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Editorial: City department heads should be allowed to speak for themselves
3+ week, 5+ day ago (865+ words) made it clear that at least some Stevens Point department heads are not to speak directly with the Metro...Just days earlier, the Metro Wire emailed Public Works Director Scott Beduhn and City Engineer Joe Skibinski...Last fall, after the…...
Column: Miresse talks about climate change legislation
3+ week, 5+ day ago (40+ words) Point/Plover Metro Wire August 28 Trash: Deputies...
Photo of the Day: Home of a future city installation
2+ week, 5+ day ago (275+ words) Metro Wire Staff TOWN OF EAU PLEINE — A 62-year-old woman died Wednesday after she was injured in a UTV...
Wired for the Worst: Situational awareness can help you avoid danger
3+ week, 5+ day ago (387+ words) National Preparedness Month encourages Americans to take four practical steps: Metro Wire Staff TOWN...
Editorial: County officials shouldn’t have to Google their way through appointments
3+ week, 4+ day ago (544+ words) Tuesday’s Portage County Board meeting exposed a breakdown in a process that should be routine: appointing citizens to county committees. County Executive Eric Olson submitted an appointment to the Local Emergency Planning Committee without a resume, letter of interest, or…...
Editorial: Before debating Flock, understand who oversees Stevens Point police
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (1164+ words) Tired of hearing about Flock? So are we. But the debate now needs to move past whether people like the technology. There’s a bigger question now, and it really matters: Who had the authority to suspend it? That question hasn’t…...