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Black bear takes stroll around Stevens Point

Posted on May 27, 2011

A bear spotted in Stevens Point was driven north of town Thursday afternoon, according to the Stevens Point Police Department.

Sgt. Paul Piotrowski said the animal was spotted in the morning at the corner of Fifth and Forest streets and was spotted as far south as the Pfiffner building at Pfiffner Pioneer Park at about 2 p.m.

Austin Korger, 28, of Plover, was on his way back to work after taking a walk on his lunch break with two others when they spotted the black bear on the trail near the boat landing at Bukolt Park.

After waiting a bit, the animal ran into a neighborhood, but reappeared again near Pfiffner Pioneer Park, where it jumped into a tree, Korger said.

via stevenspointjournal.com

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Plastic bottles expelled from UWSP campus

Posted on June 29, 2010

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If you want a drink of water on the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point campus this fall, don't expect to find any bottles for sale.

 The university's new vending contract, which will go into effect before the school year starts in September, bans bottled water sales in campus vending machines. The 30 or so beverage machines also will switch to aluminum cans for soft drinks, cutting additional use of plastic. Only beverages which don't come in other materials, such as sports drinks, still will be sold in plastic bottles. 

Story at Stevenspointjournal

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Wisconsin Man Sentenced For Stealing Dirty Diapers

Posted on June 4, 2010

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An Amherst man accused of trying to steal dirty diapers from a home has been sentenced to 30 months of probation.

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41-year-old woman arrested after blow dart spree

Posted on April 22, 2010

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A 41-year-old Plover woman was arrested and taken to jail after shooting four people with blow darts and breaking a pizza parlor window.

Paula Wolf shot the people with rocks using a blow gun while driving in her van. She told the arresting officer "she liked to hear people say ouch" when she hit them.

Read the story at StevensPointJournal.com

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Group raises $40K+ for dog park & Stevens Point council member cuts off 2 feet of his hair

Posted on April 6, 2010

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Stevens Point council member Mike Wiza made on his pledge to cut the more than 2 feet of his hair if the Point Dog Park groups raised $40,000 for the facility. His cut hair will be donated to the Locks of Love program.

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Schools block most of the web on student laptops

Posted on February 15, 2010

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Students at Ben Franklin Jr. High in Stevens Point are upset that school district provided laptops block social networking sites like Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, chat rooms, et al.

One student was quoted as saying ""I think that we should at least be able to use stuff like chat rooms. You can't even look up music,"

**Opinion: If the kids are getting freebie computers from the school, they have no room to complain that they cannot be used for anything other than school work.

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Sex party organizers buck police in Stevens Point

Posted on February 12, 2010

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 If a "Sexual Freedom" hotel party begins tonight in Stevens Point, police are prepared to cite or arrest anyone who violates a city ordinance prohibiting the conversion of an established business into a sexually oriented one.

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Stevens Point police chief not backing off swingers party

Posted on February 1, 2010


The Stevens Point police chief is standing by his claim that a Valentine's Day swingers party violates city ordinance.

Chief Kevin Ruder says he received a letter from the party organizer's attorney saying he has until February 1 to reply or could face a lawsuit. Ruder says that letter has been forwarded to the city attorney.

Ruder says he not only stands by his decision that the hotel takeover violates a city ordinance dealing with sexually oriented businesses, but says the city is also looking into other ordinance violations and public health code violations.

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UWSP smoking ban on hold

Posted on February 1, 2010

A proposal to make the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point campus entirely smoke free is on hold because of enforcement questions.

The resolution calls for "all UWSP buildings, grounds, functions and operations" to be completely smoke free by July 5 _ the same day Wisconsin's indoor smoking ban goes into effect.

University Affairs Committee Gerry Ring says the committee had the same questions surrounding a similar proposal in 2008 before the Faculty Senate. Those questions included issues such as enforcement, penalties and whether such a ban would infringe on students' rights.

Environmental health and safety officer Dick Bartos tells the Stevens Point Journal the proposal would likely be put on the back burner until summer.

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Information from: Stevens Point Journal, http://www.stevenspointjournal.com

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