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Mid-State Technical College named 2025 Firm of the Year by MACCI

WISCONSIN RAPIDS – The Marshfield Area Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MACCI) has named Mid-State Technical College its 2025 Firm of the Year, recognizing the College’s contributions to …

DATCP announces Wisconsin Corn Promotion Board election results

WISCONSIN RAPIDS – The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) has certified the 2024 Wisconsin Corn Promotion Board (WCPB) election results. The following …

UW-Stevens Point December graduates 2024

WOOD COUNTY--The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point conferred degrees to 462 graduates for the fall 2024 semester. The following students from the Wood County area graduated from the University of …

Announcing the winners of the 2025 Wood County Poster Contest

WOOD COUNTY – This year marked the 20th year the Wood County Land & Water Conservation Department hosted a local conservation awareness poster contest. This contest is part of a state and …
Sports and Outdoors
Sports and Outdoors

DNR seeking public comment on Future Wildlife Management Objectives

WOOD COUNTY--The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is currently drafting a strategic plan for managing our state’s wildlife species and habitat and is seeking public feedback on the …

Wisconsin Rapids Rafters prepare for an exciting 2025 season

WISCONSIN RAPIDS--The Wisconsin Rapids Rafters have been a community staple for fifteen years, with their near decade and a half in the Northwoods League, and the rich history of Witter Field …
Mason Ironside

WRSC boys place fifth at the CWSC Conference Meet with four champions

WISCONSIN RAPIDS – The Central Wisconsin Swim Conference (CWSC) held the Conference Championships in Tomahawk on Feb. 8-9. As part of the fourteen-team event, the Wisconsin Rapids Swim Club …
Janessa Rucinski

The Krakens take third place at Divisionals, and advance 34 swimmers to Conference Championships

WISCONSIN RAPIDS – The Central Wisconsin Swim Conference is set up with East and West Divisions. The Wisconsin Rapids Swim Club (WRSC) is part of the East Division. The following clubs make up …
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Nicotine, especially from vapes, significantly affects teens today. In 2023, one in three high school students in Wisconsin reported using tobacco or nicotine products (YRBS, 2023). This epidemic …

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Losing my favorite ‘boy of summer’

Bob Uecker, left, takes a moment to visit with Mike Warren in the bowels of what was then Miller Park in 2018.

From the editor It’s the first warm spring day in May and the Milwaukee Brewers have a day game, the window is open and as the warm breeze flows in, you hear Bob Uecker say, “And the …

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It is a great feeling as a parent to have achieved your own financial success, having helped your children along the way, with assets to pass along to the ones you love. The timing of how you pass …
I have always wanted to build wealth. Many people do. What is your definition of wealth? How does one go about building wealth and more importantly, how do you keep your wealth? The first wealth is …
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