Portage, Baraboo shift COVID-19 response as counties opt against local stay at home orders

City officials are considering cutting the cost of license renewals for Portage businesses and residents in the wake of financial hardship cau…

Within roughly five minutes, members of the Portage Common Council approved an ordinance allowing local businesses to sell liquor to go.

A proclamation from Portage Mayor Rick Dodd has extended the city’s state of emergency order through June 30.

Portage Common Council members voted 7-2 Thursday to keep in place an emergency order signed May 21 by Mayor Rick Dodd to provide residents wi…

Portage Common Council members have decided that Phase II of the Portage Family Skate Park, a project four years in the making, can move forwa…

A plan to purchase fiberglass canoes for placement around the city as a tourist attraction was knocked off schedule because of COVID-19, which…

The Portage Common Council, which is currently meeting via teleconference only, spent about an hour Thursday discussing whether it should resu…

After a proposed remodel of his office proved too expensive, Columbia County Board Chairman Vern Gove moved to a vacant space on the county ad…

Columbia County officials opted against imposing a mask mandate Monday despite requests from city officials and another county.