Take a step back in time to see how bluegrass music has evolved since 1945.

A little cold and snowy weather never stopped Portage County residents from their work or play. Grab a warm drink and enjoy these photos of our distant and recent winters past. Photos from the Stevens Point Journal. Caption from 08/12/1937. NYA fences ready for winter’s blizzards. With the temperature hovering near the 90-degree mark much of the time, thoughts of winter blizzards are far removed from the minds of most persons. But, winter is “just around the corner” to these

“Rock on, Heffron!” was the rallying cry of Jamfest, held annually at the Heffron Tavern, right on the county line between Portage and Waushara counties. Jamfest was a rural music event that attracted local, state, and national acts between 1991 and 2005.  Mark Nowak wasn’t new to planning shows when he started Jamfest, later known as Rock On Heffron. He had traveled with local band Unit One for a decade, helping with lights and production, before he purchased his parents’ ta

From the original planning of the Stevens Point Country Club all the way to 2025, women have had a strong role in forming SPCC into the...