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ND Paper purchases Billerud's Wisconsin Water Quality Center in Wisconsin Rapids
WISCONSIN RAPIDS – ND Paper will own Billerud’s Wisconsin Water Quality Center and landfill. According to a Tuesday morning news release from ND Paper, the company closed on an asset purchase agreement with Billerud Wisconsin that stated ND Paper will own and operate the Water Quality Center, associated landfill and landfill assets. According...
Valvoline will build a service center in the former Shopko parking lot in Wisconsin Rapids. Here’s their timeline.
WISCONSIN RAPIDS – Construction will start in the next few months on the new Valvoline Instant Oil Change in Wisconsin Rapids. A spokesperson from Valvoline told the Daily Tribune the company hopes to break ground on the new building early this summer and open the business by the end of the year. The...
Wisconsin Rapids Current: City seeks District 3 alderperson, process will soon begin to fill LHS principal role
Wisconsin Rapids Current is a regular column in the Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune by Service Journalism Reporter Erik Pfantz that covers a range of topics in city and county governments and local school districts to highlight the many items that flow past our local decision-makers. If you have items you would like to see highlighted in this column, please reach out to Erik at epfantz@gannett.com. ...
Wisconsin Rapids School Board approves superintendent contract. How much will Rasmussen make in first year?
WISCONSIN RAPIDS − The Wisconsin Rapids School Board unanimously approved the appointment of Ronald Rasmussen as district superintendent Monday in a special meeting. “I am humbled and honored to serve as the next leader of WRPS," Rasmussen said in a Friday afternoon news release announcing his selection. "I have seen first-hand how fortunate we are to have such amazing schools in our community. I am committed to continuously developing our great schools through strong relationships with, and...
Here's how statewide reading reform is impacting Wisconsin Rapids Public Schools
WISCONSIN RAPIDS − Last summer, the Wisconsin State Legislature and Gov. Tony Evers reached a compromise on sweeping literacy reform for Wisconsin students. The reform, known as The Right to Read Act or 2023 Wisconsin Act 20, requires “science-based early reading instruction in both universal and intervention settings” and specifically prohibits reading instruction using “three-cueing instruction,” according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction website.
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