October 29, 1999 • Now it's voters turn • Mayor gives supervisors jail questions • Students help construct area homes • Trick-or-treat time is Sunday • Young named Wisconsin Professor of Year • School tax levy will decline, regardless • City clerk's office open Saturday for absentee vote • Most local projects survive governor's budget vetoes • Leaf pickup in Stevens Point will be next week • Daylight-savings time ends Sunday • United Way campaign progressing well • Public Record • Rosholt area youth receives dog trained to assist others • Pine Grove clerk/treasurer earns $1,000 grant for town • County gets population estimates • Beware of Canadian con artists • CAP Services receives $30,000 grant • Cassidy named Associate of the Year – Business • Cabinets and more completes move – Business • Grimstad named Wisconsin Central vice president – Business • Worth joins Flaherty & Associates – Business • CWALU plans courses – Business October 22, 1999 • – Editorial – Closed session on new jail site seems improper – Gene Kemmeter • GUILTY!: Sobish convicted of second-degree murder in child's 1978 death • Plover tries to reduce budget • Cable system will change channels around • East side shopping center could lose driveway if too much traffic develops • Two more die on county roads • MSTC sets tax levy • Public Record • Meetings scheduled on school referendum • Democrats, labor council support referendum • Business Council sets referendum session • Plover delays brush pickup to next week • Y2K supplement gives emergency advice October 15, 1999 • County Board wants jail meeting • School budget passes but tax rate awaits vote • Halls added picture to tombstone • School board works to get referendum information out • Public Record • Sheriff's Department keeps two deputies • County acts on juvenile curfew, truancy, speed limits • United Way of Portage County reaches 28 percent of $1.425 million goal for 1999 • Stevens Point committees act on signs, traffic signals at Wilshire • Stevens Point Area Catholic Schools add seven new trustees to endowment trust board • Dairy conference scheduled • UW-SP plans alcohol awareness events • Traffic switches on Hoover • Pacelli opens greenhouse October 8, 1999 • String of fires continues • State budget provides many items in county • Weeks is area's 'cabbage man' • Bread for the World works on social ills • Forum airs reasons behind referendum • Association schedules 'Community Days' in schools • Internet website created for referendum information • Public Record • Crime Stoppers targets vandals • New shopping center proposed along Brilowski Road • City roads west of river to have 'W.' in name • County Board to decide if two deputy positions to stay after grants end • Plover approves used-car dealership; votes to lower Springville Pond over winter • Employers urged to hire disabled • Sentry finalizes John Deere purchase • Anchor Bank opens new branch office in Plover October 1, 1999 • Gridiron saga moves into court • Catholic radio station may be coming to area • Inventor developed repeating rifle here • County Fare section debuts • Fitzgerald wants to continue coaching SPASH football after retirement • Absentee ballots for referendum are now available in city clerk's office • County wants answers on cracks in dam • School enrollment falls less than expected • Proposed charter school would emphasize thematic approach • Road construction season to stretch over several years • County capital improvement projects await jail site selection • Sheriff's Department asks for funds to pay increased overtime costs • Stevens Point businessmen issue challenge to alumni • Holiday Inn announces two key appointments • Public Record • Help requested to solve Plover crimes Back Issues • News from September, 1999 • News from August, 1999 • News from July, 1999