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Valvoline will build a service center in the former Shopko parking lot in Wisconsin Rapids. Here’s their timeline.
WISCONSIN RAPIDS – Construction will start in the next few months on the new Valvoline Instant Oil Change in Wisconsin Rapids. A spokesperson from Valvoline told the Daily Tribune the company hopes to break ground on the new building early this summer and open the business by the end of the year. The spokesperson said the Wisconsin Rapids location will provide full-service oil changes along with a new service center that will offer tire rotations, windshield wiper blade replacements, air conditioning recharge services and more.
Hodag Park playground plans, deer management input, redeveloping old mill site
Fundraising campaign underway for plans to build a new playground and splash pad at Hodag Park, County Deer Advisory Council meetings will provide a chance to give input on deer management, new mayor of Wisconsin Rapids says redevelopment of the city's idled paper mill is a top focus.
After 10 years with the Grand Rapids Police Department, Chief Melvin Pedersen is retiring
GRAND RAPIDS − Police Chief Melvin Pedersen doesn't want a lot of fuss made about his June 2 retirement. "I want to ride quietly into the sunset," Pedersen told a Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune reporter. Pedersen, 67, grew up in Sigel, graduated from Lincoln High School and started his...
Highlights: Wausau West, D.C. Everest girls soccer claim victories
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) - Wausau West and D.C. Everest girls soccer were victorious in their games Thursday night, with Wausau West beating SPASH and D.C. Everest beat Wisconsin Rapids. D.C. Everest pitched a shutout against Wisconsin Rapids on a rainy Wisconsin Rapids field, taking a 4-0 win. Ava Hopper led...
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.
Softball: Rice Lake splits high-scoring doubleheader with Wisconsin Rapids
There were a combined 46 runs scored as the Rice Lake softball team split its nonconference doubleheader at Wisconsin Rapids on Saturday. Rice Lake 15, Wisconsin Rapids 9 The Warriors (9-6) collected 19 hits in a game one victory, which included a 5 for 5 game from Madi Rowe, who homered twice, drove in five runs and scored five times. ...
Boys lacrosse: Verona’s win streak ends at five games
For the second time this season, the Verona boys lacrosse team got a game-winning goal late in the fourth quarter. This time it was Jackson Connor scoring the go-ahead goal late in the fourth quarter to lift Verona over Kenosha 7-6 on Saturday, April 27, at the Badger Spring Invitational at the Woodside Sports Complex in Wisconsin Dells.
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