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A traveling memorial that honors the men and women who have paid the ultimate sacrifice in the war on terror will be in the Wausau area this week, just in time for Memorial Day.
A Portage County man is accused of stealing from the dead.
County officials say more beds at the Portage County Jail would save money and help put more officers on the road.
An Interstate 5 bridge over a river north of Seattle collapsed Thursday evening, dumping vehicles and people into the water, the Washington State Patrol said.
Jurors will come from Portage County for the trial of an Argyle man charged with helping his brother kill three of his young children in a house fire.
Operating while intoxicated, causing injury: A 17-year-old Stevens Point man was cited with operating while intoxicated, causing injury 7:28 p.m. Tuesday after a crash in the intersection of Water and Clark streets.
Stevens Point is trying to get ahead of any potential problems associated with the emerald ash borer, which could destroy more than 900 trees across the city.
A 61-year-old former Big Flats man recently convicted of killing his mother and hiding her body will learn his sentence Friday.
Today: Mostly cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with a high near 59. North wind 14 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Madison Elementary School, 600 Maria Drive, will host its first Fun Fair from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. today.
Stevens Point Transportation Commission, 5:30 p.m., Conference Room, Stevens Point Transit Office/Maintenance Facility, 2700 Week St.
The Midwest Renewable Energy Association's 24th annual Energy Fair in Custer will feature musical entertainment each day of the June 21, 22 and 23 event.
Memorial Day marks the unofficial kickoff to summer, and here we share seven not-to-miss summer events in Portage County that you'll definitely want to add to your calendar now.
What about that Boston bombing? Instead of a police murder investigation in Boston, we witnessed a police-state occupation of a major American city. Murder and mayhem aren't federal crimes so the feds claimed there was a weapon of mass destruction or WMD!
The Central Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra will host Jazz Night 2013, its largest fundraiser of the year, at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Theater @1800, 1800 Northpoint Drive. This year's event will feature Randy Sabien and The Fiddlehead Band.
It was one of the strangest and most gruesome stories every heard in a courtroom, according to the Grand Rapids Wisconsin Valley Leader newspaper.
Lakeland College has added two new staff members to its Central Wisconsin center, including a new director.
At great political peril, George Ryan did the right thing.
Poky Pedaling Stevens Point will offer a Streetside Abstract Sculpture Ride on Saturday. Bikers should meet at 12:45 p.m. near the pool entrance at Goerke Park.
For Midwesterners, it has seemed like spring would never come, much less the promise of summer. With temperatures rising and school ending, it is finally time to swap those snow boots for hiking boots.
Rising Star Mill, 3190 Highway Q, Nelsonville, will host its 26th annual Art Show and Sale from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.
The education system is challenged right now. The old structure prepared students for jobs in the industrial age. Arts and culture education has been pushed to the brink, considered special enrichment rather than core curriculum.
Disorderly conduct: A 20-year-old Stevens Point-area resident was arrested on charges of disorderly conduct, criminal damage to property, felony bail jumping and domestic abuse at 4:20 p.m May 14 after deputies say she punched another woman in the face and broke a window in the 300 block of Sherman Avenue.
School officials, teachers, staff and students are trying to cope with the loss of a seventh-grade student at St. Peter Middle School, and some students are stepping up to help out his family.
This has been one miserable May for Wily Peralta and the Milwaukee Brewers.
Portage County Public Safety/Emergency Management Committee, 7 a.m ., Law Enforcement Training Center: Training Room, 1500 Strongs Ave.
Sitting around the kitchen table at their town of Linwood home on Sunday afternoon, Pat and Kathy Raflik and four of their six children were reminiscing about the past as families often do.
A local school software company will have to wait until next week to see whether state lawmakers will give it a chance to keep its business in Wisconsin.
A fund is being set up for a former Fond du Lac County family who lost their daughter and home in the Oklahoma tornado.
Ministry Health Care plans to lay off hundreds of employees as its patient-load and insurance reimbursement rates have declined and the federal sequestration bill has taken effect.
D.C. Everest senior Mitch Kieffer knows that a key to posting a good round at the Greenwood Hills Country Club is having accurate tee shots.
An 81-year-old Wisconsin Rapids man authorities say held another man at gunpoint made his initial appearance on related charges in Wood County Circuit Court.
A man accused of invading his ex-girlfriend's home was sentenced to probation Tuesday.
New science on fetal development has emphasized the importance of brain development in the last weeks of pregnancy — between 37 and 39 weeks.
When the weather turns warm, I find myself craving the smell and taste of a great homemade burger off the grill.
Friday Duplicate Bridge Club: North-South winners during play last week were Jack and Leigh Allgaier, Nancy Quick-Jerry Hild, and Rose Jirous-Mary Jacobson.
It was the pictures and riveting testimony that convinced a Philadelphia jury that abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell was guilty of murdering three infants born alive following botched late-term abortions and also guilty of the involuntary manslaughter of Kar
Lincoln Center offers classes and activities for older adults. The Aging & Disability Resource Center of Portage County is a one-stop resource for services for seniors, adults with disabilities, their families and caregivers.
It'll never happen! We'll never save Edgewater Manor. Gays will never marry. (Medical) marijuana will never be legal. People will never say, 'Iraq and Afghanistan were a $5 trillion mistake.' Sure!
The Stevens Point and Plover communities generously gave more than 21,000 pounds of food this year for our annual 'Stamp Out Hunger' food drive.
The Stevens Point City Council unanimously approved a plan Monday to create a new tax increment finance district, a deal expected to bring approximately $179 million in new development.
Three Pacelli golfers finished it the top four to pace the team to a WIAA Division 3 regional championship Tuesday at Glacier Wood Golf Course.
Scott Williams embarked on a professional baseball career after his playing days at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point ended in 2011.
Helmeted rescue workers raced Tuesday to complete the search for survivors and the dead in the Oklahoma City suburb where a mammoth tornado destroyed countless homes, cleared lots down to bare red earth and claimed 24 lives.
State Rep. Katrina Shankland, D–Stevens Point, will hold her first Green Government Office Hours on Thursday.
For the competing athletes, Monday's WIAA Division 1 track regional was not so much about hitting a certain time, height or distance, it was just surviving and advancing to the sectional later this week.
While Ellis Stone Construction continued work on Mid-State Technical College's new Stevens Point campus earlier in the day, on Monday evening the college's Board of Trustees unanimously accepted the company's bid for the second half of the project.
A man accused of attacking a woman and later attacking a responding officer appeared in court Monday after a food fight in the Portage County Jail last month escalated beyond throwing bread and butter.
A woman accused of running a drug house in Plover made an initial appearance in court Monday.
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