Travis Bassett, Walter Leppen and Jerald D. Trzebiatowski will compete for the open District 25 seat on the Portage County ...

The Highway Department will host a Jan. 28 open house to discuss the 2026 Portage County D roadway improvement project. Residents can review plans and ask questions.

PORTAGE COUNTY, Wis. (WAOW) -- The Public Service Commission approved what will be the most powerful solar project in Wisconsin History Thursday. Vista Sands solar farm is planned for Portage County.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. GRANT − A Wisconsin Rapids teen is dead and another was taken by helicopter to Marshfield Medical Center after a one-vehicle crash ...

Portage County Circuit Judge Louis Molepske Jr. sentenced Clinton Mayotte to 15 years in prison. It will be added to a 25-year sentence given in Wood County.

STEVENS POINT – An ad hoc committee of the Portage County Board met for its third meeting Oct. 1 to continue work on its charge of making recommendations for a potential ordinance regulating ...

ROSHOLT, Wis. (WSAW) - Portage County Crime Stoppers is looking for information on two separate crimes from late April/early May. Portage County Sheriff Mike Lukas says one involves a fraudulent ...

A severe thunderstorm warning was issued by the National Weather Service in Green Bay at 4:19 p.m. on Wednesday, July 2. This warning applies to Portage, Shawano and Waupaca counties. Meteorologists ...

PORTAGE COUNTY, Wis. (WKOW) -- An AMBER Alert was issued Thursday night for a 6-year-old girl who is missing from Almond, Wisconsin. The Portage County Sheriff's Office is looking for Ruby Lehman.

The following are the latest results of Portage County Health Department inspections on licensed food establishments and other types of businesses, which the Stevens Point Journal reports monthly.