Hailey Clevenger
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Wausau, WI
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Hailey Clevenger joined WSAW as a multimedia journalist in November of 2022. Hailey graduated from the University of South Dakota with a major in English and a minor in media and journalism. She is from Des Moines, Iowa and is eager to learn more about the community of Wausau. Despite being an Iowa Hawkeyes fan, Hailey is happy to give away the Heartland Trophy every now and then. During Hailey’s free time she enjoys writing and catching up with the newest Bachelor or Bachelorette season.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2023 at 5:51 PM CDT
|By Hailey Clevenger
Poor living conditions for children of addicts is something the Wood County Sheriff’s Department says they’re seeing way too often.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2023 at 2:10 PM CDT
|By Dale Ryman and Hailey Clevenger
According to a spokesperson at Sentry Insurance, a threatening message was found in the bathroom at the Sentry Home Office.
Updated: Sep. 21, 2023 at 5:39 PM CDT
|By Hailey Clevenger
It’s not unusual to see corn and milk at the dinner table when living in Wisconsin, but some kids don’t know how the food gets to their table.
Updated: Sep. 20, 2023 at 6:49 PM CDT
|By Hailey Clevenger
The Babies Place in the Community Partners Campus is trying to solve a local and national issue of too many families unable to afford diapers.
Updated: Sep. 19, 2023 at 6:31 PM CDT
|By Hailey Clevenger
What was supposed to be a positive project for downtown Stevens Point has turned into something else.
Updated: Sep. 18, 2023 at 7:03 PM CDT
|By Hailey Clevenger
You may have seen or heard offensive language while out and about. Sometimes it falls under the category of hate speech, but when does it go too far?
Updated: Sep. 15, 2023 at 3:05 PM CDT
|By Hailey Clevenger
Festival Foods is accepting donations this weekend for the Children’s Miracle Networks to help kids in central Wisconsin.
Updated: Sep. 14, 2023 at 9:55 PM CDT
|By Hailey Clevenger
Genetics are key part are a key part to the ‘All of Us Wisconsin’ research team that is made up of the Marshfield Clinic research institute members and others partnering with the National Institute of Health.
Updated: Sep. 13, 2023 at 7:22 PM CDT
|By Hailey Clevenger
Being surrounded by puppies and kittens in a shelter sounds like a great gig, but knowing how or why some of these animals got there can be disheartening.
Updated: Sep. 12, 2023 at 6:14 PM CDT
|By Hailey Clevenger
For a while now downtown Wausau hasn’t seen a lot of change, but now businesses are on the way to breathe new life into the area.
Updated: Sep. 11, 2023 at 5:34 PM CDT
|By Hailey Clevenger
Summer is a time of year when people use lots of water, but how much is too much? The village of Weston is reminding people to monitor their usage with a free app.
Updated: Sep. 10, 2023 at 8:30 PM CDT
|By Hailey Clevenger
Fans filled the stands Sunday at Zenoff Park in Stevens Point for the annual Guns N Hoses charity softball game.
Updated: Sep. 10, 2023 at 10:19 AM CDT
|By Hailey Clevenger
‘Artrageous Weekend’ is back honoring 34 years of art in Wausau.
Updated: Sep. 8, 2023 at 7:02 PM CDT
|By Hailey Clevenger
Lately, gas prices have been steady, but just overnight gas prices went up to forty cents to a dollar.
Updated: Sep. 5, 2023 at 7:00 PM CDT
|By Hailey Clevenger
The Brokogi Food Truck in Rib Mountain took off in the few months it was open and now, they’re thinking bigger.
Updated: Sep. 4, 2023 at 11:14 PM CDT
|By Hailey Clevenger
The 97th Portage County Fair weekend.
Updated: Sep. 4, 2023 at 11:11 PM CDT
|By Hailey Clevenger
When you walk into the Woodson History Center you can see the award displayed all shiny and polished just the way it’s supposed to be.
Updated: Sep. 1, 2023 at 7:37 PM CDT
|By Hailey Clevenger
As soon as these parents ruin the game the kids’ sports experience is tainted and kids often feel embarrassed.
Updated: Aug. 29, 2023 at 6:55 PM CDT
|By Hailey Clevenger
For parents, maybe a student has come home and said, “We didn’t have science today because there was no one there to teach.”
Updated: Aug. 25, 2023 at 6:20 PM CDT
|By Hailey Clevenger
As August winds down, so should some of the hottest days of the summer, but there’s another kind of severe weather that players, coaches, and schools have to worry about.
Updated: Aug. 22, 2023 at 7:15 PM CDT
|By Hailey Clevenger
There’s a new warning for parents and teachers to check their kid’s backpacks because while some school supplies may look like the real thing, it could be entirely something else.
Updated: Aug. 21, 2023 at 6:41 PM CDT
|By Hailey Clevenger
On August 17, the Vongphakdy family received a copy of an investigative report commissioned by the School Board of Wausau which substantiates the family’s claims that their son was a victim of racial and homophobic discrimination and harassment at Wausau East High School.
Updated: Aug. 21, 2023 at 9:04 AM CDT
|By Hailey Clevenger
Wenzel's Farm creates a world record for the longest meat stick.
Updated: Aug. 21, 2023 at 8:47 AM CDT
|By Hailey Clevenger
2023 Midwest Freestyle Championships.
Updated: Aug. 18, 2023 at 6:09 PM CDT
|By Hailey Clevenger
Members and organizers of the Granite House celebrated on Friday as they have found a new location to call home.
Updated: Aug. 15, 2023 at 7:23 PM CDT
|By Hailey Clevenger
President Biden shared his thoughts about inflation and ‘Bidenomics’ in his visit to Milwaukee on Tuesday, but some Republicans are not seeing what President Biden is.
Updated: Aug. 14, 2023 at 7:21 PM CDT
|By Hailey Clevenger
The Boys and Girls Club of Portage County has had the same mission for 21 years: To inspire and empower kids, and over the years, they’ve expanded their non-profit, but now they have a whole new vision.
Updated: Aug. 13, 2023 at 6:42 PM CDT
|By Hailey Clevenger
The 2023 Logjam starts off the first day of the festival with bad weather.
Updated: Aug. 12, 2023 at 7:36 PM CDT
|By Hailey Clevenger
On Saturday, the Bill Cook Chapter of the Izaak Walton League of America welcomed the public to check out some of the organizations in their community committed to enjoying and preserving all mother nature has to offer.
Updated: Aug. 11, 2023 at 6:18 PM CDT
|By Hailey Clevenger
The recent wildfires in Hawaii burned Kohola Brewery to the ground.
Updated: Aug. 8, 2023 at 7:23 PM CDT
|By Hailey Clevenger
Every day it seems like scammers are getting more creative and now there is a new scam hitting Stevens Point that involves Bitcoin ATMs.
Updated: Aug. 7, 2023 at 7:38 PM CDT
|By Hailey Clevenger
What once was a busy park filled with people, food, and animals is now empty as Monday marked the first teardown day for the Wisconsin Valley Fair.
Updated: Aug. 6, 2023 at 10:46 PM CDT
|By Hailey Clevenger
'Little Britches' celebrates ten years at the Wisconsin Valley Fair.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2023 at 10:44 PM CDT
|By Hailey Clevenger
Numbers are thrown left and right.
Updated: Aug. 4, 2023 at 6:36 PM CDT
|By Hailey Clevenger
“We need more juice.” Those were the words an Athens farmer said to himself when he decided to get more power. For ten years now Tony Schultz has been running ‘Tony Farm’ with solar energy.
Updated: Aug. 1, 2023 at 7:37 PM CDT
|By Hailey Clevenger
The Wisconsin Valley Fair opened its door at noon on Tuesday.
Updated: Jul. 30, 2023 at 10:44 PM CDT
|By Hailey Clevenger
For Willow Springs Gardens the best way to get people to learn is with a hearty meal.
Updated: Jul. 29, 2023 at 10:40 PM CDT
|By Hailey Clevenger
The coolers are packed and the sunscreen is on for the 9th Annual Paddle Pub Crawl on Lake Wausau.
Updated: Jul. 28, 2023 at 9:43 PM CDT
|By Hailey Clevenger
GS Specialty Foods is the only place you can go to if you want Korean corndogs or mochi donuts.
Updated: Jul. 25, 2023 at 6:34 PM CDT
|By Hailey Clevenger
A reported incident at the Wildwood Zoo has caused quite a lot of confusion in Marshfield. To help put some rumors to rest, the city is releasing information about the incident.
Updated: Jul. 24, 2023 at 6:04 PM CDT
|By Hailey Clevenger
Senator Patrick Testin (R-Stevens Point) is working to bring more awareness to a bill that’s been introduced several times over for nearly the last ten years called the APRN or Advanced Practitioner Registered Nurse Modernization Act.
Updated: Jul. 23, 2023 at 11:22 PM CDT
|By Hailey Clevenger
Families can stay at the Ronald McDonald House as they wait for surgeries and their children to be released from the hospital.
Updated: Jul. 22, 2023 at 10:50 PM CDT
|By Hailey Clevenger
The AirVenture Cup Race will begin Sunday, but some pilots are already warming up.
Updated: Jul. 21, 2023 at 7:26 PM CDT
|By Hailey Clevenger
It’s been years in the making and there’s one chicken chain on everybody’s mind in Rib Mountain. The traffic study for a potential Chick-fil-A is done and Rib Mountain has found out they can handle a Chick-fil-A on Rib Mountain Drive.
Updated: Jul. 18, 2023 at 6:28 PM CDT
|By Hailey Clevenger
As many of us know 17th Avenue is going through some road construction, but Rib Mountain Drive is getting some updates of its own too.
Updated: Jul. 17, 2023 at 7:16 PM CDT
|By Hailey Clevenger
If you’ve driven down 17th Avenue in Wausau, you’ve likely noticed all the cones and closed lanes forcing you to maneuver to get around.
Updated: Jul. 16, 2023 at 9:59 PM CDT
|By Hailey Clevenger
Veterans get Wausau Whitewater all to themselves.
Updated: Jul. 15, 2023 at 10:45 PM CDT
|By Hailey Clevenger
It’s been seventy years since the Million Penny Parade and it all started with a dream, which then turned into a community project that would change the town for the better.
Updated: Jul. 11, 2023 at 6:58 PM CDT
|By Hailey Clevenger
The City of Mosinee is looking to redesign its City Square Park downtown after it was given a $50,000 ‘Vibrant Spaces Grant Award.’
Updated: Jul. 11, 2023 at 12:36 PM CDT
|By Hailey Clevenger and WSAW Staff
The Wisconsin DNR fire crews and local agencies are at the scene of a roughly 800-acre and growing Pallet Fire in Waushara County, southeast of Coloma.