WISCONSIN RAPIDS – What’s happening with businesses in the Wisconsin Rapids area?

Streetwise has your answers. These roundups offer an easy way to stay up to date with what’s happening on the Streetwise beat. If you know of a new business, a development or a place that’s closing, send me a note at cshuda@gannett.com. If you have questions about something opening, closing or changing in the area, send me those, too, and I'll do my best to find an answer.

This roundup features a new discount store and some reopenings.

Discount store now open on Eighth Street

EPC – that stands for Every Penny Counts – opened Jan. 7 inside Suite A at 2920 Eighth St. S. in Wisconsin Rapids.

The store offers a variety of clothing, home goods, sporting goods, hardware, electronics, toys, pet accessories, baby items and more. EPC buys overstock and liquidation items and offers those products at a discounted rate. According to its Facebook page, the EPC team inspects each product, and if the item meets their standards, they mark it for sale. The store also has a “Dent & Bent” section that includes discounted items that are slightly damaged.

EPC is open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. For more information, find EPC on Facebook.

The Awakening Collective opens next door

EPC's new neighbor, The Awakening Collective, also opened Jan. 7 inside Suite B at 2920 Eighth St. S. in Wisconsin Rapids.

Last month's opening marked a relocation for the alternative and holistic health services business. Kelli Cornelius started Herbin' Sage in August 2017, selling crystals and other items on Etsy and eBay from her home before opening a storefront on Peach Street in November 2019 and changing the name to The Awakening Collective in 2020. According to its website, The Awakening Collective closed its physical location in November 2020 because of the impacts of the pandemic and transitioned to an online marketplace.

The store offers a variety of tarot and oracle cards, crystals, herbs, ceremony drums, singing bowls, jewelry, wind chimes, sun catchers, candles, books and more. Cornelius is also a Reiki practitioner, focusing on energy healing.

For more information, visit theawakeningcollective.com or find The Awakening Collective on Facebook.

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Goodwill reopens after remodeling project

Goodwill is open again after being temporarily closed for a remodeling project that included new floors.

The company will celebrate with a grand reopening from 9 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Friday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Goodwill will have free giveaways to those who attend the ceremony, and they can enter for a chance to win a $25 gift card.

Goodwill is open to shoppers and donors from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday and from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday at 2561 Eighth St. S. in Wisconsin Rapids.

Ice cream season returns with opening of Dairy Queen

One of the first signs of spring – behind the groundhog – is the seasonal opening of Dairy Queen.

Dilly Bars, Blizzard treats and all of your other favorite Dairy Queen items will return at 11 a.m. Friday at 551 E. Grand Ave. in Wisconsin Rapids.

For more information, find Dairy Queen Wisconsin Rapids on Facebook.

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This article originally appeared on Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune: Streetwise: New discount store; Goodwill and Dairy Queen reopen