Vesper News

Interested in birds? Enjoy feeding birds? Want to attract birds to your yard? Are you a bird watcher? Join other 'birders' from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Feb.

Legion fundraiser: The Vesper American Legion Post 520 will host its annual chili and chicken noodle dinner beginning at 10:30 a.m. Sunday at the Vesper Community Center, 5032 Benson Ave., Vesper.

Wisconsin Rapids just might have its own horse whisperer. Bruce Benson, 57, is training a wild mustang as part of the Extreme Mustang Makeover, a contest that is part of the Midwest Horse Fair set for April 20 to 22 in Madison.

Ricardo Florentino and Danielle M. Bettesworth, both of the town of Wood, date unavailable.

At 9:57 a.m. Thursday, an officer arrested a man at the Department of Corrections, 131 24th Street South.

Federal stimulus dollars approved in 2009 will be used to create as many as 659 jobs and provide high-speed Internet access to more than 7,400 rural households in Wisconsin this year.

Check out our special selection of books on display this month at the Lester Public Library of Vesper.

Documents filed today in the cases against four Lincoln High School wrestlers charged with disorderly conduct indicate there were more incidents and victims than reported in the criminal complaints.

Madison-based TDS Telecommunications Corp. is hosting two pre-bid meetings to provide details for its 11 broadband network expansion projects in Wisconsin.

An attorney for one of four Lincoln High School wrestlers facing misconduct charges for actions authorities said took place in the locker room has asked a judge to dismiss the case.

At 7:57 a.m. Monday, a Plover woman reported a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Baker Drive and Highway 54, Wisconsin Rapids.

Two graduate from Concordia Jodi Lubeck of Vesper and Tina Froeba of Wisconsin Rapids graduated from Concordia University Wisconsin, Mequon, during fall commencement exercises Dec.

The Vesper Community Academy, 6443 Virginia St., Vesper, will host a "Too much stuff sale" from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the school.

At 8:17 a.m. Monday, a Wisconsin Rapids woman reported someone took medications from a vehicle in the 500 block of 19th Avenue South.

At 5:35 p.m. Thursday, a vehicle driven by Leonard G. Peters, 61, Wisconsin Rapids, and a car driven by Nicole R. Stashek, 23, Vesper, collided when Peters' vehicle pulled out from a stop sign at the intersection of Canal Street and West Grand Avenue.