The Portage County Board approved Scott Allen as the next director of the county's Planning and Zoning Department during its ...

These are the results of the monthly Portage County Health Department food business inspections for April 2026.

Here's a look at the county, state and federal seats that will appear on the ballot for Portage County voters in the fall ...

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.

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 ...

PLOVER − The Portage County Historical Society received the 2025 Reuben Gold Thwaites Trophy, the highest honor for a local history organization in Wisconsin, on Sept. 24. The award, given annually by ...

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation announced that all lanes on I-39 southbound at Wisconsin 33 are currently closed ...

PORTAGE COUNTY − More than 16,500 Wisconsin Public Service customers in Portage County remain without power at 8:45 p.m. Thursday, April 2, after an ice storm moved through Central Wisconsin, and ...

A two-vehicle crash in the Portage County Town of Plover has turned fatal, according to the Portage County Sheriff’s Office.

The two-vehicle crash happened at 3:17 p.m. May 15 on State 54, at Portage County F and Pierce Avenue in the town of Plover.

Portage County has appointed Scott Allen as the new planning and zoning director to lead the department starting in mid-June.