Stevens Point News

The Stevens Point city attorney is requesting the city deny a claim it stunted the growth of CenterPoint MarketPlace.

Operating while intoxicated: At 3:17 a.m. Monday near State Highway 54, east of Barth Lane, a 54-year-old Glendale man was cited for operating while intoxicated after he passed a driveway he was going to enter, went into the ditch, struck a wire fence, continued south and struck a tree.

"A Family Portrait: Gender Roles and Generation Gaps" is the theme for the ninth annual "Taste of Toj Roob -- the Mountains" event from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday in the Dreyfus University Center Laird Room at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.

The seven-member board sets the state's hunting, fishing and conservation policies.

It's an issue that has a lot of hunters talking. Nearly 150 hunters showed up in Stevens Point Tuesday night to weigh in on a proposal to make next year's gun-deer season longer.

STEVENS POINT -- Delta Dental of Wisconsin, a Stevens Point-based dental benefits provider, is donating $240,000 a year for the next two years to a statewide program aimed at preventative dental care for children.

Early Saturday morning, Mike Whitaker awoke to his wife, Nicole, screaming that there was a fire.

Voters in the Stevens Point Area Public School District rejected a $23.1 million, three-year spending proposal Tuesday.

By about 10:30 a.m., 13 people had cast their ballot in the village of Junction City.

Voters in our area will head to the polls Tuesday, November 3. Back in September, members of the Stevens Point school board gave the go ahead to move forward with a $23 million referendum.

Alliance Hospitality announced the promotion of Jason Grisham to the General Manager post at their 215 room hotel and convention complex in Stevens Point, WI.

Arson has been determined as the cause of a fire early Saturday morning at 2141 Jefferson Street, Stevens Point Assistant Fire Chief Bob Finn said.

As Stevens Point School District administrators seek voter approval for a $23.1 million spending plan Tuesday, school officials in nearby districts will be hard-pressed to do the same in the near future.

Roundy's Supermarkets Inc. has entered into an agreement with Aurora Health Care to purchase all Aurora-operated pharmacies located inside Pick 'n Save and Copps stores in Wisconsin, according to a press release from the company.

Halloween is traditionally a busy time for local law enforcement, but with the holiday falling on a Saturday, more activity and citations are expected.

The Stevens Point MS Circle of Hope Self-Help Group will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday in Conference Room #2 at Saint Michael's Hospital, 900 Illinois Ave.

On Tuesday, Yevgeny Yevtushenko, historically among Russia's leading poets, perhaps a forthcoming winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, will be making his fifth appearance in Stevens Point.

Operating while intoxicated: At 9:10 p.m. Wednesday near the intersection of First Street and Portage Street, a 76-year-old Stevens Point man was arrested for operating while intoxicated after he tried to park in a no-parking zone and then squealed his tires as he left.

A famous explorer is making his maiden voyage to UW-Stevens Point to talk about his life as an ocean explorer.

May I as a mother and grandmother offer support for the school referendum? My daughter, Susie, left our high school to go on to earn a bachelor and graduate degree in music and performance from Indiana University.