Stevens Point News

“It just speaks for the quality of life that we all know and love.”

Stevens Point has been ranked sixth by Relocate-America.com in its listing of the top 100 cities in the United States for 2008. via Wausau Daily Herald

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“It feels really good. I've been going a long time and finally hit the light at the end of the tunnel”

A diploma means more to Kim Fredrick than proof he finished school. It means stability. via Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune

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Possible Republican vice presidential candidate and Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty is the keynote speaker for Wisconsin Republicans at their annual state convention in Stevens Point tonight. via The Minneapolis-St. Paul Pioneer Press

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The passenger killed Monday in a single-engine plane crash in Stevens Point has been identified as Donald Steffens, 70, of Green Bay. via Appleton Post-Crescent

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“This is the kind of boost (we need) to get everybody excited heading into the fall campaign.”

Portage County Republican Party members meet Wednesday to prepare for the state convention starting today in Stevens Point. via Stevens Point Journal

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“Any convention has a large economic impact in the community”

Local Republicans aren't the only ones excited about their state convention's arrival in Stevens Point. via Wausau Daily Herald

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“It was a joyride type of thing.”

A veteran pilot from Green Bay was among two people killed when his single-engine plane crashed shortly after taking off from a Stevens Point airport, his family said Tuesday. via Fond du Lac Reporter

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The victim of a January armed robbery in Stevens Point is facing multiple charges in Wood County connected to burglaries committed prior to robbery. via Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune

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“I have farming relatives, and at $1.80 a bushel people were going broke farming. ... Ethanol has ... created jobs and kept money in our economy that would otherwise go overseas”

By January, some state legislators, including Rep. Scott Suder, say they hope to propose legislation that spurs the growth of the biofuel industry in Wisconsin. via Stevens Point Journal

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A Sergeant at the Stevens Point Police Department has confirmed a plane crash on the south side of the Stevens Point Municipal Airport. via WAOW

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