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PORTAGE COUNTY — The National Weather Service has extended a winter weather advisory for Portage and Wood counties until 6 p.m. Saturday as accumulating snowfall continues across the region.

PORTAGE COUNTY — Officials in Stevens Point and Plover have declared snow emergencies ahead of a winter storm expected to bring up to 7 inches of snow beginning Saturday. In Stevens Point, the ...

PLOVER — A $500,000 donation from Sentry Insurance will complete the construction of new pickleball courts and an adjacent parking lot at Lake Pacawa Park. The project is part of the park’s third and ...

STEVENS POINT – Mayor Mike Wiza has declared a snow emergency for the city beginning at noon Saturday as forecasters predict up to 7 inches of snow over the next 32 hours. The emergency, which will ...

PORTAGE COUNTY — The National Weather Service in Green Bay has issued a winter weather advisory for central Wisconsin, warning of potentially hazardous travel conditions as snow moves into the region ...

WISCONSIN RAPIDS — Stevens Point Area Senior High clinched the 2025 Wisconsin Valley Conference boys swimming championship Thursday night, winning the conference meet with 430 points. Marshfield ...

PLOVER – The Portage County Public Library’s Plover branch is offering a free watercolor class for adults on Feb. 12, with sessions at 2 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. at the library, 2151 Roosevelt Drive. The ...

Cheryl L. Carpenter, 76, of Crystal Lake, Illinois, died Jan. 29, 2025, at Northwestern Hospital in Lake Forest, Illinois, surrounded by family. Cheryl was born June 7, 1948, in Stevens Point to ...

Metro Wire Staff TOWN OF PLOVER – Three people were injured Thursday morning when a pickup truck struck a tree on an ice-covered stretch of Highway 54, according to ...

TOWN OF PLOVER – Three people were injured Thursday morning when a pickup truck struck a tree on an ice-covered stretch of Highway 54, according to the Portage County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies and ...

Pierrette Louise Denise Strong, 87, of Plover, died on Jan. 23, 2025, surrounded by family. She was born Dec. 29, 1937, in Le Verdon-sur-Mer, France, to Edouard and Jeanne (née Royau-LaTour) Dupuy.