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Wood County District Attorney Craig Lambert will not seek reelection
WISCONSIN RAPIDS − For about 23 years, Craig Lambert has worked for the Wood County District Attorney's Office. He's been the Wood County district attorney since January 2013. After serving three terms as Wood County district attorney, Lambert filed a notice with the Wisconsin Elections Commission that he won't...
Wisconsin Rapids Mayor Matt Zacher says 'entrepreneurial economy' is future of city
WISCONSIN RAPIDS − When he was elected as the next mayor of Wisconsin Rapids in April, Matt Zacher knew one of the biggest challenges of his two-year term would be continuing to address the impacts of the 2020 closure of the Verso paper mill that put over 900 local employees out of work. Just weeks before the election, Billerud − the paper mill's owner at the time − had announced the sale of the idled mill and...
Businesses navigating Plover construction, upgrades at Rapids Walmart, The Store news and more
Happy Tuesday and welcome to the Streetwise newsletter!. If you've been through Plover on County B in the last five weeks, you noticed all of the construction barrels, signs and detours. I spent the last couple of weeks talking with business owners along that stretch of highway about how the construction has affected their business, and I talked with village staff, the Plover Area Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Portage County Business Council to see how they've worked to make sure people know how to get to those businesses. Some places have seen their business drop by almost half of their normal profits, while other places have seen little to no change. Construction will continue through November.
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