A paper-making company announced Tuesday that it plans to close its mills in Minnesota and Wisconsin because the coronavirus pandemic has depressed demand.

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Matalco’s new factory will produce more than 230 million pounds of aluminum billet a year. Its main product will be 6xxx series extrusion-grade billet and logs made primarily from scrap aluminum. Within two or three years, 80 people are expected to be employed full time at the plant.

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The new YMCA is being built at the site of the former Rapids Mall in Wisconsin Rapids.

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A contractor in Wisconsin Rapids pleaded guilty in federal court this week to a tax-evasion charge he was slapped with for pocketing checks from clients over a three-year period.

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The Daily Reporter's weekly digest of companies that have been cited for OSHA violations during work around the state.

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The Daily Reporter's weekly digest of companies that have been cited for OSHA violations during work around the state.

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state has approved $45 million in bond authority for a central Wisconsin factory that could eventually create 600 jobs. Energy Composites plans to build a plant that will produce turbine blades for wind farms. The ...

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The Wisconsin Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee on Friday approved monies from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for transit projects in Central Wisconsin, according to a press release from the office of State Sen. Julie Lassa, D-Stevens Point. Adams County ...

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Hammer On Custom Carpentry, Neenah, must pay a $1,050 fall-protection citation because the period to contest the violation has ended. The company was issued the citation Dec. 2 during a roofing job in Greenville. Travis Markiewicz Construction LLC, Oconto Falls, ...

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Wisconsin Rapids wind turbine plant to create 400 jobs Wisconsin Rapids (AP) — Wisconsin Rapids is getting a new factory that is expected to create about 400 jobs. Mayor Mary Jo Carson said Energy Composites Corp. plans to begin construction ...

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