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SPASH grad fills out compliment at SPPD

SPASH grad fills out compliment at SPPD

May 30, 2023May 30, 2023

Risk of pavement buckling rises with temperatures

Risk of pavement buckling rises with temperatures

Former Iran hostage to speak in Stevens Point

Former Iran hostage to speak in Stevens Point

Burning banned in Stevens Point on Tuesday

Burning banned in Stevens Point on Tuesday

May 30, 2023May 30, 2023

City employees concerned for recruitment, retention, request new pay study

City employees concerned for recruitment, retention, request new pay study

May 29, 2023May 29, 2023

Accused drug dealer with 49 pending charges facing new counts

Accused drug dealer with 49 pending charges facing new counts

Column: A history of waste collection

Column: A history of waste collection

Column: May we never forget that freedom isn’t free

Column: May we never forget that freedom isn’t free

May 28, 2023May 28, 2023

Pacelli announces 2023 Distinguished Alumni Award recipient

Pacelli announces 2023 Distinguished Alumni Award recipient

Pacelli Catholic Schools hires new system president

May 26, 2023May 26, 2023

School district honors retirees

School district honors retirees

STEAM program for girls offered at UWSP at Marshfield this summer

STEAM program for girls offered at UWSP at Marshfield this summer

May 20, 2023May 30, 2023

Weekly construction update from WisDOT

May 29, 2023May 29, 2023

Facebook is damaging for the new business

Facebook is damaging for the new business

Mid-State students earn top recognition at 2023 BPA National Leadership Conference

Mid-State students earn top recognition at 2023 BPA National Leadership Conference

Study: Stevens Point ranks in 18th percentile for student debt

Study: Stevens Point ranks in 18th percentile for student debt

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Former Plover youth pastor rearrested while out on bond

Former Plover youth pastor rearrested while out on bond

May 25, 2023May 26, 2023

By Brandi Makuski A former Plover youth pastor has been rearrested on new child sex

Petition to release man who killed grandfather with scissors denied

Petition to release man who killed grandfather with scissors denied

May 9, 2023May 11, 2023

Stevens Point man accused of attacking roommate

Stevens Point man accused of attacking roommate

May 5, 2023May 6, 2023

Stevens Point man arrested after drug search, allegedly biting officer

Stevens Point man arrested after drug search, allegedly biting officer

April 25, 2023April 26, 2023

ObituariesView All

Darlene Haferbecker, 89

Darlene Haferbecker, 89

Ernest E. (Emil) Kiedrowski, 71

Ernest E. (Emil) Kiedrowski, 71

John Dwight Giles, 72

John Dwight Giles, 72

Mildred J. (Joyce) Boaz, 90

Mildred J. (Joyce) Boaz, 90

Thomas “Tom” Christopher Stepaniak, 60

Thomas “Tom” Christopher Stepaniak, 60

Richard “Rick” Phillip, 66

Richard “Rick” Phillip, 66

Monica “Heartsy” Vagueiro, 86

Monica “Heartsy” Vagueiro, 86

Patricia “Pat” Bleyer, 93

Patricia “Pat” Bleyer, 93

OpinionView All

Facebook is damaging for the new business

Facebook is damaging for the new business

Metro Wire Staff Facebook’s impact on the news media industry is a complex and debated

Column: Chronic one-sided sinus infection could become serious

Column: Chronic one-sided sinus infection could become serious

May 15, 2023May 15, 2023

First Republic Bank’s Closure: A wake-up call for the banking industry

First Republic Bank’s Closure: A wake-up call for the banking industry

Letter: Remember educators during National Teachers Week

Letter: Remember educators during National Teachers Week

Plover/WhitingView All

POTD: Wow, you’re really big

POTD: Wow, you’re really big

May 20, 2023May 24, 2023

Metro Wire Staff A young boy looks up with uncertainty at a greeting from Smokey

POTD: The world’s largest potato masher

POTD: The world’s largest potato masher

May 19, 2023May 20, 2023

Plover hires first tourism director

Plover hires first tourism director

May 18, 2023May 24, 2023

Plover seeks photos of village parks, recreation

Plover seeks photos of village parks, recreation

From the Archives…

Curling club opens to junior high students

February 13, 2020

Intoxicated woman arrested for resisting officers

January 25, 2021January 28, 2021

Ice Hawks receives tourism grant

January 23, 2019

Law enforcement dealing with another false Facebook claim

March 8, 2019March 8, 2019

UW-Stevens Point museum wolf mount recovered

July 10, 2018July 26, 2018

Police & FireView All

SPASH grad fills out compliment at SPPD

May 30, 2023May 30, 2023

By Brandi Makuski Stevens Point has a new police officer on the job. Will

Crews called back to laundromat damaged in Sunday morning fire

May 22, 2023May 22, 2023

Two arrested after two-motorcycle crash in Linwood

Sheriff’s office offers conceal carry weapons class

May 16, 2023May 16, 2023

No one injured in Hull car fire

Arts & Culture

Northern musky season begins May 27

Q Gallery to host event on ‘World Environment Day’

May 19, 2023May 19, 2023

Riverfront Arts Center taking submissions for new juried exhibit

UW-Stevens Point to host Asian Music Fest

April 21, 2023April 21, 2023

State Briefs

Elk hunting application closes May 31

May 29, 2023May 30, 2023

Motorists, ATV/UTV drivers, need to share the road safely

DNR warns of a bad spongy moth summer

Governor orders flags to half-staff for Memorial Day

ICYMI

Ascension honors locals for quality of life work

May 9, 2019May 13, 2019

Convicted sex offender released next week

May 3, 2019May 8, 2019

VIDEO: April 18 flooding across Point, Plover

April 19, 2019April 30, 2019

Plover: No flood evacuations have been issued

April 18, 2019April 20, 2019

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