Milladore News

The Women's Giving Circle is now accepting grant applications through the Marshfield Area Community Foundation.

The state Senate will immediately begin working on the state budget bill this week after the Assembly passed its version of the $62.2 billion spending package on Saturday.

Wisconsin Department of Transportation officials will open the first portion of the new expanded Highway 10 between Marshfield and Stevens Point within the next month.

It's fresh produce time. Check out the farmers market in the Rapids Mall parking lot from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. today and 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, or the Rome farmers market from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday in the Alpine Business Park.

Disorderly conduct: Around 3:02 p.m. Thursday at Stevens Point Area Senior High School, 1201 Northpoint Drive, an 18-year-old Milladore man was cited for disorderly conduct after he hit a juvenile female with a boat oar.

The Manitowoc Milk Producers Cooperative has awarded scholarships to several local students.

RICHMOND, Ind. -- Jessica Kane, an Earlham College senior, has earned a varsity letter.

Source: Portage County Clerk of Courts Burglary: Lucas A. Nuessmeier, 19, Stevens Point, convicted of burglary.

Each spring, the school ends the academic year by having an awards program. The program acknowledges students who have excelled in a variety of areas.

Daily records: Alyssa M. Vruwink, 21, Milladore, had her driver's license revoked for six months and was ordered to pay $150 for drunken driving.

Shelley K. Solberg, a senior at Colby High School and daughter of Bill and Pam Solberg of Dorchester; Pvt.

State Senate Majority Leader Russ Decker, D-Weston, is confident the state's proposed smoking ban will pass through all legislative bodies without much friction.

Smoking would be prohibited in restaurants, taverns and virtually all workplaces in Wisconsin starting July 5, 2010, under a compromise announced Wednesday by state lawmakers.

Recent graduates Colin Pueschner of Marshfield graduated in January from the University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie, with a bachelor's degree in retail merchandising and management.

In the three years Kacie Otto worked in a grocery store, she came across plenty of awkward customers and quirky situations.

Even signs warning those exhibiting certain symptoms to stay away couldn't keep thousands from filling Stevens Point Area Senior High for the 17th annual Portage County Cultural Festival on Saturday.

Accordion and concertina musicians will be playing tonight at historic Bohemian Hall north of Cadott.

Before the sun even peaks above the horizon - some of Wisconsin's hardest working people are starting their day including the Otto's of Milladore.

* Alyssa M. Vruwink, 21, of Milladore; drunken driving; driver's license revoked six months, ordered to pay $150 and undergo an alcohol assessment.

* At 10:26 p.m. Wednesday, the Auburndale Fire Department responded to a brush fire near the intersection of Pleasant Hill Road and Shady Road.