Erik Pfantz

Artists like Clear Soul Forces is like a Spotify cheat code for the dopest hip hop

ESPN announcement showing Trae Young traded with Wizards

This generated a nice sigh of relief haha and I'm glad to see the Wizards getting Khris Middleton some help

A sign of today's decadence is the amount of time and energy people are willing to give to conspiracy theory instead of scientific theory

A screenshot of the last four Milwaukee Bucks games' final scores.

Good things happen when the Bucks' best players are healthy enough to play together. And they're still awaiting the return of a starter who was third in the league in 3P% last season (T. Prince).

The cost to replace nearly 600 lead and galvanized steel water lines in Wisconsin Rapids is estimated at near $3.5 million. With federal funding programs reaching their end, local leaders will weigh in on how the project is funded.

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Josh Hart >>> your favorite NBA player

I like to poke fun at Tatum but that sucks.

Knicks finally go up one. Tatum responds by bricking a 3. Josh Hart follows that up by taking the ball to the rim in transition while chewing up the final seconds of the quarter. I love to see that type of play.

Lambeau Field draft day 2025 event

Taking in Wisconsin's biggest event "ever"

This Bucks @ Hawks game has been amazing basketball

This dunk by Shaedon Sharpe is ridiculous. The ball is like 8 ft from the rim here.

A sign for the event "An evening with Congressmen John Faso and Peter Kostmayer, Symposium on Free Speech"

Living in a city with a branch of the university grants some unusual opportunities but I'm happy to take them

Stevens Point Common Council clears path for Business 51 reconstruction to begin in 2026 The long planned and debated reconstruction of Business 51 will likely begin next spring but some early preparation work could be seen this year.

I'm happy to provide an update to readers today on this long-debated project

"We have always been at war with Eastasia" my brain echoes back...

Rib Mountain, WI

McMillan Memorial Library seeks new director as Katherine Elchert resigns Katherine Elchert has served as director of McMillan Memorial Library in Wisconsin Rapids since 2022.

Katherine is dedicated to promoting public knowledge through public libraries and has been nice to work with for library stories

Marshfield credit union targeted by ATM 'jackpot' theft. Here's what that means. Simplicity Credit Union said members' personal and financial information was not breached in the attack.

A credit union in Marshfield was targeted by an ATM "jackpot" robbery last weekend.

An image of the ceiling of the church's nave featurimg detailed artwork.

Took an opportunity to hear Handel's "Messiah" at a Catholic church in Stevens Point. The music offers a window to hundreds of years in the past and countless performance spaces worldwide. Visiting the church was likely my best opportunity to celebrate the reopening of Notre Dame

Stevens Point and Portage County offer shelter from dangerously cold weather Temperatures overnight Wednesday could reach to -5 degrees with windchills reaching -30 degrees, according to the National Weather Service.

Due to extreme cold expected over the next day or so, the Stevens Point Warming Center will be open extra hours and the bus will be free to ride all day. The Portage County Sheriff stayed tips for cold weather and a list of warming centers in the county.

Some part of me knew Atlanta Hawks starting F Jalen Johnson was from Wisconsin but I didn't realize he represents Wausau as his place of birth until Mike Breen said it on the broadcast tonight. He contributed an impressive 21-15-7-2-2 in their win.

Hello! My name is Erik Pfantz and I am a reporter for USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin covering local governments in Central Wisconsin.

Thanks for following along as I learn and tell stories about these communities. I aim to post on social media more regularly to remind everyone I live out here too.