Word has it, IF they can get out from under the union, they may be able to hold onto it. But if they cant, they may dump not be able to.
The other is..the Quinessec mill is losing money...BAD. they have a huge problems there. Yet the pulp mill there makes the cleanest and whitest pulp on the market. So they might close down the paper machines.
And the Wisconsin Rapids mill has two and a half years to get back into the black or else.
You really havent heard about the chapter 11 filing?
http://www.bizjournals.com/memphis/news/2016/01/26/verso-files-bankruptcy-expects-quick-process.html
Nope, nothing in the area and I live here and do a fair amount of work within the mill (my own company).
However you are right, that mill goes down and Escanaba blows away into the wind. EMP isn’t enough to save the area and the casino? well lets just say I have WAY to much knowledge of the inner workings of that tribe to believe the second golf course will provide a damn thing to the area.
Also (cause complete thoughts aren’t in my wheelhouse) they are right now hooking up some high powered lines to the mill. I had heard a few years ago that they were going to begin selling power to, I think, Wisconsin Electric……… but its all been really hush hush, so I have little direct knowledge.