No one is sure how the rumor got started. A uniformed UWSP police officer stopped by SPASH on Friday for a friendly check-in with the retired Stevens Point police officer working behind the front desk ...

PLOVER — The Portage County Historical Society (PCHS) will host a benefit concert, “Once in a Lifetime: A Portage County All-Star Reunion Concert,” on March 22 from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the ...

PLOVER — The Village of Plover has announced its 2025 brush and yard waste pickup schedule, along with hours for the village’s yard waste site, according to Public Works Manager Scott Klemm. The ...

STEVENS POINT – The Central Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra will celebrate Valentine’s Day weekend with a performance of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony on Saturday, Feb. 15, at Sentry Theater. The concert, ...

STEVENS POINT — The Stevens Point Area YMCA will host its annual Father Daughter Dance on Saturday, Feb. 8, offering an evening of dining, dancing, and community fun. The event, open to the public, ...

PLOVER — The village of Plover has lost a longtime staple gardening center. Shulfer’s Sprinklers, Landscaping, and Garden Center, a family-run business that has been a fixture in Central Wisconsin for ...

In the realm of love, where hearts entwine, the most enchanting day of the year beckons—Valentine’s Day! Yet, let us not forget to extend our affection to our beloved planet as much as we do to our ...

ROTHSCHILD — Marathon County has welcomed a new fire chief to its ranks. David Briggs, a veteran firefighter with more than 14 years of service at the Stevens Point Fire Department was sworn in as the ...

Carol Jean Coon (née Meronek), 87, passed into eternal glory on Jan. 23, 2025, in Marshfield. Carol was born Jan. 30, 1937, to John Meronek and Marian (née Warner) Meronek in her grandparents’ home on ...

The year was 1963. I was in eighth grade. In a couple of years, the Milwaukee Braves Major League Baseball team would move to Atlanta, Georgia. He showed me a baseball game you played with dice, and ...

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 ...

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 ...