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Wausau committee leaves Forefathers Pub entertainment license undecided after noise complaints and police responses
Summary
The Public Health and Safety Committee deferred action on an entertainment license for Forefathers Pub after neighbors’ noise complaints, two police responses and committee members’ insistence that owners present a mitigation plan and cooperate with officers.
The Wausau Public Health and Safety Committee left undecided an entertainment license application for Forefathers Pub on Merrill Avenue after committee members heard that the establishment has generated two neighborhood noise complaints and two police responses in the past month.
Jerica (last name not specified), who said she is “one of the owners,” told the committee she was unaware of all licensing requirements and that patrons have been asking for live music and karaoke. Chief Barnes described officers’ interactions with the owner as “unwilling to mitigate the situation,” and said one officer reported feeling the vibration of bass while parked more than a block away with car windows up.
The committee’s concern centered on the establishment’s location adjacent to homes and an apparent history of noise issues under a…
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