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The Wisconsin Department of Health Services Vital Records Office sells certified death certificates by mail or through VitalChek. County Register of Deeds offices and the Milwaukee and West Allis health offices also issue them.
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Sheriff & Law Enforcement. Portage County Sheriff's Office is responsible for maintaining law and order in Portage County's unincorporated areas.
Police Departments. In addition to Portage County Sheriff's Office, several municipal police departments operate within Portage County, including the Stevens Point Police Department, Plover Police Department, and Amherst Police Department. These agencies often collaborate with the Sheriff's Office on major investigations and emergencies, making sure of full law enforcement coverage across Portage County.
Law Enforcement & Arrests. Portage County Sheriff's Office, headquartered at 1500 Strongs Avenue in Stevens Point, WI 54481 (phone: 715-346-1400), is the primary law enforcement agency for unincorporated areas and provides countywide services including jail operations, civil process, and emergency response coordination. Inmates housed at Portage County Jail can be located through the jail roster available on the Sheriff's Office website or by calling the jail directly at 715-346-1567. Arrest records and incident reports are public records under Wisconsin Statutes § 19.31-19.39, the state's Open Records Law.
Criminal Records. These records are maintained by different agencies, with the Sheriff's Office and local police departments handling arrest and incident reports.
Arrest Records. Arrest records in Portage County are maintained by Portage County Sheriff's Office.
Mugshots & Booking Photos. Mugshots in Portage County are taken and retained by Portage County Sheriff's Office during the booking process. These booking photos are part of the public record and can be accessed through the Sheriff's Office website or by submitting a formal request.
The facility is located at 1500 Strongs Avenue, Stevens Point, WI 54481. You can also contact the jail directly at (715) 346-1400 for more information on recent arrests and inmate status. Portage County Register of Deeds office, located at 1516 Church Street, Stevens Point, WI 54481 (phone: 715-346-1343), maintains and provides public access to land records including warranty deeds, quit claim deeds, mortgages, satisfaction of mortgages, liens, easements, plat maps, and other real estate documents recorded in Portage County. Portage County Circuit Court, located at Portage County Courthouse, 1516 Church Street, Stevens Point, WI 54481 (phone: 715-346-1351), is the trial court of general jurisdiction handling civil, criminal, family, probate, juvenile, and small claims matters.
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The mine records hold 6 mine sites inside the county: 1 past producer, now closed, 5 sites producing when the record was made; the old survey maps add 96 holes drawn inside the county, 0 of them shafts or tunnels. The mineral the records name is construction sand and gravel.
A point in either file is a location, not a property line: the sheet shows the opening on the surface, not the rooms under it. The record that shows what runs under a parcel is the mine map. The OSMRE National Mine Map Repository holds scanned underground mine maps and answers requests for a named mine or an area. Wisconsin has no coal AML program; the old lead and zinc workings are in the southwest counties.
Wisconsin abandoned mine maps ranks every county and town in the state by the workings recorded inside it, names the office that holds the mine maps, and says what to do if the ground moves.
Disclaimer: The mine information here is for general information only. Old mine records can be incomplete, outdated or wrong, and finding nothing here does not mean there is nothing there. Check with the mine map office named here before you rely on it, and have a qualified engineer look at any ground you are worried about. PublicRecordCenter.com assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors, omissions, or consequences arising from the use of this information.
Labor Department file
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 40 investigations in Portage County since fiscal 2005 and recorded $429,644 in back wages agreed for 296 workers. The county is the one the Census Bureau puts each employer's ZIP code in. Snapshot of April 22, 2026; a case here is a finding by the Division, not a court judgment.
| Employer | City | Cases | Back wages | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skyward, Inc. | Stevens Point | 1 | $275,806 | 132 |
| Palmer Bus Service of Junction City, Inc. | Junction City | 1 | $66,587 | 48 |
| Sentry Insurance a Mutual Company | Stevens Point | 3 | $46,524 | 12 |
| TTT8E Inc. | Stevens Point | 2 | $36,034 | 111 |
| Schultz Communities, LLC | Stevens Point | 1 | $5,954 | 1 |
| Warzynski Paradise Farms, Inc. | Almond | 2 | $4,867 | 6 |
| JJSN, Inc. | Stevens Point | 1 | $1,381 | 2 |
| Bushmans' Inc. | Rosholt | 1 | $1,345 | 4 |
| Spotless Enterprise Corporation | Plover | 1 | $1,041 | 2 |
| Jai Shree Narayan, LLC | Plover | 1 | $1,018 | 6 |
| Shaw Lee Corporation | Plover | 1 | $616 | 3 |
| Polito's Pizza LLC | Stevens Point | 1 | $286 | 1 |
| Wellington Homes of Wisconsin, LLC | Stevens Point | 1 | $251 | 4 |
| Cooper Oil Co., Inc | Stevens Point | 1 | $150 | 2 |
| Superior Cleaning & Restoration, LLC | Plover | 1 | $83 | 1 |
| SKT Enterprises, LLC | Stevens Point | 1 | $74 | 1 |
| Willow Maple, LLC | Stevens Point | 2 | $21 | 1 |
| Lauer Farms, Inc. | Almond | 3 | $0 | 0 |
| Peoples Meat Market | Stevens Point | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| North Haven of Stevens Point, Inc. | Stevens Point | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Schierl, Inc. | Stevens Point | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| CadleRock Joint Venture, L.P. | Stevens Point | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Portage County | Plover | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Tony Firkus Trucking, LLC | Stevens Point | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| K & Y Services | Stevens Point | 1 | $0 | 0 |
The 25 employers with the most back wages agreed, of 34 on the Portage County record; 15 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record here. The 9 more with smaller records are on the Wisconsin wage theft records page, whose search answers for every employer in the state.
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Booking photos are kept by the agency that made the arrest, such as the Portage County Sheriff or a city police department in Portage County. Ask that agency for its record.
The Wisconsin criminal history record comes from the Wisconsin Department of Justice, Crime Information Bureau. Anyone may pay a fee and request adult criminal history record information by name online through the Wisconsin Online Record Check System (WORCS).
Search the Wisconsin Department of Corrections Sex Offender Registry, or every state at once on the National Sex Offender Public Website run by the U.S. Department of Justice.
Register with the municipal clerk (city, village or town clerk) or through the Wisconsin Elections Commission. You can also register online with the state online registration. Online and mail registration closes 20 days before the election; you can register in person at the municipal clerk's office until the Friday before the election at 5:00 p.m. or close of business, and at the polls on Election Day with a proof of residence document.
Deeds and other recorded land documents in Portage County are kept by the Portage County register of deeds. Property values are set by the municipal assessor, and tax bills come from the town, village or city treasurer. Source: official state page.
Certified birth and death certificates for Wisconsin come from the Wisconsin Vital Records Office, Department of Health Services. Birth, marriage, death and divorce records are also available through Wisconsin county Register of Deeds offices, and birth and death records through the Milwaukee City Health Office and the Southwest Suburban Health Department (Cities of West Allis and Greenfield). By U.S. mail to PO Box 309, Madison, WI 53701, or online or by phone through VitalChek at 877-885-2981. Fee: $20 for the first copy of each record and $3 for each additional copy of the same record.
Business entity filings are searched with the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions.
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