WISCONSIN RAPIDS – George W. Mead II, the last local owner of the paper mill in Wisconsin Rapids, died Friday in Madison at the age of 94, according to an obituary from the Mead Witter Foundation.

In a previous article we traced the evolution of papermaking in the Scioto River Valley of Ohio from Ingham Brothers on the Kinnikinnick Creek in 1810 to the mill on south end of Chillicothe that, ...

Pixelle Specialty Solutions is closing its Chillicothe paper mill, bringing to an end a long history in Ross County. The present plant isn't the first paper mill in existence in the county, but it's ...

Pixelle Specialty Solutions' decision to end operations of its Chillicothe paper mill is ending what has been a stalwart local industry. Now production will cease at the plant, which has supplied more ...

STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) _ Mead Corp. and Westvaco Corp. are merging in a $3 billion deal designed to forge two midsize paper companies into a more formidable global competitor. MeadWestvaco Corp. will ...