Bancroft News

Wisconsin Rapids At 2:59 p.m. Monday, a motorcycle ridden by Lowell L. Getzloff, 54, Bancroft, struck the side of a car driven by Danielle T. Roy, 33, Wisconsin Rapids, after Roy failed to stop for a stop sign at the intersection of Lincoln Street and Airport Avenue.

All lanes of traffic are now open on 1-39 near Bancroft after an accident around 10 a.m. today, according to the Wisconsin State Patrol.

The right lane of Interstate 39 south is closed due to an accident this morning, according to the Wisconsin State Patrol.

Wayne C. and Nancy Schroeder of Plover celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with family and friends May 16 at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Plover.

Not a single spud was spilled but a semi-tractor trailer loaded with an estimated 40,000 pounds of potatoes overturned on a stretch of Highway 64 east of Langlade Monday.

Operating while intoxicated: Roger A. Czerwony, 43, Junction City, convicted of operating while intoxicated.

On Wednesday, rural central Wisconsin fourth-graders learned a different kind of alphabet.

For the second time in five years, a central Wisconsin dairy plant has been the victim of an illegal scheme involving its patrons and milk haulers who are trying to profit by altering records for the amount of milk they are shipping to the company.

A Portage County farmer and a milk hauler face charges after allegedly altering milk quality and quantity reported to scam Mullins Cheese in Knowlton out of an estimated $47,000, according to court documents.

Around 2:40 p.m. Thursday, a 75-year-old Bancroft man reported his Winchester 22 lever action rifle stolen from his residence on the 8000 block of Cty.

Damage to property: Two 19-year-old Plover men were cited for damage to property after an investigation into a damaged window in February.

Arnold R. Dunbar, 86, of Bancroft, passed away Wednesday, April 1, 2009, unexpectedly at the Manor Home Care Nursing Home of Shawano.

Source: Portage County Clerk of Courts Disorderly conduct: Joel A. Casarez, 28, Stevens Point, convicted of disorderly conduct.

Girl Scouts of the Northwestern Great Lakes will host several booth sales this weekend.

Dancing at dawn, a haunting "boom" resonating for miles around, and awe-struck spectators packed into rustic wooden observation blinds -- these are the sure signs of spring in the Central Wisconsin Grasslands, ...

Nona Getzloff, a resident of Stevens Point Care Center, celebrated her 95th birthday Thursday with a family dinner.

Editor's note: This is the first in a series of stories about Tri-County High School student-athlete Chris Dunn's battle with testicular cancer.

The Boys & Girls Club of Portage County opens their new club site in the Almond-Bancroft School District in Almond Thursday.

The Wisconsin Potato & Vegetable Growers Association inducted Victor Anthony and Jeffrey Wyman into its Hall of Fame.

An heir to the Dow Jones fortune wrongly hid millions of dollars in assets during divorce proceedings and has paid too little in child support for years, a Wisconsin appeals court ruled Wednesday.