Yahoo

This 19-year-old is working in Wisconsin’s paper industry. Here’s how the industry is encouraging more women to join

Working in the paper industry has always appealed to Carissa Ashman. Growing up in Kaukauna, Ashman often visited the former Paper Discover Center with her mother. Located inside the old ...
Yahoo

Wisconsin Rapids issues demolition permit for portions of paper mill. What happens now?

WISCONSIN RAPIDS – City officials issued a razing and demolition permit for portions of the Wisconsin Rapids paper mill. According to a Friday morning release from Mayor Matt Zacher, the city issued ...
The Post-Crescent

Wisconsin's paper mills are famous, but its paper converters are just as crucial. Here's why

Pulp and paper mills are generally large, imposing structures — visible from a distance with big, billowing clouds overhead. Paper converters, meanwhile, tend to be smaller, tucked away in unassuming ...
Green Bay Press-Gazette

Women are outnumbered in the Wisconsin's forest products industry. Two groups hope a new scholarship will help.

GREEN BAY – Wisconsin needs more women working in its forest products industry, and that's why leaders of the Wisconsin Paper Council and Ahlstrom say they are teaming up to create a new, first-of-its ...
Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune

ND Paper purchases Billerud's Wisconsin Water Quality Center in Wisconsin Rapids

WISCONSIN RAPIDS – ND Paper will own Billerud’s Wisconsin Water Quality Center and landfill. According to a Tuesday morning news release from ND Paper, the company closed on an asset purchase ...