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    The bonds of friendship: VFW Buckley-Baldwin post marks 90 years of service

    By Taylor Hale
    April 27, 2022
    By Kris Leonhardt On May 19, 1932, 39 members were initiated into Wisconsin Rapids first Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) organization, setting on course ...
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    Time Capsule

    By Taylor Hale
    February 1, 2022
    100 Years Ago A local man evades arrest on multiple occasions and breaks out jail once before falling into local police custody after being ...
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    Time capsule

    By Taylor Hale
    January 25, 2022
    By Lucas Jagodzinski 100 Years Ago A Soo line passenger train, departing from Fon Du Lac struck and killed an unidentified man from Waupaca ...
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    Shoe Column: Lee

    By Taylor Hale
    January 1, 2022
    By Tim “Shoe” Sullivan I graduated from UWSP in 1972. Then for the next fourteen years, my buddies Mike Haberman, Randy Wievel, and I ...
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    Kemmeter Column: Old column triggers memories

    By Taylor Hale
    December 31, 2021
    By GENE KEMMETER More than two decades ago, a new column, with a title that changed periodically, started in the Portage County Gazette and ...
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  • History

    Time Capsule

    By Taylor Hale
    December 29, 2021
    By Lucas Jagodzinski 100 Years Ago Two babies were given the honor of a free baby carriage because they were born on Christmas day. ...
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    Time Capsule

    By Taylor Hale
    December 5, 2021
    By Lucas Jagodzinski 100 Years Ago Local furniture makers and manufacturers in the Midwest decided to gather in Stevens Point for their annual convention. ...
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  • Community NewsHistoryTop Feature

    PCHS announces Harry as executive director

    By Taylor Hale
    November 24, 2021
    For the Gazette  STEVENS POINT – The Portage County Historical Society (PCHS) announced the hiring of the organization’s first ever paid staff member, an executive director. ...
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    Time Capsule

    By Taylor Hale
    November 24, 2021
    By Lucas Jagodzinski 100 Years Ago The Stevens Point community prepared to celebrate Thanksgiving. Local school children prepared for a short week of education ...
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  • Arts & EntertainmentHistoryTop Feature

    Never Forgotten: Veterans and their contributions to aviation and the country

    By Taylor Hale
    November 17, 2021
    By Lucas Jagodzinski PORTAGE COUNTY – November, it’s a time when many of us are planning trips to see loved ones around the country ...
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  • Venne completes UWSP football coaching staff

    By Taylor Hale
    June 22, 2022
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    Amherst’s perfect season comes to an end

    By Kris Leonhardt
    June 16, 2022
  • Patience at the plate guides Amherst towards sectionals

    By Taylor Hale
    June 8, 2022
  • Defense shines, SPASH claims regional title in shutout win versus Wisconsin Rapids

    By Taylor Hale
    June 2, 2022
  • SPASH names new head football coach

    By Taylor Hale
    May 4, 2022
  • Ice fishing contest Reels in $1,500 for Portage County Literacy Council

    By Taylor Hale
    March 17, 2022
  • Kemmeter Column: County celebrates year after quarantine

    By Taylor Hale
    July 12, 2021
  • Isherwood Column: Great engineering projects two

    By Taylor Hale
    July 11, 2021
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    Show Column: Odd Jobs

    By Taylor Hale
    July 9, 2021
  • Looking ahead with Larry: July 2

    By Taylor Hale
    July 5, 2021

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