A potential buyer could come forward for the Verso Paper Mill in Wisconsin Rapids.
Rhinelander-based Great Lakes Timber Professionals is working on a plan that could save up to 900 jobs at the mill.
Verso announced last month that it was halting production today.
Wisconsin Rapids Mayor Shane Blaser says the group has started working on the plan. Blaser said, “Timber Professionals are looking to get together a co-op and potentially, hopefully, down the road make an offer to purchase the mill.”
Blaser says he doesn’t know yet what the city’s contribution will be to the co-op but that they’ll do whatever they can to help.
