Plover News

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PLOVER, Wis. - Trucker Shannon Smith, a member of Women In Trucking since 2007, is the subject of a feature story in TV star Oprah Winfrey's magazine, O, about unrecognized jobs that support America.

The course, which opened in 2000 with nine holes, has 33 holes divided into three different paths at Standing Rocks Park located five miles east of Plover.

I am an enthusiastic worker for the Walker recall campaign. I collected signatures for the recall, often working in freezing cold conditions, entered hundreds of names in the Democratic Party data bank, telephoned potential supporters and made house calls.

For us gamers on a budget, there's nothing quite like scoring an older game that just hits the spot.

Debra Mayer is a representative for Essential Bodywear, which she runs in Shear Talent, the salon she owns at 2710 Cedar Drive in Plover.

The 2013 Scion FR-S is looked over by spectators Monday before its owner, Brad Dorshorst, receives the keys.

Indecent exposure: At about 2:57 a.m. on Saturday, a 28-year-old Stevens Point man was cited after urinating in the stairwell and on the front door of a laundromat on the corner of Clark and Third Streets.

Plover chef Fred Griesbach was honored with the cornerstone humanitarian award, part of the Restaurant Neighbor Award.

The Stevens Point Farmers Market has been open since May -- but you might not know it to look at it.

Village of Plover Board, 6 p.m., Plover Municipal Center Board Room, 2400 Post Road.

With gas prices across most of the country hovering near $4 a gallon for regular unleaded, drivers in Plover, Wis., were thrilled when they saw a local BP station advertising gas at 37-cents a gallon.

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It didn't take long. When word of spread through social media, hundreds of cars lined up on the streets near a Plover gas station that was selling medium-grade gas for 37 cents a gallon.

The Stevens Point Farmers Market has been open since May -- but you might not know it to look at it.

The Stevens Point Farmers Market has been open since May -- but you might not know it to look at it.

In addition to a close proximity with Crossroads Commons, there is a planned almost 15,000-square-foot Ministry Health Care clinic scheduled to open in February 2013.

Drivers entering Highway 54 from Maple Drive in Plover have had problems gauging the speed of oncoming traffic, creating a dangerous intersection.

Portage County Health and Human Services Board, 5 p.m., Conference Rooms 103 and 104, Ruth Gilfry Building, 817 Whiting Ave.

Heather Woyak hit a three-run home run, and Nicki Hauser added a walk-off grand slam in the sixth... As a member of the Drowsy Maggies Irish Band based in Fond du Lac, I have had the privilege of... High honors : Alli Krugler of Junction City; Andrew Krugler of Junction City; Rebecca Peterson of Mosinee; Moriah Sawyer of Mosinee; Aaron Volm of ... (more)