What Is Wausau Pilot & Review?
Wausau Pilot & Review is a local news website covering the Wausau, Wisconsin area. Its homepage organizes coverage into four main sections — News, Sirens, Sports, and Milestones — and it offers a free email newsletter that delivers top stories, local sports scores, and daily gas prices. If you live in or follow the Wausau area and want community-level reporting rather than national coverage, this is the kind of outlet you'd check daily.
What the site covers
The homepage groups content under these headings:
| Section | What it includes |
|---|---|
| News | Local government, business openings, seasonal and environmental stories |
| Sirens | Police logs, crime reports, and felony galleries |
| Sports | Local high school and Wisconsin teams, including game previews and results |
| Milestones | Births, obituaries, and marriages |
Recent headlines illustrate the mix: PFAS settlement money and Wausau water rates, a Highway 51 shooting sentencing, emerald ash borer tree removal at a city park, a Rib Mountain restaurant opening, a Weston pool repair debate, and a Wausau West student magazine earning a national rating. Sports coverage has included Wausau West's team title at the WVC Girls Tennis Tournament and Wisconsin Badgers–Michigan State game details. Milestones run as sponsored obituaries through local funeral homes.
Who runs it
Shereen Siewert is listed as Publisher & Editor. The site also lists a phone number (715-301-5539) and an editor email address for contact. Some sections are sponsored — for example, sports stories sponsored by local businesses and obituaries sponsored by area funeral homes — so it's worth noting which items are editorial versus sponsored when you read.
The newsletter
The site invites readers to "Join Our Reader Community" by subscribing to a newsletter. According to the homepage, it delivers:
- The day's top stories
- Local sports scores
- Daily gas prices
You can choose morning delivery, afternoon delivery, or both, and the site states you can unsubscribe anytime. Subscribing requires an email address and agreement to the site's privacy policy and terms of service. The homepage does not state a price for the newsletter, so check the signup page if cost matters to you.
When it's useful — and when it isn't
Use Wausau Pilot & Review if you want:
- Day-to-day Wausau-area news, crime logs, and school sports
- Local obituaries and community milestones in one place
- A morning or afternoon email digest instead of checking the site manually
Look elsewhere if you need:
- Statewide or national news as your primary source
- Deep investigative or data-heavy reporting — the homepage shows mostly short local items
- Coverage of a different region
For anyone tracking Wausau specifically, the four-section structure makes it easy to skim: check News for civic and business updates, Sirens for public safety, Sports for local teams, and Milestones for family announcements.