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STEVENS POINT (WAOW) - An administrator at St. Peter's Middle School in Stevens Point says a seventh-grade boy collapsed and died in school on Tuesday morning. Administrator Todd Kuckkahn said Wednesday that no circumstances surrounding the death of Joey Miller were being released other than he died in school. St. Peter's is a Roman Catholic school. "We are shocked and saddened," Kuckkahn said. "We trust that God in his infinite wisdom will walk with us in our grief."
MILWAUKEE (WAOW) - Ministry Health Care says it is eliminating about 2 percent of its workforce due to declining business and a reduction in Medicare payments because of federal budget cuts forced by the so-called sequestration.
Members of the Stevens Point city council unanimously approved creating a new $48 million development project on the city's east side Monday night.
Stevens Point police say a man was seriously injured after being hit by a car Saturday night.
Hundreds of graduates walked across the stage at UW-Stevens Point Saturday to accept their diplomas.
Drivers could hit major delays Friday evening on I-39. Bridge work between Stevens Point and Mosinee has the northbound side of the highway down to one lane.
Two men have been charged in a multi-county burglary ring.
Beer is a huge industry in the badger state. Experts say that beverage has an economic impact of more than eight billion dollars a year and many breweries are thriving in central Wisconsin.
WISCONSIN RAPIDS (WAOW) - A small crack in a one-ton cylinder caused an unknown amount of chlorine gas to escape inside a building at NewPage on Thursday, Lt. Wade Wittenberg of the Wisconsin Rapids Fire Department said. No workers were exposed to it.
STEVENS POINT (WAOW) - Stevens Point Mayor Andrew Halverson says a Wisconsin company is negotiating to build a $17 million plant on the city's east side.
Finding child care is an in-demand and expensive endeavor in Wisconsin.
STEVENS POINT (WAOW) - The canceled concert featuring the singer who rose to fame after winning on American Idol has been rescheduled for Nov. 19, a Tuesday.
STEVENS POINT (WAOW) - The Portage County Sheriff's Department says a two-month investigation solved a string of rural burglaries involving the theft of nearly $40,000 worth of copper wire, tools, tires and rims and other personal property from five different victims.
NEKOOSA (WAOW) - Students at Nekoosa High School were evacuated for about two hours Monday following a bomb threat discovered in a bathroom stall, authorities said.
STEVENS POINT (WAOW) - Skyward Inc. said Thursday it's challenging again the awarding of a $15 million contract to a Minnesota company to run a student information system in the state's schools. The company said it has formally asked the state Department of Administration for a "'just and impartial evaluation" of what Skyward called a "flawed and unfair" process that awarded the contract to Infinite Campus. A week ago, the state Department of Public Instruction rejected Skyward's prot...
Leaders in Stevens Point are moving forward with a $48 million project to develop the city's east side.
New survey findings show more job openings this year than others, and in several different fields.
After a Stevens Point company was turned down for a statewide education contract, some Wisconsin lawmakers are trying to figure out the next step.
FRIENDSHIP (WAOW) - A jury on Friday convicted a 61-year-old Adams County man of murdering his mother and hiding her corpse in some woods near her home nearly three years ago.
STEVENS POINT (WAOW) - One day after losing an administrative appeal on the awarding of a $15 million contract to run a student information system in the state's schools, Skyward Inc. vowed Friday to "exercise all possible legal options" if necessary to fix what it called an unfair bid process.
Volunteers in Stevens Point grabbed their shovels for a belated Arbor Day celebration.
PLAINFIELD (WAOW) - The Adams County Sheriff's Department says a 26-year-old worker was killed Thursday in a truck accident at a potato farm.
Portage County, Wisconsin is one of a few places where Prairie Chickens roam wild.
But to see them, you've got to be in place hours before sunrise.
Congressman Ron Kind (D-3rd District) is criticizing fellow lawmakers for voting to end FAA furloughs, even though he voted for it himself.
Stevens Point and Portage County are one step closer to forming a joint 911 dispatch center.
Technology is changing the way students learn and how teachers interact with them.
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