Portage County News

A 29-year-old Stevens Point man avoided trial by pleading no contest Monday to a lesser charge of second-degree reckless homicide in connection with a September 2007 death.

A local service dog has a new lease on life, thanks to community members who donated more than $6,000 to help pay for a life-improving surgery.

While forecasters are predicting temperatures in the 50s early this week, county highway departments continue to prepare for winter weather.

The prosecution of a central Wisconsin man accused of killing his estranged girlfriend and two of their children in a gasoline-soaked home will continue Monday.

The Stevens Point city attorney is requesting the city deny a claim it stunted the growth of CenterPoint MarketPlace.

Portage County officials have reached a tentative settlement with former audit firm Wipfli LLP, Portage County Corporation Counsel Mike McKenna said Thursday.

U.S. Senator Russ Feingold will hold his final listening session of 2009 in Portage County at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Nov.

A Portage County couple is recovering after a fire nearly destroyed their home. A call came in early yesterday morning to report two people caught in a basement, which was on fire.

The Stevens Point Area Genealogical Society will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Lincoln Center, 1519 Water St.

Through their recent workplace campaign, employees at NAPA Auto Parts and Distribution Center raised $5,820 for United Way of Portage County and collected nearly 400 pounds of food for the Salvation Army and Family Crisis Center.

Municipalities contracting with waste haulers who dump trash at the Portage County Transfer Facility face steeper costs next year after the county's solid waste board voted Monday to increase tipping fees by $3.75 a ton.

The fourth annual Central Wisconsin Film Festival will be held Nov. 6 to 8 at three locations in Portage County - the Lettie W. Jensen Community Center in Amherst, and Rogers Campus Cinema and The Garage at Emy J's., both in Stevens Point.

It was a well-researched idea, backed by an experienced businessman, and supported by an organization known for helping entrepreneurs create jobs, but even that wasn't enough to convince banks that a food processing plant in central Wisconsin was worth financing.

At age 18, people can vote, they can serve in the military, and they are considered adults, but some central Wisconsin law enforcement agencies won't hire them as officers.

STEVENS POINT -- A 36-year-old Rosholt man pleaded guilty Friday to his eighth operating while intoxicated offense.

Stevens Point police make OWI related arrests almost daily, even though Portage County has had a safe ride home program for more than a decade.

The cause of a fire in Rosholt Thursday night remains unknown, Capt. Dale O'Kray of the Portage County Sheriff's Department said.

A 39-year-old man has been charged with killing his wife and 12-year-old daughter in a drunken-driving crash.

One of the three people accused of attempted homicide in what Portage County prosecutors say was a murder-for-hire scheme by a cheating wife has been sentenced to seven years in prison.

Today School District of Tomorrow River Wellness Committee, 3:10 p.m., District Board Room, District Office, Amherst.