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Schmidt, Audrey
Audrey C. Schmidt, age 91, of Waupaca, WI, passed away on Tuesday, April 30, 2024. at Wisconsin Rapids Health in Wisconsin Rapids, WI. She was born December 12, 1932 in Milwaukee, WI; the beloved daughter of Alfred and Blanche (Czaja) Pepp. Audrey’s life was one of love, service, and dedication...
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...
Gear up for your teen’s first drive with Rohan’s Rides & More
(WFRV)- Do you have a child who is getting their driver’s license soon? Purchase an inexpensive car at Rohan’s Rides & More. Rohan’s Rides & More offers a wide selection of used cars for sale. If you want something bigger, they also sell trucks and SUVs. Keep...
Public health vending machines now available in Portage County
STEVENS POINT, Wis. (WSAW) - The Portage County Division of Public Health has launched a public health vending machine to provide an easily accessible method for the public to obtain a range of harm-reduction supplies with minimal access requirements. The Portage County PHVM will offer the following items at no...
Portage County inspections: One restaurant has 18 violations and reduces it to 2 on reinspection
The following are the latest results of Portage County Health Department inspections on licensed food establishments and other types of businesses, which the Stevens Point Journal reports monthly. Almond. Amherst. O'Brien's On Main, 128 Main St.: March 5: Three violations: Establishment has no procedure that addresses responding to vomiting or...
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. ...
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.
Three local gymnasts prepare for national competition
STEVENS POINT, Wis. (WSAW) - Three local gymnasts will represent central Wisconsin on a national level over the next two weeks. Russell Gymnastics in Stevens Point will send level ten gymnasts Arianna Ostrum and Addison Brock to Nationals in Daytona Beach next week, while level nine gymnast Isabelle Berens will compete at Western Championships in Clintonville, Iowa this weekend.
Eggebrecht is a scholar athlete finalist
Phillips High School senior Kacy Eggebrecht is among 32 scholar athletes statewide who were announced as finalists for the 2024 Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association’s (WIAA) Statewide Scholar Athlete Award and will be recognized at a May 5 awards ceremony in Stevens Point. This year more than 836 seniors were nominated for the award by 422 high schools throughout the state. To determine the top 32 finalists, four boys and four girls were selected (based on both athletic and academic achievement) from each of the four...
Schools Give Prep NIL Thumbs Down
The member schools of the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA) defeated a much-deliberated Name, Image, Likeness (NIL) proposal at the 128th annual meeting last week in Stevens Point. The membership voted 219-170 to reject the proposed NIL language that would have allowed student-athletes to engage in promotion and revenue opportunities and...
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