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Portage County Board of Adjustment, 4 p.m., Conference Room 5, County Annex, 1462 Strong Ave.
Wastewater treatment plant an energy-saving success
Efforts to reduce the amount of energy at its new wastewater treatment facility have paid off for the village of Whiting.
Portage County Board of Adjustment, 7:30 a.m., leave County Annex, 1462 Strongs Ave.
NewPage expects less downtime in fourth quarter
Despite a 30 percent decrease in net sales for the quarter, a boost in orders has NewPage officials confident the papermaker will not need to take as much downtime in the fourth quarter as previously announced.
Woman airlifted after Sunday afternoon accident
A 65-year-old Stevens Point woman was airlifted Sunday afternoon after an accident in Whiting near the intersection of Post Road and Porter Road.
Fire Departments Receive Special Rescue Training
A central Wisconsin landmark is scheduled to be torn down this coming week, but before it goes, some local authorities are putting it to good use.
Next weeks government meetings
Town of Hull Board, 4:30 p.m., Town Municipal Building, 4550 Wojcik Memorial Drive.
Towns, villages bring down school district referendum
A lack of information and a bad economy are two possible reasons why outlying towns and villages defeated Tuesday's school district referendum.
Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune
Stevens Point voters say no to referendum
Voters in the Stevens Point Area Public School District rejected a $23.1 million, three-year spending proposal Tuesday.
Overheated canisters cause Whiting fire
Overheated flammable canisters stored next to a water heater in a basement started a fire early Tuesday morning in Whiting, Whiting Fire Chief Dan Kontos said.
Arson has been determined as the cause of a fire early Saturday morning at 2141 Jefferson Street, Stevens Point Assistant Fire Chief Bob Finn said.
Young couple plans for children, invests in future
Doug Schlei, 26, of Whiting, doesn't have any children, but he and his wife, Autumn, are thinking about it.
NewPage sells millionth ton of chain-of-custody certified paper
MIAMISBURG, Ohio - NewPage Corp. has sold more than 1 million tons of chain-of-custody-certified paper since 2006, the company recently announced.
Music classes get global with lessons
Every student was either singing, dancing or playing an instrument to a song from Guinea, a country in west Africa, during Clara Kimmet's sixth-grade general music class at Madison Elementary School earlier this week.
Our View: CAP Services goes extra mile for Intevation
When nobody else was willing to take a chance on Jay Arend's business plan, CAP Services wasn't prepared to let it simply go away.
Salt Supply Concerns Unusually heavy amounts of snow the past two winters led to a shortage of salt and drove the prices sky high....and may leave road crews in a slippery spot.
Up To 100 NewPage Employees Idled By Mid-December
NewPage Corp. has notified state labor officials it plans to idle one of the Whiting paper machines in December, laying off 75 to 100 employees.
Wisconsin mill plans to lay off as many as 100 employees
An area employer says it expects to temporarily lay off as many as 100 employees in December.
Our View: NewPage workers facing uncertain times
It's scary not to know what's going to happen with your job. That's what NewPage employees at the Whiting mill are facing According to a release from the Miamisburg, Ohio-based papermaker on Monday, the company expects to indefinitely shut down its No.
No news yet on whether Point Tupper paper mill part of parent company's downtime plans
It's still unclear whether the NewPage paper mill here will be affected by market-related downtime announced this week by its parent company.