Sept. 18 – A two vehicle crash was reported on Stanley Street. Sept. 18 – BP on Church Street reported a retail theft of $110.36 worth of gasoline. Sept. 18 – A man was …
STEVENS POINT – A jury found Jose Mata, 51, guilty of repeated sexual assault of a child and second degree sexual assault of an unconscious victim. Mata was charged in Aug. of 2025 for …
Sept. 10 – Officers responded to Willow Brooke Senior Living for an unexpected death. Sept. 10 – A complainant reported a woman was smoking marijuana in a vehicle on Fourth Avenue. Upon arrival …
PLOVER — Steven Lorang, 57, had his bond doubled to half a million dollars in connection to a sexual assault case stemming from his time as a Boy Scout volunteer for a Stevens Point troop. The …
Sept. 4 – A student at McKinley Elementary School hit the principal then walked away from the school. The student was picked up by a parent. Sept. 4 – Officers went to the Point of Discovery …
STEVENS POINT — Sara Pientka, 46, was sentenced on Sept. 2 for failing to report her sister’s July 21 murder. Pientka was sentenced to 120 days in jail, with 19 days counting as credit …
PLOVER — Steven Lorang, 57, was arrested for sexual assault stemming from his time as a boy scout volunteer. The Plover Police Department received information in July 2026 regarding …
• Aug. 28 – A customer paid with a fraudulent $10 bill at Kwik Trip on Old Highway 18. • Aug. 28 – Officers responded to Kwik Trip on Church Street for a retail theft. • Aug. 29 …
• Aug. 21 – A man refused to leave the Stevens Point Post Office and called the staff “thieves” after a disagreement about a package. • Aug. 21 – A caller reported items had been …
STEVENS POINT — Alderperson Kneebone and Alderperson Shuda recently completed a ride-along with the Stevens Point Police Department and shared their experiences during the Aug. 17 Common Council …
WAUPACA – A new ordinance to restrict where a sex offender can live was passed by the Waupaca City Council on Aug. 19. The ordinance would disallow sex offenders from living within 1,000 feet o\f …
STEVENS POINT – A Portage County corrections officer resigned days after he was arrested under suspicion of assaulting his brother with a thermos during an argument in July. Todd Domres, the …
• Aug. 17 – A woman reported a case of identity theft. She was out $13, 200 but was able to recover it. • Aug. 17 – Marshfield Clinic requested a welfare check on a man living in his truck …
• Aug. 14 – Officers responded to a call regarding two windows being broken at an older industrial building on Wood Street. • Aug. 14 – A 24-year-old man was arrested on a probation violation …
STEVENS POINT – Portage County District Attorney Cass Cousins announced that a Wisconsin Rapids man was sentenced to prison after having been convicted of Second Degree Sexual Assault as a …
• Aug. 10 – A person visited the sheriff’s office lobby with a video of a Tesla truck dumping a mattress on their property, once in June and again last Saturday. • Aug. 10 – A caller …
• Aug. 7 – A 63-year-old man was trying to direct a moving van into a parking spot on Maria Drive when a 33-year-old man parked in the spot. The two entered into a verbal argument and were then …
• Aug. 3 – A caller reported a driver in an older GMC truck was following a wet-paint truck and was swerving in and out of the freshly painting lines and ruining the work. Yellow paint was all …
• July 31 – A Wood Street address was broken into and vandalized with spray paint. • July 31 – A 50-year-old woman reported a white truck was not stopping for pedestrians on Main Street, and …
TOWN OF HULL — A Town of Hull man has been taken into custody after striking a pedestrian with his vehicle. On Aug. 6, at approximately 8:20 p.m., Portage County Sheriff’s Deputies were …