AMHERST — The quiet streets of Amherst became the backdrop for one of the most intense law enforcement operations in recent Portage County history as officers surrounded a home on Mill Street last ...

As a single mother of a first grader in the district and a toddler at home, I care deeply about the quality of education and the leadership guiding our schools. That’s why I wholeheartedly support ...

Police blotters sent out by local law enforcement agencies are now far longer with less than half of the information necessary to produce an informative blotter. Find out ...

Police blotters sent out by local law enforcement agencies are now far longer with less than half of the information necessary to produce an informative blotter. Find out ...

STEVENS POINT – The Portage County Sheriff’s Office is looking into reports of a suspicious vehicle seen just north of Stevens Point, Sheriff Mike Lukas said Friday. According to Lukas, deputies ...

PORTAGE COUNTY – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has suspended burning permits for Wednesday due to very high fire danger, according to local fire officials. Stockton Fire Chief Jeremy ...

Elizabeth “Betty” Rose Kluck, formerly of Stevens Point, died peacefully March 11, 2025, at Unity Hospice in De Pere. She was 91. Betty was born Feb. 5, 1934, in Amherst Junction, the daughter of ...

TOWN OF PLOVER — Firefighters from the Plover Fire Department conducted a live-fire training exercise on March 12, providing critical hands-on experience in fire suppression and firefighting ...

Robert “Bob” Simonis, 76, of Stevens Point, died March 11, 2025, at Wellington Place. Bob was born June 26, 1948, in Stevens Point to the late John and Margaret (née Koehl) Simonis. He grew up in the ...

Police blotters sent out by local law enforcement agencies are now far longer with less than half of the information necessary to produce an informative blotter. Find out ...

AMHERST – Emergency responders with the Amherst Fire District made history earlier this year when they delivered a baby for the first time in the department’s 36-year history. On Jan. 9, just after ...

STEVENS POINT – The Riverfront Arts Center is calling on artists to showcase their creativity in the annual PEEPS art exhibit, an event celebrating imagination and humor through dioramas, paintings, ...