Marshfield News-Herald

Wisconsin Rapids financial adviser to run for governor
A Wisconsin Rapids businessman filed the necessary paperwork to become a registered GOP candidate for the states top executive office.

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Eva Kor, 75, not only survived the horrors of the Holocaust concentration camp Auschwitz, but she also is a survivor of the medical experiments conducted by the notorious Dr. Josef Mengele.

A 24-year-old Colby man was arrested late last night after allegedly stabbing a 23-year-old Medford man during an argument, according to Colby-Abbotsford Police Chief Ron Gosse.

MADISON — The chancellor of the University of Wisconsin Colleges and the UW-Extension is a finalist to become president of Morgan State University in Baltimore.

Despite receiving support from local school districts, the Wood County Health Department is putting the kibosh on bringing in school-based clinics for students to easily receive H1N1 swine flu immunizations.

Veterans Administration officials are alerting Vietnam War veterans that they've added three illnesses to those associated with the chemical weapon Agent Orange.

Hundreds of area high school students perused booth after booth of employers and counselors -- who offered advice, opinions and applications for their future.

Greenwood, Granton and Loyal school districts are in the early stages of creating co-op programs in order to keep some sports within their schools.

"We hope to break ground in December," said Mike Olson, senior vice-president of CAP Services Inc., a non-profit agency based in Stevens Point dedicated to community development.

STEVENS POINT -- Delta Dental of Wisconsin, a Stevens Point-based dental benefits provider, is donating $240,000 a year for the next two years to a statewide program aimed at preventative dental care for children.

MARATHON -- Voters in Marathon on Tuesday approved building a $550,000 public library by an overwhelming margin of 86 percent to 14 percent.

WISCONSIN RAPIDS -- As soon as final financing is complete, officials at a Wisconsin Rapids-based manufacturer intend to break ground on a plant they say will create about 600 jobs.