Nekoosa News

The Tri-City area may now be well-known for its cranberry crops, but there was a time in the 1950s it was better known for something far different -- fur ranches.

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Pam Reimer sees the toll alcohol abuse can take on a family. As community health nurse at the Ho-Chunk Nekoosa Health Office, 4946 Winneshiek Lane, Reimer works with other staff members to provide a variety of ...

Last week, I was talking to a young lady about the "Golf for Dreams" golf classic that the Tri-City Children's Dream Foundation is holding at the Bull's Eye Country Club on Aug.

Emergency management personnel were busy Wednesday afternoon at the Wood County Emergency Operations Center after the National Weather Service issued severe weather warnings, a county official said.

Some clarification is in order regarding the June 30 article in the Daily Tribune about the Nekoosa Area Community Center.

Steve Devine has traveled this road before. Devine, who turns 57 next month, worked as a dispatcher at a trucking company for 16 years.

It is amazing to think that we are more than half way through 2008. We already are gearing up for the fall campaign.

Frank Frassetto, U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development state director in Wisconsin, announced that Valerie Jazdzewski of Rudolph and Sandra Skerven of Nekoosa received the 2008 Homeownership ...

On July 19, rock enthusiasts will come together at Robinson Park in Wisconsin Rapids to see their favorite local bands play at Rockaid 2008.

Betty Iola Edith Meyer passed away in the comfort of her home surrounded by family Wednesday, July 2, 2008, after a brave battle with cancer.

Rather than having a 10-mile commute between schools, Joan Bond will soon have just a few steps.

Frank Nitzke of Berlin will be the first to say it: For all the times he has led a late model feature this year, you would think he would have a win by now, but until Thursday night he hadn't taken the ...

PORT EDWARDS -- After spending two weeks home on leave, Sgt. 1st Class Steve Bidwell left his family behind Thursday to return to Iraq.

I am honored to collaborate on this month's column with motivated teens from our Inner Wisconsin Teen Leadership Institute and Heather Lisitza, Wisconsin Rapids Public Schools AODA coordinator.

DOUG ALFT/DAILY TRIBUNE Michelle Joest, left, of Lawrence, Kan., and John Hodzinski of Sheboygan share a table as they enjoy food offered by the Nekoosa United Church of Christ as the Great Annual Bicycle ...

A 95 million dollar expansion project may temporarily create hundreds of construction jobs in Wood County.

The Department of Public Instruction has released the 2007 WKCE test scores. Since testing was completed in November, the test results reflect the teaching/learning that took place in the previous school year.

NEKOOSA -- For more than four years, Nekoosa citizens have been raising money to build the Nekoosa Area Community Center, but recently, that flow of money has slowed.

Note: In the weeks leading up to the Port Edwards paper mill closure, the Daily Tribune sought stories, anecdotes and memories about working at the mill.