Metro Wire Staff TOWN OF PLOVER – Three people were injured Thursday morning when a pickup truck struck a tree on an ice-covered stretch of Highway 54, according to ...

STEVENS POINT – Mayor Mike Wiza has declared a snow emergency for the city beginning at noon Saturday as forecasters predict up to 7 inches of snow over the next 32 hours. The emergency, which will ...

PORTAGE COUNTY — Officials in Stevens Point and Plover have declared snow emergencies ahead of a winter storm expected to bring up to 7 inches of snow beginning Saturday. In Stevens Point, the ...

PLOVER — A $500,000 donation from Sentry Insurance is propelling the construction of 12 new pickleball courts and an adjacent parking lot at Lake Pacawa Park. The project is part of the park’s third ...

PLOVER – The Portage County Public Library’s Plover branch is offering a free watercolor class for adults on Feb. 12, with sessions at 2 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. at the library, 2151 Roosevelt Drive. The ...

WISCONSIN RAPIDS — Stevens Point Area Senior High clinched the 2025 Wisconsin Valley Conference boys swimming championship Thursday night, winning the conference meet with 430 points. Marshfield ...

PORTAGE COUNTY — The National Weather Service in Green Bay has issued a winter weather advisory for central Wisconsin, warning of potentially hazardous travel conditions as snow moves into the region ...

Cheryl L. Carpenter, 76, of Crystal Lake, Illinois, died Jan. 29, 2025, at Northwestern Hospital in Lake Forest, Illinois, surrounded by family. Cheryl was born June 7, 1948, in Stevens Point to ...

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 ...

TOWN OF PLOVER – Three people were injured Thursday morning when a pickup truck struck a tree on an ice-covered stretch of Highway 54, according to the Portage County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies and ...

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 ...

Pierrette Louise Denise Strong, 87, of Plover, died on Jan. 23, 2025, surrounded by family. She was born Dec. 29, 1937, in Le Verdon-sur-Mer, France, to Edouard and Jeanne (née Royau-LaTour) Dupuy.