Amherst Junction News

Today Portage County Justice Coalition, 7:45 a.m., Courthouse Annex Rooms 1-2. Agenda includes a recommendation and report from the Juvenile Detention Study Committee, an update from the Jail Overcrowding Committee regarding electronic monitoring/home detention and an update from the Building Review Committee for Public Safety Needs.

Spectra Print Corporation today announced they are acquiring Signature Press of Amherst Junction, WI.

The Alexander House, a Center for Art and History, will open its holiday season with pastel works by Fred Ginocchio of Rochester, Minn., and unique blown glass creations by Sharon Fujimoto of Amherst Junction.

Admirers of third-generation painter Phil Sealy's watercolor landscapes say the longtime Appleton artist captures the spontaneous moods of places.

Oct. 12, 2009 PORTMANN, Amanda and Lee, Amherst Junction, a daughter, Rachel Renee.

Portage County, Stevens Point and Amherst Fire District leaders have reached a deal to provide emergency medical services to county residents during the next three years.

Martha Domaszek, a resident of Stevens Point Care Center, recently celebrated her 104th birthday with family and friends.

A 23-year-old Amherst man was arrested Tuesday after the Portage County Sheriff's Department received a call about an intoxicated and disorderly man in the roadway near the 9400 block of Woodland Circle, village of Amherst Junction.

Operating while intoxicated: At 1:12 a.m. Thursday near Interstate 39 near mile marker 148, town of Buena Vista, a 23-year-old Wisconsin Rapids woman was arrested for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant after driving northbound in southbound lanes.

Portage County Park Commission, 5 p.m., Sunset Park Shelter. Agenda includes discussion and possible action about dog use at the Sunset Lake boat landing area, the drawdown of Jordan Pond for repair of dam, the annual request for Lettie's River Run to use the Tomorrow River Trail on October 10, a request to refund lodge cancellation fee, and Future ...

The state is asking farmers and backyard gardeners to keep a lookout for a potentially devastating disease found on tomatoes in Wisconsin.

Portage County Health and Human Services Board, 5 p.m., Ruth Gilfry Building, 817 Whiting Ave.

The state is asking farmers and backyard gardeners to keep a lookout for a potentially devastating disease found on tomatoes in Wisconsin.

Today Town of Lanark Plan Commission, 10 a.m., Lanark Town Hall. Agenda includes discussion and possible action on a request by Robert Grulke, 5736 County Road A, Amherst, to split parcel 022-22-1004-12.01, 38.80 acres zoned A2, a request by Robert and Arlene Evensen, 970 Maple Ridge Drive, Amherst Junction to split parcel 022-22-1004-11.03, ...

Erin J. Bigelow graduated from A.T. Still University, Arizona School of Dentistry and Oral Health in Mesa, Ariz., on June 13.

The state is asking farmers and backyard gardeners to keep a lookout for a potentially devastating disease found on tomatoes in Wisconsin.

Two people were injured after a crash Thursday afternoon at the intersection of Division and Jefferson streets.

Dr. Arden and Jean Lange celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary June 28 with a gathering of family and friends.

Stevens Point native Abbie Betinis is one of four Minnesota artists who has been awarded the 2009 McKnight Composer Fellowship.

North Central Wisconsin Workforce Development Board Executive Committee, 9:30 a.m., Marathon County Job Center, 364 Grand Ave., Birch Room.