Stevens Point News

The St. Francis Police Department is proud to be a twenty year supporter of the Wisconsin Special Olympics Torch Ride.

The public meetings will include a review of the history of wolf recovery and management in Wisconsin and will focus on major rule components such as harvest management zones, as well as potential wolf harvest quotas and hunting and trapping permit levels.

A Green Beats and Jams Benefit will begin at 6 p.m. May 5 at Players Lounge, 2124 Rice St.

Stevens Point Area School Board Finance Committee, 5 p.m., Bliss Educational Services Center, 1900 Polk St.

A project to put electricity at the city and county law enforcement firing range will make training less expensive and more consistent.

Visitors to the Stevens Point Air Show take rides in a helicopter in 2008. The air show is held every two years at the Stevens Point Municipal Airport.

Sister Carlene Blavat stands in her office holding an inscribed clock she received in recognition of her receiving the 2012 Distinguished Alumni Award.

The city's Transportation Commission is working with a Stevens Point resident to develop the Point Bus application for a Android platform to allow riders to see bus schedules, routes and even points of interest in the city on their smartphones.

Stevens Point Plan Commission, 6 p.m., Lincoln Center, 1519 Water St. Agenda includes discuss/act on: conditional use permit renewal to operate taverns at the following: 1009 Clark St., Club Steel; 2525 Dixon St., Point Bowl; 1324 Second St., Lucky's Pub; 916 Maria Drive, Jimmy B's Parrot Club; conditional use permit renewal to operate a recycling ... (more)

Joel Goulet, of Wausau, pets his Lab mix, Diesel, on Wednesday. Goulet won $672,500 on Friday playing the Mega Millions lottery.

Ben Zoltak of Lake Mills adds pieces of broken glass and ceramics to his sculpture, 'Swift Nesting Wing,' on Friday at the Stevens Point Sculpture Park.

Concerns about cost are pushing Stevens Point officials to consider demolishing all of the city's downtown mall instead of just a portion of it near Third Court, to make way for Mid-State Technical College.

After Sunday and Monday's 80-degree temperatures, clouds set in on the Stevens Point downtown area, keeping temperatures in the upper 50s Wednesday.

I showed a little bit of Darrel Massman's spectacular stunt flying last week when I visited Southern Wisconsin Airfest.

As most kids across the area are getting ready for summer vacation, they're excited to put down the books.

A disc golf enthusiast tries out the improved course Tuesday at Standing Rocks Park in Stevens Point.

STEVENS POINT, Wis. Authorities in Portage County have closed their investigation into a one car accident last month that killed three people, ruling that alcohol, speed and lack of seat belts contributed to the deaths.

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.

I do not agree with most pro-life policies. I do not think a fertilized egg is a human being.

Authorities have scheduled the trial for a 23-year-old former Stevens Point man they say caused a fatal crash in 2010 while he was sending text messages.