STEVENS POINT − Portage County residents can book appointments for free tax prep beginning Jan. 14 through United Way’s 211 ...

PLOVER − Portage County Solid Waste will hold another Electronic and Small Appliance Recycling Event next month. The last recycling event held Oct. 12 saw unprecedented demand. Almost 500 vehicles ...

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 ...

The Vista Sands Solar Project proposed for Portage County received approval Thursday from the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin. The solar project will be the largest of its kind in Wisconsin and ...

STEVENS POINT − A 30-year-old Wisconsin Rapids man facing five counts of attempted homicide in Wood County after authorities say he led officers on a high-speed chase from Portage County to Wisconsin ...

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.

PORTAGE COUNTY, Wisconsin -- The Portage County Sheriff's Office in central Wisconsin said a bobcat needed to be removed from a vehicle's front grill. On Wednesday, Sheriff Mike Lukas called the ...

Data is from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Hospitalization data is a daily average of Covid-19 patients in hospital service areas that intersect with Portage County, an area which ...