The city of Portage will hold a public ceremony Wednesday to mark one year since a tornado ripped through the community, causing widespread destruction. (May 7, 2025)

The Whitecaps lose to the Lugnuts. (May 7, 2025)

Cloud cover is drifting overnight Wednesday and by Thursday temperatures will cool off because of a lake breeze. (May 7, 2025)

The River Bank Run is happening Saturday and one runner has been returning to the track for the annual 25K 44 times. But after a life-changing diagnosis, he wasn’t sure that he’d make it to 45. (May 7, 2025)

A year after a devastating tornado touched down in Portage, the city’s parks department is matching a donation from the Consumers Energy Foundation. (May 7, 2025)

Another long day of waiting for protesters on both sides outside of the courthouse today as day 3 of jury deliberation ended with no result. (May 7, 2025)

A tornado hit the Portage area a year ago, causing extensive damage. (May 7, 2025)

A look at how people came together to rebuild, raise money and simply show support following the May 7, 2024 tornado in Portage. (May 7, 2025)

Portage Public Schools closed for three days following a May 7, 2024 tornado to allow for continued recovery. (May 7, 2025)

Outside of the devastation brought to the Portage area by an EF2 tornado on May 7, 2024, three additional tornadoes spun up farther south. (May 7, 2025)

Portage native and NASCAR driver Carson Hocevar has vivid memories from the events of May 7, 2024. (May 7, 2025)

Birds singing, the sound of bikes and people walking the trail are signs of life returning to Portage’s Celery Flats park one year after after a tornado flattened many of the area’s old-growth trees last year. (May 7, 2025)

The tornado that moved through Portage on May 7, 2024, was rated high-end EF2 at peak intensity, with some damage still clearly visible one year later. (May 7, 2025)