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UPDATE: Longtime Boy Scouts volunteer held on $250K bond in child sex assault case
3+ week, 4+ day ago (47+ words) Point/Plover Metro Wire August 28 Trash: Deputies were called to check on a road hazard at West Clark St. and West Zinda Dr. at 12:30 a.m. The deputy found miscellaneous clothing...
BREAKING: Former Boy Scout leader arrested for repeat child sexual assault
1+ week, 5+ day ago (231+ words) PLOVER — A Plover man is in jail after police say he admitted to grooming and having sexual contact with a juvenile he met through a Stevens Point Boy Scout pack about 15 years ago. Steven Lorang, 57, was arrested Monday after an…...
Central Wisconsin Children???s Museum to close for annual refresh
3+ week, 4+ day ago (196+ words) STEVENS POINT — The Central Wisconsin Children’s Museum will temporarily close later this month for its annual deep cleaning and installation of new exhibit pieces. The downtown museum will be closed from Sunday, Aug. 30, through Tuesday, Sept. 8, while staff and volunteers…...
Boys & Girls Club celebrates summer with annual Field Day
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (242+ words) STEVENS POINT — Nearly 300 young people from across central Wisconsin gathered at Goerke Field earlier this month for the Boys & Girls Club of Portage County’s annual Field Day. The Aug. 7 event brought together Club members from nine sites in Portage County…...