These are the results of the monthly Portage County Health Department food business inspections for November 2025.

STEVENS POINT, WI (WSAU) — The Portage County Offices are unable to receive incoming phone calls, according to a news release ...

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 ...

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 ...

As counties across Wisconsin sell off publicly-owned nursing homes to private companies, communities worry that privatization ...

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.

The shrinking footprint of nonprofit nursing homes can be a source of concern for certain cash-strapped communities, ...

GRANT − A Wisconsin Rapids teen is dead and another was taken by helicopter to Marshfield Medical Center after a one-vehicle crash early Saturday morning in Portage County. The crash happened about 1 ...

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, 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 ...