Mid-State to offer free local welding certificate this summer
The Mid-State Technical College Fuse Your Future summer training program will be offered June 7 – 29 on the Wisconsin Rapids Campus. Twelve seats are available for the free training,…
Paramedic students progress at Mid-State
Our Paramedic students have been very busy with the first month of the second semester. The students learned to interpret 12-Lead EKGs, treat a variety of medical disease processes across…
Ellis Construction welcomes teen workers
Nuts & Bolts Staff Employment vacancies in the skilled trades sector are one of the hardest to fill, and it’s changing the way businesses seek out their employees---often, to the…
Help wanted
Bill’s Pizza Shop is looking for kitchen help. Stop in and apply in person. 1101 Main St., Stevens Point. Hardee’s hiring, numerous positions, apply at 3132 Church St., Stevens Point.…
Mid-State, partners celebrate first grads of culinary program
Nuts & Bolts Staff Mid-State Technical College and supporting partners recognized the achievements of the school’s first students to complete its new Culinary Foundations certificate program. The school held a…
Young couple cement futures with careers in police, fire
Nuts & Bolts Staff Joey Gemza, III, and his fiancé, Morgan Gruna, are the future of local emergency services. Gemza, 25, is a SPASH graduate who now works as a…
Flushing the hydrants: What are they doing?
Nuts & Bolts Staff An employee of the Plover Public Works Department will flush the village’s 1,040 hydrants twice a year---each spring and each fall. The flushing cleans out the…
The history of the Portage Co. landfill
By Amanda Haffele Did you know Portage County has a closed landfill? It all began in the early 1970s when municipalities and the county wanted to pool resources, close dumps,…