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Riverfront Rendezvous music line-up announced
STEVENS POINT, Wis. (WSAW) - The music line-up for 40th annual Riverfront Rendezvous was released Thursday morning. The festival features three stages of musical entertainment. It will be held July 4-6 at Pfiffner Pioneer Park in Stevens Point. Thursday: Big Oil, Rhythm Playboys, Barefoot Americans, Wheelhouse, Miss Myra and the...
Group claims DNR settlement with Portage County dairy farm is illegal
A new lawsuit claims state regulators reached an illegal deal with a Portage County farm that shut out public input on the operation’s groundwater monitoring as residents have voiced concerns about nitrate contamination of wells. Midwest Environmental Advocates sued the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and Gordondale Farms in...
58 years later: Army veteran reflects on being wounded in Vietnam
WASHINGTON D.C. (WSAW) - A Portage County man was one of 106 veterans who participated in the Never Forgotten Honor Flight: Mission 47. However, he was the only one on the trip who was also shot multiple times while in Vietnam 58 years ago. On Monday, veterans from central and...
Authorities search for suspect in Mosinee gas drive-off case
MOSINEE, Wis. (WSAW) - Authorities are searching for a suspect who drove off without paying for gas. Investigators said it happened twice about 45 minutes apart on Jan. 19. Police say a man driving a red Ford F-150 pickup truck filled up at Lietz’s Shell convenience store in Mosinee and made no attempt to pay for the fuel. The theft of gas was more than $200.
Stevens Point man charged with setting fire to fraternity house with person inside
STEVENS POINT, Wis. (WSAW) - A 21-year-old Stevens Point man is charged with arson, first-degree recklessly endangering safety and two counts of bail jumping after an investigator said he lit a house on fire with a person inside. Eric Blum remains in the Portage County Jail on a $250,000 cash...
Here's how statewide reading reform is impacting Stevens Point Area Public Schools
STEVENS POINT − Last summer, the Wisconsin State Legislature and Gov. Tony Evers reached a compromise on sweeping literacy reform for Wisconsin students. The reform, known as The Right to Read Act or 2023 Wisconsin Act 20, requires “science-based early reading instruction in both universal and intervention settings” and specifically prohibits reading instruction using “three-cueing instruction,” according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction website.
UW-Stevens Point’s planetarium offers shows in May
STEVENS POINT _ Travel the greater universe this May at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Allen F. Blocher Planetarium. Planetarium shows will be offered on the Sundays of May 5 through May 12. A special youth focused program for families will be offered at 3 p.m. May 5, with story time followed by a show. All events are free and open to the public, but donations are appreciated and help continue these programs:
Stevens Point Streetwise: Updates from Mission Coffee House and 3 local restaurants
STEVENS POINT – What’s happening with businesses in the Stevens Point area?. Streetwise has your answers. These roundups offer an easy way to stay up to date with what’s happening on the Streetwise beat. If you know of a new business, a development or a place that’s closing, send me a note at cshuda@gannett.com. If you have questions about something opening, closing or changing in the area, send me those, too, and I'll do my best to find an answer.
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