Rice Lake Economic News and Press Releases

Monday, April 28, 2008

New Marshfield Clinic to open doors Monday

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Red Cedar Development Corporation Hires Marketing Director

The position reopened Spring of 2007 by the Red Cedar Development Corporation has been filled by Natalie Robarge. Natalie comes to us from Menards, Inc. At Menards Inc. she was instrumental in marketing and selling many of the excess properties owned by Menards, Inc. Prior to Menards, she served on the executive team of United Way of Macon County and Junior Welfare League. Natalie has an extensive background in non-profits and has lead many fundraising campaigns. At the present time she is fully engaged as an independent consultant working from her home office in Rice Lake - providing marketing, advertising, and strategic planning services to Red Cedar Development Corporation. Natalie and her husband, Tom, recently moved back to Rice Lake after being away for 20 years. They have 3 children- Derek 14, Lucas 10, and Jacqueline 9. Natalie is very excited to have the opportunity to work with Red Cedar Development Corporation, Rice Lake Utilities, the City of Rice Lake, and the Rice Lake Area Chamber of Commerce as they all continue to develop strategies and execute plans for the development of Rice Lake's newest business park.

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Tuesday, October 2, 2007

Cooper Engineering - Moves Into New Building

Cooper Engineering, a fixture in Rice Lake for more than half a century, moved into a new building last fall and continues to provide a wide variety of engineering services to Rice Lake and many communities throughout northern Wisconsin.

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Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Twin Colleges ... One Mission

Two Campuses side by side, with different programs, but with one mission providing educational opportunities to young and old.

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Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Rice Lake is a “Best” place to live!

Are you a prospective employer thinking about relocating your business to Rice Lake but want to know more about its crime rate?

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Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Luther Midelfort to open Rice Lake clinic

Luther Midelfort-Mayo Health System plans to expand their health care services to the Rice Lake area. An outpatient clinic, which will be part of Barron Medical Center, will open in Rice Lake in the spring of 2007 in the Town Centre building on South Main Street, stated a news release issued by the clinic on Tuesday, Oct. 17. The Town Centre building is the former MarketPlace Foods. The new clinic will be about 23,000 square feet. The new clinic will include a multi-specialty practice. The actual specialties and number of providers are yet to be determined, said Brad Groseth, regional administrator at Barron Medical Center. Luther Midelfort has been providing health care services in Barron County since 1999 through Barron Medical Center’s hospital in Barron and through clinics in Barron, Cameron, Chetek and Prairie Farm. Midelfort has had a clinic at the Barron hospital since 1978. “For the past several months we have been in discussions with Lakeview Medical Center to better understand the future health care needs in Rice Lake and the surrounding area,” said Randall Linton, M.D., chief executive officer and president of Luther Midelfort, “Through our new clinic, we’ll be able to work with the hospital on enhancing health care locally,” he said. “As a community hospital, we are always enthusiastic at the prospect of having more physicians working with us to better serve the area,” said Lakeview Medical Center president and CEO Ned Wolf. “One message we’ve heard from the community is the desire for more provider choice in Rice Lake,” said Wolf. Currently under construction in Rice Lake is a new Marshfield Clinic near the intersection of Hwys. 53 and 48. That 138,200-square-foot, three- story facility will cost about $43 million. Completion of that clinic is expected in early 2008. Linton said discussions with the hospital are ongoing and there are a number of details yet to be worked out. “Employees, our patients and the community will be updated as plans continue to evolve,” he said. Luther Midelfort includes a network of four hospitals and 11 clinics, including 200 physicians. It has facilities in Eau Claire, Barron, Bloomer, Osseo, Cameron, Chetek, Prairie Farm, Colfax, Chippewa Falls and Mondovi. Working in partnership with Mayo Clinic, Luther Midelfort offers a full range of medical services, including complete cardiac surgery, cancer and trauma care programs. Luther Hospital was founded in Eau Claire in 1905. What was then called the Midelfart Clinic opened in downtown Eau Claire in 1927. In 1995 Midelfort expanded its Eau Claire base of operation by opening Midelfort Clinic-Luther Campus, a five-floor medical office building attached to Luther Hospital. In 1992, Luther Hospital and Midelfort Clinic affiliated with the Mayo Foundation in Rochester, Minn.-10/18/06 RiceLakeOnline.com

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Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Work progresses at new Marshfield Clinic

Building crews are making progress at the new Marshfield Clinic near the intersection of Hwys. 53 and 48 in Rice Lake. Groundbreaking for the three-story building was in June, with completion expected in early 2008. The 138,000-square-foot building will cost about $43 million. That price includes building construction; equipment such as a state-of-the-art magnetic resonance imaging unit, a computed tomography scanner and mammography and other diagnostic equipment; and an ambulatory surgery center. Marshall Erdman & Associates of Madison, is the designer/builder.

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Tuesday, August 1, 2006

Update

Greetings to all Chamber Members and Affiliates. It has been 6 months since my year as President began. I want to thank all of the Chamber Members, Affiliates, Board of Directors, Chair people, and Staff for all their hard work during the first half of my term. Much has been accomplished, many projects are under way, and a lot is left to be done. I won’t go into all of our ongoing projects, but I do want to talk about something that I feel is an important and exciting project that your Chamber is undertaking. This is a project that will enhance the value of your membership and also give more visibility and exposure to all of our Chamber Businesses. Your Board of Directors, in response to a request by the Rice Lake Tourism and Retail Development Commission for more visitor information and exposure on our interchanges, has initiated a “Kiosk” program. What this will be is a series of locations, starting with our two interchanges and expanding later, where we will have Kiosks and possibly other printed visitor information, etc. These Kiosks will be interactive with a touch screen so that visitors can find out almost anything about our Rice Lake area. Visitors to the Kiosk will be able to see what is going on in the community, get maps, book motel rooms instantly, check out restaurants, find professionals, retail stores, and the like. It would take too much space to tell you all that theses Kiosks can do, so I will not tell you here. In the future, your Board will be working out all the details and you will be invited to see what all can be done with this systems. Keep watching your newsletter, come to a Board meeting, or call Board Members for more information. We will keep you posted as this exciting project gets underway early this summer. We hope to have all members’ names on the Kiosks and will have other optional items to enhance your presence on the Kiosks. We also hope to offer other services to our Members, along with the Kiosks, like web page design and hosting, etc.

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Wednesday, June 14, 2006

Clinic to break ground Thursday

Marshfield Clinic holds a formal groundbreaking at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, June 22, for its new clinic in Rice Lake. The ceremony will be at the site of the new clinic near the intersection of Hwys. 48 and 53. The public is invited. The 138,200-square-foot, three-story facility will cost about $43 million. That price includes building construction; equipment such as a state-of-the-art magnetic resonance imaging unit, a computed tomography scanner, mammography and other diagnostic equipment; and an ambulatory surgery center. Chuck Schmoller, director of Marshfield Clinic Facilities and Property, said construction will begin the week of June 19 with completion in early 2008. Marshall Erdman & Associates of Madison, is the designer/builder. Marshfield’s existing Rice Lake clinic, Indianhead Center, is on Lakeshore Drive, but that facility is out of space. Marshfield also owns the Lakewoods clinic on Hwy. 48 near the new clinic site. That building will be used for psychiatry and behavioral health and clinic support services. No plans have yet been made for the Indianhead Center facility once the new building is completed. Currently, there are 43 Marshfield physicians practicing in Rice Lake. Nearly 225 employees work at the two centers. The new building will accommodate physician practices, ambulatory surgery and the imaging center, including: • First floor: pediatrics, family practice, patient education, anticoagulation service and ambulatory surgery, with four operating rooms and two procedure rooms. • Second floor: laboratory services, imaging and diagnostic testing, urgent care, orthopedics, physical therapy, occupational medicine, physical medicine and rehabilitation, oncology, internal medicine and podiatry. • Third floor: ophthalmology, obstetrics and gynecology, nephrology, urology, general surgery, otolaryngology, audiology, center administration and space for consulting specialists. “Marshfield Clinic is a good neighbor in the communities in which it has a presence. This is demonstrated in Rice Lake with the commitment the clinic system is making in the form of this new state-of-the-art facility. Not only will the building project bring resources into the city but it will employ even more area residents as service continues to grow. Having a well-designed building specifically for outpatient care will add to efficiencies in providing health care and that will help keep costs down,” said Indianhead Center manager Jolene Anderson. Marshfield Clinic system provides patient care, research and education with 41 locations in northern, central, eastern and western Wisconsin, making it one of the largest comprehensive medical systems in the United States.Marshfield Clinic holds a formal groundbreaking at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, June 22, for its new clinic in Rice Lake. The ceremony will be at the site of the new clinic near the intersection of Hwys. 48 and 53. The public is invited. The 138,200-square-foot, three-story facility will cost about $43 million. That price includes building construction; equipment such as a state-of-the-art magnetic resonance imaging unit, a computed tomography scanner, mammography and other diagnostic equipment; and an ambulatory surgery center. Chuck Schmoller, director of Marshfield Clinic Facilities and Property, said construction will begin the week of June 19 with completion in early 2008. Marshall Erdman & Associates of Madison, is the designer/builder. Marshfield’s existing Rice Lake clinic, Indianhead Center, is on Lakeshore Drive, but that facility is out of space. Marshfield also owns the Lakewoods clinic on Hwy. 48 near the new clinic site. That building will be used for psychiatry and behavioral health and clinic support services. No plans have yet been made for the Indianhead Center facility once the new building is completed. Currently, there are 43 Marshfield physicians practicing in Rice Lake. Nearly 225 employees work at the two centers. The new building will accommodate physician practices, ambulatory surgery and the imaging center, including: • First floor: pediatrics, family practice, patient education, anticoagulation service and ambulatory surgery, with four operating rooms and two procedure rooms. • Second floor: laboratory services, imaging and diagnostic testing, urgent care, orthopedics, physical therapy, occupational medicine, physical medicine and rehabilitation, oncology, internal medicine and podiatry. • Third floor: ophthalmology, obstetrics and gynecology, nephrology, urology, general surgery, otolaryngology, audiology, center administration and space for consulting specialists. “Marshfield Clinic is a good neighbor in the communities in which it has a presence. This is demonstrated in Rice Lake with the commitment the clinic system is making in the form of this new state-of-the-art facility. Not only will the building project bring resources into the city but it will employ even more area residents as service continues to grow. Having a well-designed building specifically for outpatient care will add to efficiencies in providing health care and that will help keep costs down,” said Indianhead Center manager Jolene Anderson. Marshfield Clinic system provides patient care, research and education with 41 locations in northern, central, eastern and western Wisconsin, making it one of the largest comprehensive medical systems in the United States.-06/14/06

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Thursday, October 27, 2005

Red Cedar Development Corporation Hires Marketing Director

The position opened Spring of 2005 by the Red Cedar Development Corporation has been filled by Susan Lemar.

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Wednesday, July 27, 2005

2005 is Another Busy Year in Rice Lake

On a quiet Saturday morning as one travels through Rice Lake, until about 8:30 am, it is hard to believe that so much is happening in this northern outpost. The following is a listing of just some of the active projects taking place within our boundaries in 2005:

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Tuesday, March 1, 2005

Rice Lake’s Commitment to Growth

Rice Lake is continuing its strong commitment to growth. Recently, on February 15th, over 20 community leaders met to discuss growth efforts and initiatives in the City. Representatives attended the meeting from City Government, Chamber of Commerce, Red Cedar Development, Retailers, Financial institutions, WITC, UW System, Barron County Economic Development Corporation, Realtors, Rice Lake Utilities, and the Rice Lake Main Street Association.

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Wednesday, February 23, 2005

Hiring a Marketing Director for Red Cedar Development Corporation.

Red Cedar Developmnet Corporation is seeking a Marketing Director. The position is being created under a cooperative effort of Red Cedar Development, The City of Rice Lake and Rice Lake Utilities.
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Tuesday, May 4, 2004

Technology Park Project Moving Forward

In the southern portion of the community, an area has been designated as the technology park.

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Monday, May 3, 2004

North Industrial Park Land Ready, Now Known as Rice Lake Business Park.

The project will accommodate facilities needing large sites (over 40 acres) or smaller sites. By early summer of 2004, the site will be ready for occupation.

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