Portage News

The state Department of Transportation will fund a six-figure study to see if improvements can be made to prevent future flooding of the Interstates around Portage.

Motions filed this week on behalf of Michael Sisk, a suspect in the Portage's Oneida Street murder and abuse case, shed light on defense plans to attack the credibility of his codefendants testifying against ...

The village of Endeavor's new multipurpose facility will bear the name of a generous donor.

The state Department of Transportation will fund a six-figure study to see if improvements can be made to prevent future flooding of the Interstates around Portage.

Department of Natural Resources wildlife biologists and conservation wardens are asking Columbia and Marquette County citizens to report any sightings of what appears to be roaming elk.

The U.S. Small Business Administration announces today the opening of three additional Disaster Loan Outreach Centers and one Business Recovery Center on Monday, July 21 at 9 a.m. The locations of the Centers ...

A local nonprofit is turning to technology to fulfill its mission of helping workers in a time of declining federal funding.

People who have received letters denying them disaster-related assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency need not assume that this is FEMA's last word.

Wednesday marked exactly one month since Lake Delton rapidly drained into the Wisconsin River, taking several homes with it.

Some of the stories we're pursuing this weekend: - The State of Drinking series continues with the first of a three part story about retired firefighter Jon Sustachek's battle for life against alcoholism.

The man involved in a standoff Friday in Rome was taken into custody Wednesday in Portage.

Please allow me introduce myself. My name is Amber Kiggens-Leifheit, and I am the new executive director of the Marshfield Area Community Foundation.

Low water levels at the Spring Creek impoundment at French Creek Wildlife Area are the result of a drawdown and the waters in the wetland impoundment will be raised by the fall hunting season, according to the ...

Nichole Norby and Kevin Richter, both of Portage, were married on June 17, 2008 on Las Caletas Island in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

Candace Clark, charged with 11 counts in a Portage murder and abuse case, accepted a plea agreement Thursday morning in the June 2007 death of Tammie Garlin and the abuse of Garlin's son.

A drifter has pleaded no contest to helping kill a member of her gang in the southern Wisconsin city of Portage.

Wisconsin highways will be free and clear for the most part heading into the Fourth of July weekend as practically all state roads shut down by flooding in June are now open.

Severe storms and flooding have caused problems locally and statewide. If you have been affected, we want your photos.

With more than 8,600 items distributed to date, the Red Cross will continue providing materials and services at fixed sites and through 26 Emergency Response Vehicles which are combing flood-stricken ...

An undercover federal agent testified this morning that he handed $900 in cash to former Milwaukee Ald.