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Master Gardeners hold plant sale
The Portage County Master Gardener Association will hold its annual plant sale from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 18. The sale will be in the parking lot of the Portage County Courthouse Annex, 1462 Strongs Ave., Stevens Point. Master Gardener members dig and divide their perennials for the...
Aspirus Stevens Point Hospital Birth Center to host pregnancy expo
STEVENS POINT – All expecting women, along with their support people and family members, are invited to a Pregnancy Expo at Aspirus Stevens Point Hospital. Tour the Aspirus Stevens Point Hospital birth center. Hosted by the hospital’s birth center team, the Pregnancy Expo will be held from 6 p.m....
UW-Stevens Point softball loses, has run in NCAA Tournament end
ANGOLA, Ind. (WSAW) - The UW-Stevens Point softball team’s season has come to an end. The Pointers fell in their NCAA Tournament Regional elimination game on Friday afternoon to Westminster College, ending their first trip to the tournament since 2007. The Pointers got on the board first with an...
North Division Street Subway will move to its new home this month in Stevens Point
STEVENS POINT – The Subway on North Division Street will move to its new location this month. According to a release from Team Schierl Cos., the current Subway restaurant at 135 N. Division S. will be closed May 20 and 21 as it moves to its new location at 708 Division St., opening...
Kacy Eggebrecht named WIAA D3 Scholar-Athlete
Phillips High School senior Kacy Eggebrecht was presented with the 2024 Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association’s (WIAA) Statewide Scholar Athlete Award at a May 5 ceremony in Stevens Point. Eggebrecht was named the Division 3 girls awardee at the event where 32 scholar athlete finalists from around the state were invited to be recognized at the awards ceremony. More than 836 seniors were nominated for the award by 422 high schools throughout the state, according to the WIAA. The finalists included four boys and four girls...
Wisconsin Rapids-area cranberry grower discusses 'spectacular' experience on Bravo's 'Top Chef'
BIRON – Four hundred pounds of hand-picked cranberries made the three-hour journey from Biron to Milwaukee last September to star in an episode of "Top Chef: Wisconsin." Rochelle Biegel Hoffman, a fifth-generation cranberry grower, brought the berries to the set and taught competing chefs about the state fruit. This season of the Bravo show, "Top Chef: Wisconsin" was filmed in Milwaukee, and Hoffman — from Rooted in Red on the Dempze Cranberry family farm in Biron — was invited to appear on Wednesday’s episode where chefs were assigned to create dishes with cranberries.
Businesses navigating Plover construction, upgrades at Rapids Walmart, The Store news and more
Happy Tuesday and welcome to the Streetwise newsletter!. If you've been through Plover on County B in the last five weeks, you noticed all of the construction barrels, signs and detours. I spent the last couple of weeks talking with business owners along that stretch of highway about how the construction has affected their business, and I talked with village staff, the Plover Area Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Portage County Business Council to see how they've worked to make sure people know how to get to those businesses. Some places have seen their business drop by almost half of their normal profits, while other places have seen little to no change. Construction will continue through November.
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