Citizens Bank officially unveiled its new name and look this past week. The bank, located at 5597 U.S. Highway 10 in Stevens Point, held a community event on Thursday to mark its change to FirstMerit Bank. The branch is managed … Continue reading →

A company that has developed a portable device for treating diabetic foot ulcers won the grand prize in the 2013 Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest. NitricGen Inc., a Madison-based firm, designed and patented a shoe box-sized device that produces nitric … Continue reading →

Team Schierl Companies recently opened a new location, which includes The Store and a Subway restaurant, at 1201 Badger Avenue in Stevens Point. The site is the 22nd The Store location the Stevens Point-based company operates in Wisconsin and Michigan. Team Schierl Companies … Continue reading →

  This coming Monday, the Stevens Point Plan Commission will take up the issue of filling the former K Bueno restaurant in downtown Stevens Point. The commission will vote on a request from Tom Deppiesse, representing Estate Wines, for a … Continue reading →

Several breweries from central Wisconsin will be among the 30 who take part in the ninth annial Great Northern Beer Festival , to be held from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. on June 8 on the festival grounds of Hi-Pines … Continue reading →

 A recent study by Restaurant Sciences LLC (www.restaurantsciences.com), which tracks food and beverage product sales throughout the food service industry in North America, indicates that low-cost beers popular in the United States have seen a price increase of about 6.8 percent … Continue reading →

If you haven’t been to the Red Mill Supper Club, located at 1222 County Road HH W, in a little while, then you may have missed its new menu. Some of the new items, according to a release from the … Continue reading →

Business Insider (www.businessinsider.com) recently posted a list of the top states in the U.S. that exported the most goods to China in 2012. Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin, along with governors from California, Iowa, Virginia, South Dakota, and Guam have … Continue reading →