Ok so maybe there was an infant who died, but that part wasn’t important – here is a link to the article’s story:

http://centralwisconsinghostsblog.blogspot.com/2011/02/cottage.html

I believe I know what restaurant is being mentioned and in the 20 years I lived in that area, I too, had heard the ghost stories. I never went into the restaurant, but I had heard that dishes were thrown at customers and owners were forced to shut down. Most of the time I lived there, the restaurant was for sale. I never heard anything about a baby, tho.

The William Sowiak family lived in a small clapboard house in Plover from 1957 to 1982 and although they did experience some odd things during their residency, according to their son Mike, they were very reluctant to talk about it. It wasn’t until the family moved out that the ghostly activity became public knowledge…and much more frightening.
In 1982, Tim and Louise Mulderink bought the 125-year old house and decided to turn it into a restaurant. They called it the Old Sherman House after one of Plover’s early and influential residents, Eugene Sherman. Initially, the young couple was too busy with their extensive renovations to notice that anything odd was going on but once the bar opened for business, they realized they were not alone in the house.
Glass windows had a habit of shattering, glasses and plates would fly off bars and counters and explode in front of customers. Doors opened and closed by themselves and lights in the offices and the restaurant refused to behave normally. At one point, employees even complained that invisible forms brushed past them in some of the rooms.

Tim and Louise realized that they had a ghost. They decided to do some research into the history of the place and try to figure out why. They gathered information about the place and discovered that, although the only person to die in the house was an infant, they believed they had found the identity of the ghost. Most of the families who had lived in the house had been strict Methodists and very against the “evils” of alcohol. This was especially true of the Pierce family, who had lived in the house from 1903 to 1945. James Pierce had been a church deacon and an influential member of the local church. The Mulderink’s believed that they may have offended James Pierce with the idea that they had turned his former home into a restaurant… and unwittingly turned his former bedroom into a bar!The strange phenomena in the house continued and finally drove the Mulderink’s out of the house…. they closed the restaurant after only a few years in business. Later on, the restaurant opened again, this time with the name “The Cottage House Restaurant”. At this time, the status of the haunting is unknown.
The Cottage has been for sale for at least 10 years now. It is now at a reduced price. Any one who has owned The Cottage, ends up selling it very quickly, only saying “it’s haunted” and “do not go upstairs”. Reports of employees turning off all the lights, and then going out to the parking lot to get into their cars, and seeing all the lights come back on.

I live two blocks away from the Cottage. It has been for sale for longer than I can remember. I would say at least 20 years now. Not exactly sure when it went up for sale the last time. But three weeks ago, I noticed that there was a SOLD sign in the yard. And there has been all kind of action in the last few weeks. the sign changed from for sale, to New owners. Today the sign says Follow us on Facebook at “Cottage Cafe, Plover” I have tried locating it on Facebook, but haven’t found it yet. As soon as it Opens, I am going to go and check it out. Can’t wait. Have been waiting for it to open for many years.

Oh, and I just realized the date, This is NOT an april fools joke. I will get pictures, and email them to anyone who would like proof. If there was a way to upload pics on here, Id do that as well.

I finally found the Facebook website that the new owners created. Here it is: http://www.facebook.com/TheCottageCafePlover