STEVENS POINT — The Portage County Historical Society has been awarded a Visionary Grant from the Community Foundation of Central Wisconsin, securing five years of funding to bolster its educational ...

Wind chills are expected to range from -45 to -35 Tuesday morning, presenting the coldest period of this weather event. Although temperatures will improve slightly in the afternoon, wind chills will ...

STEVENS POINT – The Knights of Columbus will hold their first monthly breakfast of the year on Sunday, Jan. 26, from 8:15 a.m. to 11 a.m. at their clubhouse, located at 401 W. Clark St., just across ...

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 ...

Metro Wire Staff PINE GROVE — A 16-year-old boy from Plainfield died Sunday night in a single-vehicle crash on Harding Road near Akron Avenue in the town of ...

STEVENS POINT — Mid-State Technical College will host Dr. Temple Grandin, a renowned expert on autism and animal behavior, for a free public event on Tuesday, Feb. 18. The presentation will take place ...

PORTAGE COUNTY – An arctic air mass is bringing dangerously cold wind chills to Portage County and much of Wisconsin, prompting warnings and advisories from the National Weather Service. A Cold ...

Metro Wire Staff PINE GROVE — A 16-year-old boy from Plainfield died Sunday night in a single-vehicle crash on Harding Road near Akron Avenue in the town of ...

January 23 Hit and run: Police responded to a report of a hit and run at Soo Marie Ave. and Main St. at 8:08 a.m. Welfare check: Officers ...

Metro Wire Staff PINE GROVE — A 16-year-old boy from Plainfield died Sunday night in a single-vehicle crash on Harding Road near Akron Avenue in the town of ...

A yo-yo. I never had a yo-yo. Could never figure out how one worked. Some people are really good at things, though. Like a few kids in the neighborhood who were great at doing tricks with yo-yos. Mike ...

Roger L. Borski, 79, of Bevent, died Jan. 15, 2025, at Marshfield Medical Center in Weston. Roger was born April 24, 1945, in Junction City to Frank and Frances (née Goskowicz) Borski. He grew up in ...