Felony charges filed in Marathon County Circuit Court for the week ending April 19, 2018. All photos courtesy of the Marathon County Sheriff’s Department. Editor’s note: This weekly feature of the Wausau Pilot & Review is being published in response to reader concerns about crime and safety in the Wausau area. Wausau Pilot & Review…
CARLTON, Minn. (AP) — Authorities in northeastern Minnesota are holding a Wisconsin man in a Friday night shooting.The Carlton County Sheriff’s Office says the 32-year-old man from Bayfield, Wisconsin, is in custody pending charges. Authorities were called to the shooting just before midnight Friday. A man reported that his 57-year-old brother, Andrew Gokee of Wisconsin…
SHIOCTON, Wis. (AP) — Searchers have found the body of a missing kayaker in the Embarrass River north of Shiocton. The Appleton Police Department got a report of a missing person at 6:20 a.m. Saturday and learned an Appleton man that had gone kayaking the day before had not returned, Outagamie County sheriff’s authorities responded…
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department is passing along a warning from Rock County after a jury duty scam is surfacing there. Rock County Sheriff Robert Spoden reports that a man is contacting residents and identifying him as a deputy sheriff investigating their failure to appear for jury duty. The phony deputy tells the intended victim…
TOWN OF BIRCH — A 59-year-old Junction City woman is facing OWI charges and multiple citations after she was discovered driving the wrong way on Hwy. 51, police said. Lincoln County Sheriff’s deputies responded at about 11 p.m. Saturday to a report of a wrong-way driver traveling north in the southbound lanes of Hwy. 51.…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Four people were killed in a shooting at a Waffle House restaurant in Tennessee early Sunday, according to police, who credited a bystander with saving many lives by wresting a weapon away from the gunman. The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department said via their Twitter account that authorities are searching for 29-year-old…
WAUSAU — A home on Wausau’s northeast side was heavily damaged by a blaze that broke out late Saturday, officials said. The blaze was reported at around 10 p.m. at a home on Park Avenue and Sixth Street in Wausau, according to fire officials. Crews spent several hours battling the blaze and monitored the scene…
By Shereen Siewert WAUSAU — Five members of the Marathon County Sheriff’s Department are being recognized for their courage and heroism in responding to two separate incidents last year, according to Sheriff Scott Parks. Megan Sowinski, Brandon Stroik, Matthew Bell, Greg Bean and Sean McCarthy will receive their awards Saturday at the Wisconsin Professional Police…
By Shereen Siewert ROTHSCHILD — A 22-year-old Rothschild man is facing felony child abuse charges after his son was treated for multiple serious injuries including a fractured jaw, heavy bruising, and a fractured suture on his skull. In addition, scans showed the boy had at least three fractured ribs in various stages of healing when…
By Shereen Siewert WAUSAU — A former Wausau East High School employee accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old student on school grounds is now facing additional charges, after new allegations surfaced involving a second teen. Kurtis Hornby of Wausau appeared Friday in Marathon County Circuit Court, where he faces charges of child enticement and sexual…
MARATHON — Investigators worked through the night Thursday at a Marathon motel where a man’s body was discovered inside a closet. An autopsy is planned for today to determine the cause and time of death, according to the Marathon County Sheriff’s Department. Police were called at 12:27 p.m. to the Village Inn, 304 Main St.,…