Biron News

WISCONSIN RAPIDS -- United Way of Inner Wisconsin thanked its many local supporters Dec.

For people who get new electronics during the holiday season, disposing of the old stuff soon will be more complicated than just throwing it away.

A local chapter of a federal program designed to serve the needs of young children from low-income families will open a new site, thanks to a recently announced grant.

MILLADORE -- Joseph E. Flick, 78, of the Milladore area died Wednesday evening, Dec.

Earl and Vivian Haefs of Wisconsin Rapids recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary.

NewPage Biron, WI printing paper mill with checks totaling $83,536 for successful completion of three projects in the mill's boilerhouse Soure: NewPage -- Graphic Arts Online, December 17, 2009 MIAMISBURG, Ohio, Dec.

MIAMISBURG, Ohio - For the sixth consecutive year, the U.S. Postal Service will use NewPage paper produced in central Wisconsin for its winter holiday stamps, the papermaker announced today.

BIRON -- More than 60 local businesswomen shared food and laughter Tuesday at the Heart of Wisconsin Business Alliance Working Women's Luncheon.

Milladore At 5:49 p.m. Thursday, the Auburndale and Sherry fire departments responded to a report of a chimney fire in the 11600 block of Brookside Road.

The Riverview Home Delivered Meals program is in its 36th year of providing hot, nutritious noon meals to residents in Wisconsin Rapids, Nekoosa, Port Edwards and Biron.

As part of its $5.3 million investment in a local manufacturer that plans to create about 600 local jobs, Wisconsin Rapids will make changes to a special tax district to help recoup that money.

For a second consecutive year, randomly selected central Wisconsin residents will have the opportunity to participate in a multiyear survey of state residents' health, which could affect future policy.

The greens at Homestead Supper and Country Club were covered with pine needles and fallen leaves Monday, but the diehard golfers didn't care.

BIRON - A motorist has been released from the hospital following a three-vehicle crash on Highway 54.

BIRON - A vehicle delivering newspapers this afternoon was involved in a three-vehicle crash on Highway 54.

The Heart of Wisconsin Business Alliance will hold a Working Women's Luncheon from 11:15 a.m. to 1 p.m. Nov.

Arlyn and Lorraine Dorshorst of Rudolph recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary.

Bobbie U. Manley, 90, of 1531 23rd St. N., Wisconsin Rapids, died Saturday, Oct.

Amateur radio operators from across the state provided extra protection Saturday night for some central Wisconsin trick-or-treaters. About 28 volunteers from as far away as St.

MIAMISBURG, Ohio - NewPage Corp. has sold more than 1 million tons of chain-of-custody-certified paper since 2006, the company recently announced.