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Notice of Public Hearing: NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PORTAGE COUNTY WELLHEAD PROTECTION ORDINANCE AMENDMENT   Notice is hereby given that on Tuesday, February 24, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. in Conference Room 5 of the County Annex, 1462 Strongs Avenue, Stevens Point, the Portage County Planning and Zoning Committee will hold a public hearing at which time and place all interested persons may appear and will be given an opportunity to be heard in support of or in opposition to T-2025-001. The proposal will amend the existing Portage County Wellhead Protection Ordinance text and make modifications to the Groundwater Protection District maps.   Materials and information related to this request will be available for viewing prior to the Hearing date online at www.co.portage.wi.gov by clicking on the agenda packet for the Planning and Zoning Committee meeting in the Agendas/Minutes Calendar. All interested persons are invited to attend said hearing and be heard, and accommodations have been made to do so remotely if you prefer. To attend this meeting by telephone dial 1-872-242-7813, after dialing the number you will then be asked to enter in a meeting number. Use the following meeting number: 595 131 207, then press #. To attend this meeting by video, go to www.co.portage.wi.gov and click on the link in the agenda for the Planning and Zoning Committee meeting in the Agendas/Minutes Calendar. If you are unable to attend the hearing, you may submit written comments on agenda items to the Planning and Zoning Department by mail at 1462 Strongs Avenue, Stevens Point, WI 54481, or by e-mail at (kunzet@co.portage.wi.gov). The deadline for sending comments in writing is 2 business days prior to the meeting. Comments will be delivered to supervisors and posted at least 24 hours prior to the start of the meeting. Wellhead Protection Ordinance Packet to Municipalities  

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Weekly News Blast

The Board held its monthly meeting on Wednesday. Of note was correspondences from the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin. There are now four (4) real or potential utility solar projects approved or applied for in Portage County with large acreages in the Towns of Buena Vista, Grant, Pine Grove, Plover and recently Stockton (map). Further, a large transmission line that will bisect a small portion of the most SE part of Grant. Notice was also received this week that the Wisconsin Wildlife Federation has appealed the Vista Sands Solar project approved last month by the PSC (notice).

The WDNR plans to install two (2) small parking areas at the end of 130th south of CTH W and at the end of Quarry east of CTH F. Both areas are frequently used by hunters, birders, dog trailers, etc. during the year. Currently the roads are considered “low maintenance” but the Town intends to lift and reshape them in cooperation with the Department prior to installation of improved access for vehicles. In further cooperation the WDNR will consider allowing the Town to install a comparable parking area on state land just west of the culvert on Griffith west of CTH F if the middle road section is discontinued as requested by abutting landowners. More to follow on these projects this spring/summer.

Lots like we might get some measurable snow in the next 24 hours. Enjoy it! Please know that our plow operators will do the best they can to keep our roads open. Sharon