Portage County News

A Custer woman who police say had her child illegally adopted will serve 12 months probation for her role in the case.

The lines at Portage County food pantries are growing longer. Data from the Portage County Hunger and Poverty Prevention Partnership show the number of people unable to afford an adequate amount of food continues to rise.

A second Marathon County resident has died from an H1N1-related illness, health officials confirmed Wednesday.

State health officials are confirming 11 more deaths related to the swine flu in Wisconsin.

A second person in Portage County has died from complications related to H1N1 flu.

If you want to know what universal health insurance coverage looks like, just look around the next time you go to the grocery store or mall, to church or a movie.

Students at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point have in-person and online options when seeking assistance with alcohol education or when determining whether a fellow student has an alcohol-related problem.

Is it safe to party when swine flu threatens to crash your bash? It's a question many revelers might be asking this year as the holiday party season coincides with an anxiety-provoking flu season.

It might be trashy, but in Wisconsin, homeowners can get rid of their household waste not just by putting it on the curb or dropping it at the landfill, but by burying it in their backyards.

Puppies are cute, but a lot of work, says Plover veterinarian Diane Scott. 'When you adopt a dog, you pretty much know its personality, but you never know when you adopt a puppy what its personality will be like as a dog,' said Scott who is an advocate for dog adoptions.

Hundreds of parents and their children filled the hallways of the Ramada Inn Conference Center on Thursday for Portage County's first H1N1 vaccination clinic.

STEVENS POINT -- With health care reform, the war in Afghanistan and the economy dominating the political world, it's no surprise those topics also dominated U.S. Sen.

Central Rivers Farmshed will hold an open house at 7 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 16 at the Portage County Library in Stevens Point.

Authorities are unsure if anyone was at home at the time of a fire in Sharon this morning.

Wiplfi LLP has offered Portage County $85,000 to settle a malpractice lawsuit filed by the county against the audit firm in March.

A 29-year-old Stevens Point man avoided trial by pleading no contest Monday to a lesser charge of second-degree reckless homicide in connection with a September 2007 death.

A local service dog has a new lease on life, thanks to community members who donated more than $6,000 to help pay for a life-improving surgery.

While forecasters are predicting temperatures in the 50s early this week, county highway departments continue to prepare for winter weather.

The prosecution of a central Wisconsin man accused of killing his estranged girlfriend and two of their children in a gasoline-soaked home will continue Monday.

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