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COVID-19 Gun violence erupts School board updates policies, votes during pandemic down mask mandate Allison Garfield Wausau Daily Herald USA TODAY NETWORK – WISCONSIN WAUSAU – The Wausau School board voted 7-2 Monday night to con- tinue to not require face masks in schools despite calls for a mandate from parents and others in the com- munity. Superintendent Keith Hilts said the evening’s discussion presented an “opportunity to bring the community just a little closer together.” “Frankly for the last two years, while our children have been watch- ing, we’ve been arguing,” he said. The district and school board have struggled, especially in the past few months, to agree on COVID-19 mitiga- tion policies, despite recommenda- tions from the state health department and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that all teachers, staff and students in K-12 schools wear masks indoors, regardless of vaccination sta- tus. Due to the rapidly spreading delta variant – which has caused a new surge in COVID cases in the Wausau The Story Stitchers are an artistic collective in St. Louis aiming to mend the emotional wounds of gun violence through area, in the state and across the entire expression and art. SID HASTINGS/USA TODAY country – the district’s board and ad- ministration have been tasked with starting another school year with miti- gation tactics in place. The Wausau School Board decided 5,100 kids shot, 1,300 killed in 2020 in early August to start the school year without requiring face coverings and Grace Hauck and Ryan W. Miller he woke up, he didn’t remember his Children’s Defense Fund. minimal physical distancing in USA TODAY mother. Ten months after the shooting, Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the schools. Other mitigation efforts were Clareon is learning how to walk, talk and situation has grown more dire. left in place, such as promoting vacci- CHICAGO – Clareon Williams, 5, sat eat again. His father takes him to hours Last year was the deadliest year for nation, handwashing schedules and on the couch with his dad, playing on his of physical therapy twice a week. He has gun violence in the U.S. in at least two sanitizing stations. iPad, when a spray of bullets ripped a cast on his leg, a tube in his stomach decades, according to the Gun Vio- But as cases continue to rise in the through the window of the first-floor and a shunt in his head. lence Archive, a nonprofit data collec- county and in schools, the school apartment, one lodging in his skull. “We call Clareon our miracle child,” tion and research group that uses a board and Hilts have faced increased “The instant I hear the bullet, I grab said Williams, who lives with relatives combination of police statistics and pressure to put more policies in place. my son and duck him down, but it was outside Chicago in Markham, Illinois. media reports. As of Sept. 20, there were 58 posi- too late,” said Clarence Williams, 40. “It “This happens to a whole bunch of kids. In 2020, more than 5,100 kids under tive cases of COVID-19 among stu- brought me to tears seeing them put my And some kids are not making it.” 18 were shot – about 1,000 more than dents in the Wausau School District 5-year-old boy in an ambulance in his Children and teens in the U.S. are 15 at any point since at least 2014, when and 385 students quarantined. There Captain America uniform.” times more likely to die from gunfire the archive launched – and more than are seven positive cases in staff Clareon survived three surgeries and than their peers in 31 other high-income was in a coma for three months. When countries combined, according to the See VIOLENCE, Page 3A See POLICIES, Page 3A

Basil restaurant closing after over 11 years in business

Jay Stahl Wausau Daily Herald passions. The Dalys opened the business in “We have loved being a part of this USA TODAY NETWORK - WISCONSIN “Your support has been tremendous January 2010 to local fanfare. The hus- community, sharing our family recipes, throughout the years including through band-and-wife duo left Basil to open and creating so many memories with so WESTON – Fine dining establish- the pandemic,” Fischer said. “As we re- self-titled live music and small and large many of you,” Fischer said in the state- ment Basil, 2106 Schofield Ave., will flect on our journey, we are especially plates dining spot Daly’s in downtown ment. close Oct. 2 after over 11 years in busi- thankful for all of our workers who have Wausau. The restaurant is known for its self- ness. helped make Basil such a special place.” Daly’s closed Oct. 20, 2019, after two proclaimed “borderless cuisine” with a The restaurant’s owner, Samantha Fischer assumed ownership of the years in business at its Third Street lo- menu that features steak, seafood, Fischer, announced the closure in a business, featuring Southeast Asian fu- cation. Ciao, the Italian eatery owned shepherd’s pie and crab cakes alongside lengthy Facebook post late Monday sion flavors and fresh ingredients, from and operated by popular local chef traditional dishes like curry, egg and night citing the opportunity to spend her parents James and Tee Daly in May Adam Jamgochian, now occupies the more time with family and pursue other 2018. storefront at 307 N. Third St. See BASIL, Page 3A

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