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LINCOLN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE REPORT
Weekend Wrap Up: 07/04/2022 – 07/10/2022 07-05-2022 a deputy was on a separate call for service at 2:00 a.m. when she observed a vehicle being operated with no lights to the rear and only running...
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MERRILL FIRE DEPARTMENT CALLS
For PERIOD ending JULY 10, 2022 Community Paramedicine Program visit 1Cover assignment, standby, moveup 1Dispatched and cancelled en route(EMS) 1EMS call, excluding vehicle accident with injury...
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7-4-2022At 8:07 p.m. a caller reported finding a backpack lying in an alleyway several hours earlier. Nobody had retrieved the backpack. An officer collected the backpack and in searching it to...
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Boyd pleads guilty to neglect resulting in the death of her son and is sentenced
Robertson will appear in court next week for status conference TINA L. SCOTTEDITOR On July 7, 2022, Amber Boyd of Merrill was sentenced to 10 years in prison, with four of those years to be confined...
View ArticleGov. Evers appoints Ellis as Lincoln County DA for remainder of...
In the April 2022, election, current Lincoln County District Attorney Galen Bayne-Allison ran in an uncontested race for the position of Lincoln County Circuit Court Judge for Branch I, to fill the...
View ArticlePeterson to challenge Schneider in race for Lincoln County Sheriff
TINA L. SCOTTEDITOR Grant Peterson of Merrill has announced he will run for the office of Sheriff of Lincoln County in the upcoming November election.Current Sheriff, Ken Schneider, is also running...
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For PERIOD ending JULY 17, 2022 Community Paramedicine Program visit 2Cooking fire, confined to container (on East 8th St.) 1EMS call, excluding vehicle accident with injury 26Good intent call, other...
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Weekend Wrap Up: 07/11/2022 – 07/17/2022 07-11-2022 a deputy on patrol observed a UTV being operated at a high rate of speed crossing USH 8 at Bill France Way in the Town of Bradley. The deputy...
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7-4-2022At 8:07 p.m. a caller reported finding a backpack lying in an alleyway several hours earlier. Nobody had retrieved the backpack. An officer collected the backpack and in searching it to...
View ArticleSpeed Grant Campaign update, Speed Awareness Day set for July 27
The Marathon County Sheriff’s Office reports that the Marathon County Speed Task Force has stopped 655 vehicles resulting in 333 traffic warnings and 479 traffic citations since the campaign began on...
View ArticleLegislation seeking to prevent future backlog of untested sexual assault kits...
Legislation designed to prevent a future backlog of untested sexual assault kits went into effect on Friday, July 1.The Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) said 2021 Wisconsin Act 116 “seeks to...
View ArticleMERRILL POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTS
7-18-2022At 10:53 a.m. an officer conducted a traffic stop on 2nd Street near Douglas St. The driver was cited for operating after revocation.At 8:42 p.m. officers attempted to take a resident into...
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Weekend Wrap Up: 07/18/2022 – 07/24/2022 7-20-2022 deputies were asked to assist Lincoln County Social Services at an address on Maple Rd. in the Town of Pine River for a welfare check on a...
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For PERIOD ending JULY 24, 2022 Building fire 1 *Dispatched and cancelled en route(EMS) 1EMS call, excluding vehicle accident with injury 28Power line down (on South Center Ave.) 1 Total Incidents...
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Judge Tlusty retired effective Aug. 1
TINA L. SCOTTEDITOR Retiring Judge Jay Tlusty receives a plaque of recognition from the Wisconsin Supreme Court recognizing his 18 years of service on the bench, being presented by Judge Robert...
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Two Republican candidates running for Sheriff
TINA L. SCOTTEDITOR Two local candidates have filed papers to run for Sheriff on the Republican ticket. As a result, both are now on the Aug. 9 Partisan Primary Ballot so that voters can decide which...
View ArticleAug. 9 partisan primary race
TINA L. SCOTTEDITOR Wisconsin residents are being encouraged to get out and vote in the Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022, Partisan Primary Election. One contested local race on the ballotLocally, the only...
View ArticleLINCOLN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE REPORT
Weekend Wrap Up: 07/25/2022 – 07/31/2022 07/26/2022 a Deputy was assigned to investigate a complaint of damage to property . It was reported to the Sheriff’s Office that a 39-year-old Merrill man...
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07-25-2022At 3:59 a.m. officers responded to a residence after the male had been locked out of the house by the female inside when they got into an argument. After speaking with both parties involved,...
View ArticleMERRILL FIRE DEPARTMENT CALLS
For PERIOD ending JULY 31, 2022 Dispatched and cancelled en route(EMS) 5EMS call, excluding vehicle accident with injury 36Motor vehicle accident with injuries 1Power line down 1Rescue or EMS standby...
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