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The long-sought dredging machine was on the doorstep of arriving at Lake Contrary a little more than 55 years ago, so the infamous story goes.

The Stevens Point Police and Fire Commission named Jerry Moore as its interim leader during a special meeting Monday.

Gary Wescott, the city's former mayor, made his resignation effective immediately and listed accomplishments during his years of public service.

STEVENS POINT – Nine months after former Police Chief Martin Skibba resigned amid a scandal, the city's Police and Fire Commission is hitting the reset button on its search for a replacement. The commission offered the job to Brent Plisch, assistant police chief with the University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department, but Plisch turned it down, according to an email from commission President Gary Wescott to city officials. Former Police Chief Martin Skibba resigned on June 19. He had been on administrative leave or suspension since early March 2020, while the Police and Fire Commission ...

By Mike Leischner Stevens Point Police STEVENS POINT, WI (WSAU) — The Stevens Point Police and Fire Commission has announced that an offer made to one of the candidates for the city’s vacant Chief of Police was declined. Brent Plisch, the current Assistant Chief of Police with the University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department, was offered the position but withdrew his application in a letter to the Commission late last week. Plisch did not elaborate on his reasons for declining the position, only saying the reasons were “complex.” In a statement, Police and Fir...