ROTHSCHILD, Wisconsin – Executives and employees of Domtar Paper Company joined state and local leaders Tuesday to break ground on a project that will modernize a section of the 113-year-old Rothschild Dam on Lake Wausau. The upgrade to the 276-foot Timber Crib Spillway section will help the dam continue to serve surrounding communities by supporting public safety and flood control, economic development, tax revenue from private residences and businesses, reservoir management and recreational opportunities. Earlier this year, Gov. Tony Evers and the Wisconsin State Legislature committed $42 million in state funding to the project. …The company’s Rothschild and Nekoosa mills supports approximately 750 direct employees. …Steve Henry, Domtar’s president of paper and packaging, said “modernizing the Rothschild Dam is essential to public safety, environmental sustainability and economic vitality in north central Wisconsin.”