Stevens Point News

The economy might be changing spending habits, but the groups that rely on people buying food at the Riverfront Rendezvous for fundraising are optimistic heading into the weekend.

Many children in Stevens Point are ending their day with a sugar rush after attending the city's annual parade.

Stevens Point Attorney Ron Skrenes says even if you don't have millions of dollars... it's still important to have a will.

Do you think there should be a wolf hunting season in Wisconsin? Yes, it would be good to protect livestock and pets.

Wisconsin voters could cast ballots up to a month before an election under terms of an early-voting plan being considered by state election officials.

President Barack Obama's administration has made two U.S. Department of Agriculture appointments affecting Wisconsin.

A 32-year-old Stevens Point woman facing charges in connection with an illegal adoption pleaded not guilty Monday to drug charges.

For those who remember the 1980s, there are few things that bring the decade to mind more than Michael Jackson.

STEVENS POINT - Rick Wilke, a University of Wisconsin System Distinguished Professor of Environmental Education, and director of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's National Environmental Education Training Program, has retired from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point after 32 years of service in the College of Natural Resources.

The Stevens Point Chapter NSDAR held its annual awards luncheon May 20 at the Stevens Point Country Club.

Marshfield area drivers will be able to access the nearest interstate highway a bit faster after the first section of the expanded Highway 10 opens next week.

A convicted sex offender and former police officer will be released from custody Tuesday and is expected to move to Stevens Point.

The Boy and the Boot statue, outside Stevens Point Fire Station No. 1, has suffered numerous acts of vandalism in the 114 years it has been in the city.

Daniel Wineski, a former veteran Whitehall police officer sentenced to prison in late 2004 for misusing his position to sexually assault and repeatedly threaten a teenage girl in 1996, will be released from prison next week.

Dunham's Sports, one of the three anchors of CenterPoint MarketPlace, is leaving for bigger digs inside the former Wal-Mart building on Highway 10 East.

Scott Anderson relished his time as an assistant men's basketball coach at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point the past four years.

A suspicious package attempting to be delivered with an incorrect address contained marijuana and led to three arrests last week, police said Monday.

Two people are in the Portage County jail after a body is discovered in a Stevens Point motel.

With the 30th annual June Dairy Brunch and Open Farm on Saturday, Portage County continues a long-standing tradition of dairy breakfasts in central Wisconsin and across the state.

WAUPACA - A 24-year-old Stevens Point driver reached speeds of 115 mph Friday on State 54 as he tried to elude police after a hit-and-run crash at a restaurant.