Village of Plover, Wisconsin

AT A GLANCE VILLAGE OF PLOVER, WISCONSIN WHAT: A village of 13,200 WHERE: In Portage County, in the central part of the state WEBSITE: www.ploverwi.gov P lover is a village in Portage County, Wisconsin, in the central part of the state. The area was originally established by treaty in 1825, as a boundary point between the Chippewa and Winnebago tribes of Native Americans as a “Plover Portage of the Ouisconsin.” The Village was dissolved in 1868, incorporated again in 1912, dissolved once more in 1931, and re-incorporated, once again, in 1971. Today, the Village of Plover has about 13,200 residents. According to Village Administrator, Dan Mahoney, Plover’s growth over the last 50 years can be attributed to its ability to establish partnerships with various organizations, including municipal jurisdictions, businesses, and non-profit groups. “We learned that lesson a long time ago; way back in the 1980s, when the Village established a relationship with the Plover-Whiting Youth Athletic organization,” Mahoney recounts. It seems that the organization approached A SOLID YEAR