrupt a ...

CONLEY COMMENTARY (WSAU) - The players of the WNBA and league management are in the middle of a bitter labor dispute. Plans to add two more teams are on-hold because there's no players' contract. The college draft hasn't been scheduled. The start of the regular season could be pushed back by a players strike. For peopl...

CONLEY COMMENTARY (WSAU) - I got an email over the weekend from a listener who said that I've done nothing to tone down the protests over ICE in Minneapolis. I'm certain that isn't my job. And, of course, the protesters could tone things down by following the law. Throwing rocks and snowballs, shooting off fireworks in...

CONLEY COMMENTARY (WSAU) - The part of my Christian faith that I'm the worst at is forgiveness. I have a long memory, and I remember those who treated me poorly. And Jesus tells us to "forgive others as you have been forgiven." And just how are we forgiven? Scripture says when we ask God to forgive us that yo...

CONLEY COMMENTARY (WSAU) - Some people will shun the new Trump accounts because they have Donald Trump's name on them. They are actually a very good idea, and they can still be refined into something even better. Donald Trump proposes that every child born in the United States gets a Trump Account in their name. The fe...

CONLEY COMMENTARY (WSAU) - Deep down inside, I'm sure that candidate for governor Mandela Barnes likes the idea of city-owned and run grocery stores. But these projects have failed spectacularly before. Kansas City tried it; all five of those stores are now closed. They were poorly stocked and expensive. Even those who...