WAUSAU - A Wausau eye clinic will soon be able to treat emergency and other surgeries right on site. The Eye Clinic of Wisconsin is finishing up a 6,000 square foot state-of-the-art addition.
The clinic in Wausau has served the area for 50 years, and it sees more than 60,000 patient visits each year. With the surgical center addition they expect that number to increase by 3,500.
"We can increase the flexibility in terms of how we can schedule patients, delivering better care with flexibility in scheduling. It allows us to control the technology, so we can stay on the cutting edge of technology and providing state-of-the-art care to our patients," says Dr. Douglas Edwards, an Ophthalmologist at the clinic.
The clinic is also increasing its staff by nearly ten percent, with the addition of nine new staff members.
Administrators say the center will be ready for patients in early January.
ANTIGO - Most of us waited eagerly for spring so we could start our summer hobbies.
But farmers wait for spring so they can get to work.
John Schroeder runs a potato farm in Antigo.
He says the late spring could mean a bad harvest for crops like alfalfa, but potatoes should be just fine.
"It generally started a little wet and cold, he said. "We were probably three or four days behind planting right now, but we had a good week last week, so we're catching up."
RHINELANDER - Wausau Paper today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its specialty paper business to a new company sponsored by KPS Capital Partners L.P. (“KPS”), a New York-based private equity firm with significant experience in the paper industry.
The new company will be known as Expera Specialty Solutions, LLC (“Expera”).
KPS, as previously announced, has also entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the specialty paper business of Packaging Dynamics Corporation
Massive tornado flattens homes, neighborhoods in Oklahoma
Submitted: 05/20/2013
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK - A monstrous tornado as much as a mile wide roars through the Oklahoma City suburbs, flattening entire neighborhoods, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school.
NBC News reports at least 10 people are confirmed dead as of 7 p.m.
The storm laid waste to scores of buildings in Moore, south of the city.
The National Weather Service says it had winds up to 200 mph.
People wearing neon-green vests were joined by residents in the search through rubble. Neighborhoods are flattened and homes blown apart.
Gary Knight with the Oklahoma City Police Department says an elementary school took a direct hit from the mile-wide tornado.
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