Plover News

Several local organizations are providing free meals to the community for Thanksgiving next week.

The lines at Portage County food pantries are growing longer. Data from the Portage County Hunger and Poverty Prevention Partnership show the number of people unable to afford an adequate amount of food continues to rise.

Monday Portage County Board of Adjustment, 4 p.m., Conference Room 5, County Annex, 1462 Strongs Ave.

Focus on Parenting, a national live simulcast event, will be presented from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday at Woodlands Church, 190 Hoover Ave., Plover.

Puppies are cute, but a lot of work, says Plover veterinarian Diane Scott. 'When you adopt a dog, you pretty much know its personality, but you never know when you adopt a puppy what its personality will be like as a dog,' said Scott who is an advocate for dog adoptions.

You know the holidays and low temperatures are approaching when you hear the ringing bell of a Salvation Army Soldier or volunteer.

Lupulin Maximus Imperial IPA O'so Brewing Co., Plover, Wis. www.osobrewing.com 9 percent ABV Lupulin Maximus takes the local brewery phenomenon to new heights with the inclusion of one or two spicy Fuggles hop cones in every bottle, grown at the home of O'so Brewing owners Marc and Katina Buttera.

Individuals are asked to remember the military serving in Iraq and Afghanistan during the holiday season by sending letters, holiday cards and pictures through the Messages from America program.

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.

Two vehicles have hit buildings in two separate incidents since Sunday. At 12:39 p.m. Monday at Wyndmere Estates, 216 Prentice St.

Christine Thomas, the dean of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point's College of Natural Resources, has been given another six-term on the Wisconsin Natural Resources Board.

By about 10:30 a.m., 13 people had cast their ballot in the village of Junction City.

Sons of Norway Lodge, Vennligfolk, will meet at 7 p.m. Sunday on the lower level at Plover Library, 2151 Roosevelt Drive, Plover.

Roundy's Supermarkets Inc. has entered into an agreement with Aurora Health Care to purchase all Aurora-operated pharmacies located inside Pick 'n Save and Copps stores in Wisconsin, according to a press release from the company.

The Central Wisconsin Stamp Club will hold its annual stamp show from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov.

Highway 54 between Grant Avenue and Nassau Boulevard in the Village of Plover will be closed to through traffic Monday, Nov.

WIS 54 - between Grant Avenue and Nassau Boulevard on the west side of Plover - is scheduled to close to through traffic beginning Monday, Nov.

BloodCenter of Wisconsin will hold a blood drive from noon to 5 p.m. Monday in the Joseph Room at St.

Marguerite Euler, 90, lives alone in Plover and hasn't been able to keep up with the yard work since her husband died three years ago.

It was a well-researched idea, backed by an experienced businessman, and supported by an organization known for helping entrepreneurs create jobs, but even that wasn't enough to convince banks that a food processing plant in central Wisconsin was worth financing.