PLOVER – The Humane Society of Portage County (HSPC) will hold its first vaccination clinic of the year on Wednesday, Jan. 22. The clinic will take place from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the HSPC shelter, ...

WISCONSIN — Henry and Evelyn were the most popular baby names of 2024 among families delivering at Aspirus Health facilities, the health system announced this week. The rankings were based on 2,911 ...

STEVENS POINT — Portage County Sheriff Mike Lukas swore in new deputy Samantha Ritter during a brief ceremony at the sheriff’s office on Jan. 6. Lukas emphasized the importance of family support in ...

STEVENS POINT — The Symphonic Wind Ensemble from Concordia University Wisconsin will perform at St. Paul Lutheran Church on March 1, offering a free concert open to the public with a request for a ...

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) reminds the public that it will host a virtual public hearing on Wednesday, Jan. 8 at 5 p.m. to provide members of the public a formal comment ...

I read that the [City] Council is bringing up a city administrator again and trying to take away voters’ rights in choosing who we want to lead the city by electing a full-time mayor. I thought this ...

Patricia Ann Stroik, “Granny,” née Hintz, age 90, of Galloway, died peacefully on Jan. 4, 2025, surrounded by family at Marshfield Medical Center in Weston. Patricia was born Jan. 8, 1934, in the Town ...

WISCONSIN — CoVantage Credit Union announced it has returned $6.5 million in patronage to its members, marking the largest payment in its history. The 2024 distribution brings the total returned to ...

Never played a minute of team sports in high school, but I still have had my share of thrills in the sporting world. Some things were just meant to be. Sometimes it came down to just being in the ...

STEVENS POINT — Michele Haywood was sworn in Jan. 6 as the new chief of police and director of parking services at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, following a lengthy application process ...

Shereen Siewert, publisher of the Wausau Pilot and Review, has been breathing easier these days. In September, a Wisconsin appeals court upheld a lower court’s dismissal of state Sen. Cory Tomczyk’s ...

Donna Marie Hill, née Liles, 78, formerly of Chillicothe, Iowa, passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, on Jan. 1, 2025. Hill was born March 18, 1946, in Ottumwa, Iowa, to the late Dewight and ...