2025年1月24日 · The only locally-owned and operated daily news source in Portage County, serving Stevens Point, Plover, Whiting, Hull and Park Ridge.

2025年1月12日 · Moving mountains: Mayor Mike Wiza with former Rep. Katrina Shankland, former Community Development Director Ryan Kernosky, and representatives from Senator Patrick Testin’s office as Gov. Tony Evers signs SB 880, designed to allow Stevens Point—and only Stevens Point—to exceed TIF limitations, into law in …

2025年1月17日 · The ultimate in local government, business, crime, and other news serving the Stevens Point and Plover areas in Portage County, Wisconsin

The total value of residential construction to date is more than $15.6 million, a sharp increase from October 2023 figures.

2025年1月12日 · Stevens Point police officers meet with UWSP Chief Michele Haywood on Jan. 6, shortly after she was sworn into her role on campus. (Metro Wire photo)

2024年10月20日 · “We’ve really hit the ceiling in terms of what we can accommodate... this year’s budget is as bare bones as it can get.”

2025年1月11日 · By Jason Glisczynski. Staying informed about upcoming tax law changes is essential for making smart financial decisions. With adjustments to standard deductions, retirement contributions, and estate tax exclusions Read More

The Point/Plover Metro Wire was founded in November of 2017. The rapid erosion of the local news landscape drove many of the professionally trained journalists to larger cities or other industries entirely. But we are growing out of the desperate need for a local news organization. Publisher Brandi Makuski began her career as a cub reporter for the Stevens Point Journal in 2004. She later ...

2024年12月24日 · Metro Wire Staff An empty lot remains where a halfway house once stood at 1504 Water St. It previously housed up to eight people recently released from prison, but the fourplex was damaged in an April fire and remained shuttered until it was razed last week. Police Chief Bob Kussow said the home acted as a safeguard against homeless sex offenders in the community. But without the halfway house ...

2024年12月22日 · It wasn’t one thing that I saw. Actually, it was one thing I didn’t see. A house very much in my neighborhood for many years suddenly wasn’t there anymore. And even though I was never in it, I miss it already. There was a really old house on the corner of Water Street and Arlington Place. That house had to be there over a hundred years ago. It looked like it was on its last legs. The ...