Police & Fire Archives

The Amherst Fire District. (Metro Wire photo)

Crews called to ‘unique’ structure fire in Lanark

April 2, 2024April 4, 2024

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Stevens Point school buses. (Metro Wire photo)

Bus driver cited for unsafe lane deviation in roundabout collision

March 30, 2024March 31, 2024

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Plover Fire Chief Mark Deaver (center) following a strike team briefing at the SPFD on March 26. (Metro Wire Staff)

Portage Co. sends strike team to Brokaw blaze

March 26, 2024March 27, 2024

By Brandi Makuski Portage Co. was asked to send a strike team to a structure fire in Maine, Wis., formerly known as Brokaw, on Tuesday. The fire was

(Metro Wire photo)

One injured, one cited in Friday afternoon collision

March 22, 2024March 23, 2024

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(Courtesy Plover Police Department)

Plover police still looking for leads in Lake Pacawa incident

March 21, 2024March 21, 2024

By Brandi Makuski Plover Police Chief Ryan Fox his department hasn’t seen much in the way of tips on some property damage that occured last month at Lake

Arlin O. Sangster (left) and Brandon L. Boehm. (Courtesy SPPD)

All suspects in fatal downtown assault accounted for, police say

March 20, 2024March 22, 2024

Metro Wire Staff Stevens Point police say all four suspects in last weekend’s fatal beating are now accounted for. Brandon L. Boehm, 20, of Wausau, turned himself in

Christian Emerson. (Courtesy Portage Co. Jail)

As video of post-attack surfaces, suspect in fatal beating released on cash bond

March 20, 2024March 22, 2024

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Police and firefighters were called to Erberts & Gerberts, 812 Main St., twice on March 18. (Metro Wire photo)

False alarm triggers back-to-back calls at Erberts & Gerberts

March 18, 2024March 19, 2024

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The Stevens Point Police Department is located at 933 Michigan Ave. (Metro Wire photo)

Police & Sheriff calls, March 14-15

March 16, 2024March 18, 2024

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Lt. Joe Johnson from SPPD engages fifth- and sixth-graders in a game of "Where in Stevens Point are we," which teaches youngsters to describe their surroundings on mock 911 calls, during an emergency services workshop at Jefferson Elementary School on March 13. (Metro Wire photo)

Police & Sheriff calls, March 13

March 14, 2024

Littering: Someone called police to report an underage vaper in a turquoise Dodge Dakota was throwing trash out of their windows in the parking lot at China Wok,