July 30, 1999 • Hot, humid temperatures verify summer is here • Sentry buys John Deere Insurance • Bridge project develops new wrinkles • Death of former regent from UW-SP shocks friends • Officials worry about recycling grants' future • Staffing efficiency tops priorities of jail study • Amherst man killed when struck by train • Point will add part-time first-grade teachers • School Board continues revision of school policies • Almond celebrates Tater Toot on Friday night and Saturday • Warnings issued about heat emergencies this summer • Plover committee will discuss skateboard park • Second Impressions Consignment store opens in Springville Center • Public Record – Police Reports, Births, Government Meetings • Tobacco sales to minors checked • Acquisition costs hurt Anchor Bancorp's quarterly performance • Polonia man held after shooting in Hull tavern • Bancroft hosts Good Old Days • Rock on Heffron Jamfest 9 scheduled • Square dancers will hold convention in Point July 23, 1999 • FCC says Point can't deny rate increase for cable • County dedicates new second bridge • City seeks injunction for house • Wilshire Boulevard will get sidewalks on west side • Council suggests commercial zoning for Whiting Ave. parcel • Voyager.net buys CORE Digital • County traffic crashes claim two more lives • Village of Plover amends ordinance on fences • Cronin will challenge Obey for seat in Congress • Point Council approves relocated west side telephone park • Re-enactors bring history lesson to Heritage Park • Hull names Kluck fire chief • St. Adalbert in Rosholt schedules picnic • St. Phillip in Rudolph will hold picnic Update - July 17, 1999 • Point man dies in car crash July 16, 1999 • New Highway HH bridge is open • Moonwalk remains fresh in memories • Gazette joins Internet • Grubba Jewelers will move, take sign across street • Commission nixes rezoning • New rescue watercraft arrives • Arby's will build another restaurant on east side • Cable commission wants charges for some services spelled out • Rod & custom show gets park in 2000 • City staff will design new telephone parkway • Agribusiness Council will tour county • More intersections near schools in Point will get traffic signals • Public Record • Deputies investigate several daytime burglaries in county • Basketball tournament will stay in parking lot • Lightning fries equipment at municipal airport • Whiting Road bridge closed for reconstruction • Amherst Fair under way • Professional services building breaks ground in Business Park • UW-SP Division of Communication recognizes local students • Library Board seeks funds for Plover, Rosholt improvements • County officials prepare to start work on 2000 budget • Whiting ponders zoning changes • MSTC board elects officers July 9, 1999 • Energy fair leaves Amherst for year • Area potato crop does well, free of late blight • Plover will install sidewalks on Maple July 2, 1999 • Portage County Gazette is back