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Streetwise: Hawaiian Tanning Studio relocates and more Wisconsin Rapids area business news
WISCONSIN RAPIDS – What’s happening with businesses in the Wisconsin Rapids area?. Streetwise has your answers. These roundups offer an easy way to stay up to date with what’s happening on the Streetwise beat. If you know of a new business, a development or a place that’s closing, send me a note at cshuda@gannett.com. If you have questions about something opening, closing or changing in the area, send me those, too, and I'll do my best to find an answer.
9-year-old with autism from Wisconsin Rapids publishes book ‘Emotionally Ever After’
WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis. (WSAW) - “I want to help other autistic kids, I can show how I feel with my art.”. In the world of Wisconsin Rapids’ Brody Kronstedt, writing and drawing is a familiar task. Brody would frequently write apology letters to others after an episode of over-stimulation. One letter, in particular, provided a spark.
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 to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the facility operates at 2811 Fifth Ave. N. in Wisconsin Rapids.
Valvoline update, new owner at Hotel Mead, Hobby Lobby to open
Happy Tuesday and welcome to the Streetwise newsletter! I recently connected with a representative from Valvoline Instant Oil Change, who shared the company's initial plans for its new Wisconsin Rapids location. Valvoline intends to break ground on the new building early this summer and open by the end of the year on the corner of 12th Street South and East Riverview Expressway. ...
Two North County Cooperative officers injured in head-on crash
A surveillance camera from Tony’s furniture on West Florissant Road in Dellwood captured images of an early morning crash that hospitalized two North County Police Cooperative officers in the department’s Dellwood precinct.
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