A downtown building in disrepair has pushed Portage officials and business owners alike to frustration, but there may be positive change soon. The Business Improvement District Board has discussed the ...

PORTAGE, Wis. — Residents who walk and bike across a pedestrian bridge near downtown Portage are concerned its potential removal could make it more difficult for them to get around. According to the ...

PORTAGE — For nearly two decades and through four administrations, officials have been carving out a city center. The downtown, often defined as between Hamstrom and Willowcreek roads and Central ...

PORTAGE — A new downtown recreation center could be three to five years away. It’s included in the new downtown master plan adopted recently by the city’s Redevelopment Commission. Although the rec ...

Portage Township Trustee Jason Critchlow stands Monday, March 3, 2025, at the Portage Township Trustee’s office where the Portage Pantry is expected to be set up next month at 340 Columbia Place in ...

Tuesday afternoon began a downtown “charrette” where the Portage community was invited to stop in to work with the designers on their own visions for the downtown. By definition, a charrette is an ...

The city of Ravenna and Portage County took some positive steps Wednesday night when the Ravenna Planning Commission reviewed and approved plans to upgrade the county’s dilapidated parking lot between ...

The Portage City Council rejected a proposal to create a designated outdoor drinking area downtown. The proposal was tabled last fall. Mayor Austin Bonta pushed for the Designated Outdoor Refreshment ...

STEVENS POINT − An agenda item for Tuesday’s Portage County Space and Properties Committee meeting had some county residents and city leaders wondering if the county plans to relocate its downtown ...

PORTAGE — A major fire is again challenging downtown Portage. When a bank, clothing store and a religious store were destroyed in 1994, Madison-based Horizon Investment and Development Corp. of ...

SOUTH BEND — Seeing food insecurity creeping into the area's middle class residents, the Portage Township Trustee's office is starting Portage Pantry, a food bank that will serve low-income and middle ...