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History

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  • History
    By STEVENS POINT NEWS
    July 27, 2019
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    July 2009: H1N1 influenza claims Portage County

    This story is a reprint from our July 2009 edition By Scott Steuck The H1N1 influenza, commonly referred to as the Swine Flu, has claimed its ...
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  • History
    By STEVENS POINT NEWS
    July 26, 2019
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    Time Capsules: The stories that graced the Gazette

    Compiled by Kris Leonhardt 10 years ago: July 24, 2009 A Plover woman pleaded guilty July 17 for her role in a scheme to murder a ...
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  • The Union Cemetery
    History
    By STEVENS POINT NEWS
    July 20, 2019
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    Buckskin Riley: A noted desperdo

    By George Rogers If you believe what it says on the entrance gate, Union Cemetery dates only to 1927. But that just seems to be the ...
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  • History
    By STEVENS POINT NEWS
    July 20, 2019
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    Time Capsules: The stories that graced the Gazette

    Compiled by Kris Leonhardt 10 years ago: July 17, 2009 Residents in the Stevens Point Area School District will go to the polls in November to ...
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  • History
    By STEVENS POINT NEWS
    July 19, 2019
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    July 1999: New Highway HH bridge is open

    Portage County finally has second route across Wisconsin River Reprinted from the July 16, 1999, edition. The new bridge on Highway HH is open. The bridge ...
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  • History
    By STEVENS POINT NEWS
    July 12, 2019
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    Time Capsules: The stories that graced the Gazette

    10 years ago: July 10, 2009 Organizers have added an additional day to the annual Rosholt Thresheree and Antique and Farm Tractor Pull, expanding it from ...
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  • History
    By STEVENS POINT NEWS
    July 11, 2019
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    The Little Red Wagon: A certain disappointment

    By Kris Leonhardt Senior Editor Continued from previous edition In 2002, Fingerhut was sold to Crosstown Traders/JP Morgan. The sale would start a series of transitions ...
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  • HistoryTop Feature
    By STEVENS POINT NEWS
    July 5, 2019
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    Misspelling plagues Stevens Point’s first mayor

    Misspelling plagues Stevens Point’s first mayor By Gene Kemmeter Steven’s Point’s first mayor gets no respect. Dr. William Scholfield, a physician and lumberman, was the first ...
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  • History
    By STEVENS POINT NEWS
    July 5, 2019
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    The Little Red Wagon: Expansion to Neillsville and Stevens Point

    By Kris Leonhardt Senior Editor Continued from previous edition After Fingerhut Corporation’s purchase of Figi’s and John Figi’s departure, the company built a 64,000 square-foot headquarters ...
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  • History
    By STEVENS POINT NEWS
    July 4, 2019
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    Celebrating 20 years: Time Capsules: A look back

    Gazette Staff As we celebrate 20 years, we take a look at some of the stories that have graced the pages of our publication. 10 years ...
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    WIAC makes February return of winter sports official

    By Kris Leonhardt
    January 25, 2021
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    By STEVENS POINT NEWS
    January 21, 2021
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    Shoe’s News: Doogie

    By Kris Leonhardt
    January 17, 2021
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    Local program to offer new sports option for those on autism spectrum

    By Kris Leonhardt
    January 12, 2021
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    Free fishing weekend to be held Jan. 16-17

    By Kris Leonhardt
    January 11, 2021
  • Be our guest: County clerk speaks on the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruling and ...

    By Kris Leonhardt
    July 10, 2020
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    By jschooley
    May 20, 2020
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    Schuh column: Say cheese

    By jschooley
    September 30, 2019
  • Kemmeter: Presidential statements fuel racial tension

    By STEVENS POINT NEWS
    August 2, 2019
  • Publisher’s Letter: The Road Taken

    By STEVENS POINT NEWS
    July 30, 2019

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