page_title: Wausau, Wisconsin
section_title: Government and politics
hierarchical_section_title: Wausau, Wisconsin / Government and politics
caption_attribution_description: The city hall for en:Wausau, Wisconsin, USA.
context_page_description: Wausau is a city in and the county seat of Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States. The Wisconsin River divides the city into east and west. The city's suburbs include Schofield, Weston, Maine, Rib Mountain, Kronenwetter, and Rothschild.
  As of the 2010 census, Wausau had a population of 39,106. It is the core city of the Wausau Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Marathon County and had a population of 134,063 at the 2010 census.
context_section_description: Wausau has a mayor–council form of government. Eleven elected alderpersons comprise the city council, each representing one district of the city. The City Council manages eight standing committees, including Parks & Recreation, Parking & Traffic, Finance, Human Resources, Public Health & Safety, Economic Development, Coordinating, and Capital Improvement & Street Maintenance.
  The current Mayor of Wausau is Katie Rosenberg, 36, sworn on April 21, 2020. She becomes the second woman to serve in the role, and at 36 years old is also one of the youngest mayors according to a mayoral history on the Wausau city website. Rosenberg, a two-term Marathon County board supervisor, defeated incumbent mayor Robert Mielke by five points in the April 7, 2020 election.
caption: City hall
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