A pair of central Wisconsin lawmakers are looking to use some stimulus money to help reopen a closed paper mill.
State Rep. Scott Krug and Senator Patrick Testin last week suggested using 50-million-dollars in coronavirus relief money to help a coalition buy the former Verso mill in Wisconsin Rapids. The company closed the mill last summer, and over 900 people lost their jobs. The lawmakers say finding a new buyer would not only help those 900 workers, but would help timber companies across the state find a buyer for their wood. Lawmakers would have to vote on the idea, and then Governor Evers would have to sign it before anything could happen.
