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Stevens Point, Wisconsin is located in Portage County. Zip codes in Stevens Point, WI include 54481, and 54492. The median home price in Stevens Point is $119,900. More Stevens Point information.

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7 hrs ago | WFRV-TV Green Bay

Weekend Weather Update 5/24/2013

We saw a very chilly morning to start things out on Friday with temperatures dropping down into the low to mid 30s.

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Fri May 24, 2013

WAOW

2 arrested for tossing water balloons at cars

Clark County Sheriff's officials say a one-vehicle crash on Thursday killed the driver.

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Daily Mail

Two women vying for one man's heart: Why a wife's relationship with her mother-in-law is so strained

If films like Monster in Law are any reflection of real life, a woman's relationship with her mother-in-law is often fraught with tension and anxiety, since both women are competing for the man's affection.

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Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal

Panel accused of voting to cripple UW student advocacy group

A more than half-century-old advocacy group for Wisconsin's public university students says it will be crippled by a vote taken Thursday night by the Legislature's budget committee.

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Thu May 23, 2013

WAOW

Boy Scouts approve plan to accept openly gay boys

Authorities in St. Paul say they've recovered the body of a child missing since a rockslide killed a classmate and left two others injured at a park along the Mississippi River.

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WAOW

Dispatch merger in Portage County finalized

STEVENS POINT - After two years of study and negotiations, Stevens Point and Portage County approved an agreement to create one emergency dispatch center by Aug.

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Wed May 22, 2013

Patch.com

Templeton Teacher Takes Principal Post in Greenfield

Templeton Middle School teacher, Steven Newcomer, will leave Sussex and head to Greenfield to take a job as principal of an elementary school in Greenfield.

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WAOW

Stevens Point student dies in school

A brutal attack in broad daylight near a military barracks in London left one man dead and two suspects hospitalized Wednesday after a shootout with police.

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WIGM-AM Medford

Student dies in Stevens Point school

Students and staff at a Stevens Point school are grieving, after the death of a 12 year-old student Tuesday morning.

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The Janesville Gazette

Health-care provider plans job cuts

Ministry Health Care plans to lay off several hundred employees, citing a drop in the number of patients and cuts in federal reimbursement levels.

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WNFL-AM Green Bay

Committee delays budget proposal to help Skyward

The committee that's revamping the proposed state budget did not consider a request Tuesday that's aimed at helping Skyward of Stevens Point.

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Mon May 20, 2013

WIGM-AM Medford

NCAA D-3 Baseball field set

World Series at Fox Cities Stadium. It's te 5th appearance in the finals for the Pointers and their 1st since 2010.

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WAOW

Stevens Point PD: Man hit by car Saturday night

The National Weather Service has issued a new tornado watch that includes Adams and Juneau Counties until 3 a.m. Monday morning.

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Sat May 18, 2013

WSAW

New UWSP Graduates Share Success Stories

Today 1,342 students walked onto the stage at UWSP as college students, and walked off of it as graduates.

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Patch.com

Rios Chosen For Wauwatosa School Board Vacancy

Carmela Rios will join the Wauwatosa School Board after she was chosen to fill a vacancy left by 37-year board member Lois Weber, reported Wauwatosa Now.

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Fri May 17, 2013

WSAW

College Grads Begin Job Search

Things are starting to look very quiet on the UW Stevens Point campus following the end of finals.

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ESchool News

Skyward Launches Course Learning Center for Student Management Suite

Skyward Launches Course Learning Center for Student Management Suite Course Learning Center enables teachers to easily manage class information, materials and assignments online, while improving collaboration with colleagues and students STEVENS POINT, Wis.

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WTMJ-AM Milwaukee

Dick Trickle

Every rookie news reporter at WSPT/Stevens Point would say the same thing when told they'd be reading the name "Dick Trickle" as part of the weekend racing results from Golden Sands Speedway in the 70's. No, it wasn't. The race results were Sunday morning scripture if you were doing the morning's news and sports reports, and the name Dick Trickle ... (more)

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Thu May 16, 2013

WAOW

Mayor: $17 M building planned in Stevens Point

STEVENS POINT - Stevens Point Mayor Andrew Halverson says a Wisconsin company is negotiating to build a $17 million plant on the city's east side.

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WIGM-AM Medford

WEDC reform package introduced

The proposals are aimed at improving accountability and transparency at the job creation agency, after a recent state audit outlined serious problems with reporting and tracking assets at WEDC.

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