August 27, 1999 • Potato crops face late blight threat • Portage County's 'Smokey' is retiring • Stevens Point woman coming home killed in Louisville • Fire departments add thermal imaging camera • Two referendums carry $57 million price tag • HH speed limit slows down • Lake Pacawa will host watercross race • Highway Committee ponders Brilowski/Eisenhower as county highway instead of Hoover • Jet service will return to area • Babcock tells educators to use teamwork • Silver Coach gets statewide fame • Four-day Rosholt Fair slated for Sept. 3-6 at fairgrounds • County sets land and water conservation goals • Residents with feeders experience more deer damage • Trebatoski starts Treb Real Estate • Five local leaders selected for Junior Achievement Board of Directors • Career planning course offered • CenterPoint MarketPlace hosts car, truck show • Grandchildren to hold cancer benefit Friday to help Amherst man • Public Record August 20, 1999 • Referendum for schools is $54 million • Plover takes aim at deer population • Schools will soon be back in session • School Board waits to find out financial impact of referendum • Police, schools practice, hope event never occurs • Common Council wants traffic signals at Highway 10, Amber Avenue • Freshman from Oshkosh wins year of UW-SP tuition • County-City Building remodeling continues • County will pay annex bill • Security measures identified for Gilfry Center • Public Record • Government meetings • MSTC board approves bond sale • Holmes chairs UW-SP Faculty Senate • Department of Aging requests expanded Lincoln Center • City rejects Clark Street light bids • Crime Stoppers looks at truck theft • Amherst hosts Little Britches Rodeo events • Stevens Point man serves in Peace Corps • Jordan Park program features edible plants • Keep a paper trail to prevent Y2K financial glitches • Car seat checkup clinic scheduled Saturday • G-P announces two appointments August 13, 1999 • Mayor opposes jail across Elk Street • Whiting says slow down on HH speed limit • Public will decide school projects Nov. 2 in referendum • School Board has final say on referendum items • Clark Street bridge has linked community • FBI clears Sheriff's Department • East Avenue will get trial closing • SNE may move Point employees to Mosinee • City Finance endorses sale of lots to Habitat for Humanity • Business want traffic signals on 10 at Amber • County delays decision on ambulance in south part of county • Public Record • Pedestrian hit, killed by semi • Community leadership celebration to recognize Hanson, Godrey and Nason • County considers juvenile curfew • Klopotek, wife of 'The Mad Pole' WWII fighter ace, dies • Annual Brews, Brats and Bands festival set for Aug. 20-21 • Project Fresh Start to distribute school supplies to area children • Whiting adopts two ordinances, prepares for train whistle court challenge • Crime Stoppers warn to be on the lookout for marijuana plants at harvest time • Two place at state 4-H dog show • Police cars collide en route to alarm • Monday is Airborne Day in area, Wisconsin August 6, 1999 • Lincoln Center gets priority over jail • Plover wants to house ambulance • Farms just keep getting bigger in US • Plover reviews plan for skateboard park • Plover Plan Commission approves plans for two businesses • Choreographer seeks women's life experiences • Grandson has fond memories of grandfather's stories • UW-SP archivist will retire after serving 30 years in position • Amherst paper ceases publication • Shippy leaves downtown after 85 years • Blood drive scheduled in Plover-Whiting area • Lehner continues to use Linotype • Hull Town Board authorizes cutting in right-of-way • Crime Stoppers seeks help solving 10 daytime burglaries • Portage County Tavern League donates to Crime Stoppers • Public Record • Business Council seeks sponsors for Honor Cards • Wierzba promoted to sergeant on Plover Police Department • Wisconsin Central's second quarter is flat • Golden Peacock moves to CenterPoint on Main • Whiting Plan Commission OKs The Wellness Spa • Bond rating saves big for Plover • Old-fashioned emergencies still around in Y2K era • Plover will wait until next year for Maple Drive sidewalks Back Issues • News from July, 1999 • News from August, 1999