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2021-07-17

(PORTAGE, WI) What’s going on in Portage? Here’s a roundup of the top stories in the area today.

Pulled from contributors around the region, here’s a glimpse of what’s going on nearby. For more stories from the Portage area, click here.

Kinship makes first match in Portage, needs more mentors

Kinship Mentoring of Columbia County is up and running after making its first-ever mentoring match but needs more mentors — especially male ones — to reach its goals for 2021. Retired Portage High School Choral Director Holly Atkinson will mentor a child from Poynette as the nonprofit organization looks to... Read more

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Columbia County / wiscnews.com

Columbia County Fair shuttles available July 23-24 due to ballfield construction

Columbia County Fair will provide a shuttle system at night July 23-24 since there’s less parking available with construction of a new ballfield at the fairgrounds in Portage. Fair Board Secretary Marianne McMillan estimates there’s about 25% less parking than usual as construction crews build a second ballfield for the... Read more

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Waunakee / hngnews.com

Shaver lone United player honored by Badger North coaches

The Portage/Poynette girls soccer team was never able to get on track in the Badger North Conference this spring. The United finished 0-7 in conference play. Sauk Prairie won the Badger North title with a 7-0 mark, followed by Waunakee (6-1), DeForest (5-2), Mount Horeb (4-3), Reedsburg (3-4), Beaver Dam (2-5), Baraboo (1-6) and Portage/Poynette. Read more

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Portage / wiscnews.com

Man accused of threatening Portage cab company employee with knife

A man was charged with reckless endangerment after being accused of threatening a cab company employee with a knife. Marco Figueroa, 33, was charged with felony second-degree recklessly endangering safety in Columbia County Circuit Court on July 7. Judge W. Andrew Voigt set $2,000 cash bond. He cannot have contact with the victim or the cab company. He is still in custody as of Thursday afternoon, according to online records. Read more

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