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Weekly Blast: The Town Board held its monthly meeting on Wednesday. Here are several noteworthy items: Road base material awards went to Earth Inc. for ¾” hard rock and to Red Rock Granite, Inc. for 1 ¼” screened red granite. To start, the Board agreed to allocate $14,150 to purchase hard rock to complete a section of Evergreen Ave. west of County Road F which began last year. The final count on Tire Day was 358 tires collected with $2,344 received from residents. The invoice we received from Liberty Tire Recycling was $3,499.51 creating a differential of $1,155.51. This amount will be paid from our town budget and added to the 2026 operational costs of the Transfer Station. Sadly, this difference is due to “road-killed tires” that people live in our ditches and road rights of ways. If you ever see this happening, please note a license plate or other descriptive information that we can pass on to law enforcement. Each year we receive a grant from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources for our recycling efforts. We received $2,289.05 based on two components: $1,841.99 from the basic recycling grant award and $447.06 from the recycling consolidation grant award. Thanks are extended to Clerk Stefanie Schlapa for compiling the required information for the Dept. on our behalf. Last evening I attended the Ambulance Board meeting with our partners from the Wood County Towns of Grand Rapids, Rudolph, Seneca, Sigel, and the Village of Rudolph. Gary Johnson, co-owner of United Emergency Medical Response (UEMR) provided an update. If you were at the Town of Grant’s Annual Meeting you may recall two areas of concern which were reiterated last night: People are calling 911 for “lift assists” instead of calling their family, friends, or neighbors. UEMR receives 2 to 4 of these calls per week. These people are not injured but need help getting off the ground, out of chairs, off toilets, out of their cars, etc. Although UEMR is happy to provide this service current state laws to not allow ambulances to divert from a lift assist to a “true” 911 call. UEMR’s concern, due to the large geographic area that they service, is that one day they may have to delay a response to a heart attack, stroke, or other emergency due to a lift assist where the individual has other options for assistance. Accidental Medic Alert activations (bracelets & necklaces). UEMR receives about 2 of these calls per week. Like above, rather than calling 911, family, friends, etc. should be the “first alert” on the device rather than the ambulance. The life alert companies that boast about saving a life every so many seconds do so because they recommend 911 as the first call in a successful effort to boost their statistics. Garry reported that many times people activate these devices simply by rolling over them in bed. This results in UEMR sometimes breaking doors or windows to gain access to homes to find the resident sleeping. It really is true…you learn something every day! Enjoy the weekend, Sharon

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NOTICE: Beer, Liquor, Wine License Applications

Town of Grant

9011 County Road WW

Wisconsin Rapids, WI  54494

Beer, Liquor & Wine

License Application

 

The following have filed application for “Class B” Combination Beer/Liquor Licenses with the Town of Grant, Portage County, WI

 

  1. Bob McDonald, 4231 80th St. S, for the premise known as Mickey’s Tip-Up located at 4231 80th St. S, Wis. Rapids, WI.
  2. Herbert Brostrom, agent, 7310 Dewberry Lane, for the premise known as Kiwanis Club of Wisconsin Rapids located at 3221 80th St. S, Wis. Rapids, WI.
  3. Doug Beggs, 6050 CTH D, Plainfield, Kountry Kwencher Corp. for the premise known as DJ’s Corner Bar located at 15810 County Road F, Bancroft, WI.
  4. Wilbert Indermuehle, 4720 11th Street S, for the premise Ryders Roadhouse & Grill at 9031 County Road WW, Wisconsin Rapids, 54494
  5. Jere L. Winters, 6820 Ahles, for the premise known as Kellner Klub, LLC located at 4111 80th St. S, Wis. Rapids, WI.

 

The following have filed application for Class “B” Beer License with the Town of Grant, Portage County, WI

 

  1. Michael Bohn, agent, 6010 Washington St., Rapids, WI, for the premise known as Antler Archers located at 8720 Deer Rd. Wisconsin Rapids, WI.
  2. Kathi Havitz, 8110 Grove Ave., for the premise known as Chat-R-Box Restaurant located at 3821 80th S, Wis. Rapids, WI.
  3. David Johnson, agent, 6210 Helke Road, Wis. Rapids, WI for the Wisconsin Rapids Youth Sports Association on the premise at 3631 85th S Wis. Rapids, WI.

    

       The following have filed application for “Class C” Wine License with the Town of Grant, Portage County, WI.

  1. Kathi Havitz, 8110 Grove Ave., for the premise known as Chat-R-Box Restaurant located at 3821 80th St. S, Wis. Rapids, WI.

 

Stefanie Schlapa

Clerk, Town of Grant

5/18/26