About $144,000 in federal funding through the CARES Act will be used to help economic recovery in the Wisconsin Rapids area.
About 900 employees lost their jobs when the Verso paper mill shut down operations last year.
The federal aid will be used to develop a city recovery strategy.
It isn’t known what’s next for the Verso paper mill.
Some local groups have talked about buying the plant, but most of the workers have had to find other jobs.
At the time of the closing, Verso said it would explore “viable and sustainable alternatives.”
It indicated the mill could be restarted if market conditions improve, but that hasn’t happened yet.
