The award was given for their response to an armed and barricaded suspect in the Village of Amherst in July 2024.

The Wisconsin Department of Justice is tracking ... The Marathon County district attorney’s office and the Portage County ...

STEVENS POINT, WI (WSAU) — A Portage County man was found guilty of making terroristic threats against local and national ...

Police said they applied tourniquets to stop the bleeding before the man was treated by firefighters and taken first to a ...

PORTAGE COUNTY, Wis. (WAOW) -- A 68-year-old man is dead after being found in a ditch in the Town of Carson Wednesday. According to the Portage County Sheriff's Office, they got a call around 6:10 ...

Several area SWAT teams are being recognized by the Wisconsin Association of SWAT Personnel. Teams from the Portage County Sheriff's Office, Stevens Point Police, Marathon County Sheriff's ...

The Portage County Sheriff's Office issued a warning after a resident recently reported someone claiming to work for the sheriff's office tried to scam her. The Sheriff's Office posted a ...

“If you plan to celebrate, law enforcement would encourage you to identify a designated driver or have a plan for a safe ride home,” Portage County Sheriff Mike Lukas said in a statement.

A search warrant was executed Thursday morning for a 26-year-old man who allegedly contained child sexual abuse materials.