UPDATE: 1 dead in mobile home fire
WAUSAU PILOT AND REVIEW UPDATED: One person is dead following a blaze that ripped through a Wausau area mobile home, according to a Wausau Fire Department news release. The fatal…
Marathon County Crime Gallery: Week ending July 18
Felony charges filed in Marathon County Circuit Court for the week ending July 18, 2019: Editor’s note: This weekly feature of the Wausau Pilot & Review is being published in…
UPDATE: 5 injured in Hwy. 8 crash
WAUSAU PILOT AND REVIEW HINELANDER – A three-car crash Thursday morning near Rhinelander sent five people to the hospital and completely blocked traffic on Highway 8, according to a WJFW…
Police seek missing jail inmate
WAUSAU PILOT AND REVIEW Police in Wausau are searching for a missing inmate who walked away from the Marathon County Jail. John Hoffman, 48, was serving a sentence for theft…
Citizens group continues quest for environmental cleanup despite city resistance
Editor’s note: This version corrects the time of Tuesday’s meeting to 4 p.m. The original story stated the meeting time as 4:30 p.m. Wausau Pilot and Review regrets the error.…
UPDATE: Fugitive sex offender with past history of escape back in custody
By Shereen Siewert WAUSAU — A Wausau sex offender who cut off his GPS monitoring bracelet for the third time Tuesday is back in custody, police said early Wednesday. J…
UPDATE: Wausau fugitive recaptured
By Shereen Siewert UPDATE: A sex offender who cut off his electric ankle monitor and left his traditional housing unit near the Marathon County Courthouse is back in custody as…
DA: Charges pending in Abbotsford police shooting; Officer cleared
By Shereen Siewert WAUSAU — A 55-year-old Curtiss man will face criminal charges in connection with a May 2, 2019 incident that began at an Abbotsford hotel and ended when…
BREAKING: 4 arrested in near-fatal beating of Wausau teen
WAUSAU PILOT AND REVIEW Four teenagers have been arrested in connection with a near-fatal beating of a Wausau boy, police said Monday. The mother of the victim said the attack…
Update: Missing Marathon County person found
WAUSAU PILOT AND REVIEW Searchers have found a Marathon County person reported missing in the town of Pine River. Search crews in Lincoln County began combing the area at about…
UPDATE: Missing Hatley man found
WAUSAU PILOT AND REVIEW UPDATE: Carter Ojer has been found, according to the Marathon County Sheriff’s Department. The Department thanked all searchers and first responders involved. Ojer is safe, police…
Marathon County Crime Gallery: Week ending July 11, 2019
Felony charges filed in Marathon County Circuit Court for the week ending July 11, 2019: Editor’s note: This weekly feature of the Wausau Pilot & Review is being published in…
JUST IN: 2 injured in single-vehicle crash west of Hwy. 97
WAUSAU PILOT AND REVIEW Emergency crews were summoned Wednesday afternoon to the scene of a single-vehicle crash in which two people appear to be injured. First responders from Stratford were…
Suspect in drive-by shooting held on $250K bond
By Shereen Siewert A 35-year-old Wausau woman charged in connection with a July 3 drive-by shooting in downtown Wausau is being held on a $250,000 cash bond, court records show.…
Police seek person of interest in drive-by shooting related to teen’s beating
By Shereen Siewert Wausau Police are seeking a person of interest in connection with a drive-by shooting with an apparent connection to the near-fatal beating of a 15-year-old boy two…
Family members: Wausau teen in ICU after baseball bat attack
By Shereen Siewert A 15-year-old boy is in intensive care after being attacked with a baseball bat last week in Wausau, the boy’s mother tells Wausau Pilot & Review. The…
UPDATE: Downtown Wausau death was apparent suicide
WAUSAU PILOT AND REVIEW Police in Wausau are calling a death in downtown Wausau Monday an apparent suicide. The victim is a 16-year-old Wausau boy, according to Wausau Police Capt.…
4 Wausau teens accused in beating of 15-year-old left in woods
By Shereen Siewert Four 18-year-old men are accused of beating a 15-year-old boy and leaving him in the woods near the Wausau School Forest in an apparent attempted robbery. Police…
