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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. ...
Softball Game Preview: Pittsville Plays at Home
After three games on the road, Pittsville is heading back home. They will take on the Pacelli Cardinals at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory. Pittsville gave up the first runs last Monday, but they didn't let that...
WIAA membership approves two amendments; proposed NIL fails
The member schools of the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association on April 24 passed two amendments, defeated a much-deliberated Name, Image, Likeness (NIL) proposal, and conducted other membership business at the 128th annual meeting at the Sentry Insurance Theater in Stevens Point. The membership voted 170-219 to reject the proposed NIL...
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.
King Cone closes its Amherst ice cream shop after 40 years
AMHERST – King Cone is closing its Amherst location after 40 years. The ice cream shop announced the closure on its Facebook page Tuesday afternoon. The post said King Cone wants to focus on growth and offering the exceptional service customers have come to expect without stretching the company’s resources too thin.
UW-Stevens Point to offer free soil testing next weekend
STEVENS POINT, Wis. (WSAW) - You can learn about the soil in your yard or garden spaces at a free soil testing event at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point next week. The soilSHOP event will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 11, at the College of Natural Resources building located at 800 Reserve St. in Stevens Point. Parking will be available in the adjacent Lot E off of Isadore Street.
New friends for Cahoots
Cahoots is an adult day care service that has some new friends. Mitch and Janet Bergen and Mary Jo Barden formed a nonprofit group called Friends of Cahoots in 2023 to help the organization in a way that benefits the clients, staff and the organization. Cahoots is a for-profit group...
'Something has to change': Neighbors fight to improve pedestrian safety on Stevens Point's west side
STEVENS POINT − Neighbors, friends and family of a 63-year-old Stevens Point man killed in early March by a hit-and-run driver want to be sure no one else is lost the same way. Herbert Wievel was taking a walk on West River Drive when he was hit by a...
Stevens Point to begin flushing water main lines next week
STEVENS POINT, Wis. (WSAW) - The City of Stevens Point Public Utilities will begin flushing water mains throughout the city starting on Monday, May 6. Public Utilities will begin the process at 8 p.m. and continue until 4 a.m. Tuesday morning. This will continue each night until completed through Friday morning on May 10.
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.
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