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She opened a neighborhood pop-up pantry. Then the city of Wausau shut it down.

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B.C. Kowalski
Nov 09, 2026
Heather Writz at her Broadway Avenue home on Wausau’s Southeast Side where she hosted her pop-up pantries.

I first came across the controversy after seeing a Facebook post in the group “Wausau’s Southeast Side.”

It was about a pop-up pantry Writz had been running outside her home on Broadway Avenue. The aim was to provide food and other goods for people …

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