MERRILL FIRE DEPARTMENT CALLS
For week ending May 7, 2023 Community Paramedicine Program visit 1Dispatched and cancelled en route 1EMS call, excluding vehicle accident with injury 39Motor vehicle accident with injuries 1Smoke or...
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05-01-23At approximately 3:47 p.m. officers were dispatched to an area in the city for battery involving three juveniles. The reporting party observed two juveniles hit another juvenile. Officers...
View ArticleTwo people killed in crash on Hwy. 17
BY TINA L. SCOTTEDITOR According to the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO), two people were killed in a motor vehicle crash the evening of Wednesday, May 10, 2023, on Hwy. 17 north of Gleason in...
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For week of 05/02/2023 – 05/08/2023 On 05/02/2023 a deputy on patrol attempted to stop a vehicle for defective exhaust on STH 86 in the Town of Bradley. The driver pulled into a random driveway to...
View ArticleTwo Gleason women killed in crash on Hwy. 17
BY TINA L. SCOTTEDITOR According to the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO), two women were killed in a motor vehicle crash the evening of Wednesday, May 10, 2023, on Hwy. 17 north of Gleason in...
View ArticleClick It or Ticket seat belt safety campaign beginsAwareness messaging,...
As Memorial Day weekend and summer travel season approach, law enforcement agencies across Wisconsin, including the Wisconsin State Patrol, are stepping up patrols for the annual Click It or Ticket...
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For time period of 05/09/2023 – 05/21/2023 A 42-year-old Milwaukee woman was taken into custody Saturday morning May 13, following a traffic stop in the Town of Rock Falls. A deputy on patrol on US...
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For week ending May 21, 2023 Alarm system activation, no fire – unintentional 2Dispatched and cancelled en route 1Dispatched and cancelled en route(EMS) 3EMS call, excluding vehicle accident with...
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05-08-23At 7:39 a.m. a caller reported another tenant of the apartment complex opened her mail. The tenant was spoken to and stated the mail had been mis-delivered to him and he opened it before...
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For week ending May 28, 2023 Cover assignment, standby, moveup 1EMS call, excluding vehicle accident with injury 44Good intent call, other 2Motor vehicle accident with injuries 3Motor vehicle accident...
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For week of 06/04/2023 – 06/11/2023 On the afternoon of Saturday, June 10, 2023, a 38-year-old Merrill man was taken into custody following an incident in the Town of Merrill. A preliminary...
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For week ending June 11, 2023 Alarm system activation, no fire – unintentional 1Community Paramedicine Program visit 1Cooking fire, confined to container 1Dispatched and cancelled en route(EMS) 2EMS...
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06-05-23At 11:28 a.m. a crash was reported on Hwy. 51 with a vehicle which fled the scene. A Merrill officer located the involved vehicle at a hotel with three occupants. K9 Dasty conducted a drug...
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BREAKING NEWS: Merrill woman charged with attempting to murder her...
BY TINA L. SCOTTEDITOR Heather Joy O’Neill, age 53, of rural Merrill (Town of Harding) was taken into custody on Tuesday, June 20, 2023, and was formally charged with two felony charges and a...
View ArticleEnjoy Coffee with a Cop
On Wednesday, June 28, 2023, from 9-10 a.m. Crime Stoppers of Lincoln County will hold their annual Coffee with a Cop event at Polka-Dotted Pie, 914 E. Main St. in Merrill. All are invited to stop in...
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Search for missing Irma man ends Sunday with wife’s discovery of his body...
BY TINA L. SCOTTEDITOR One volunteer searcher prepares to outfit his dog in high visibility gear in preparation for the search. Tina L. Scott photo. Jason Meyer, age 49 of Irma, was reported missing...
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07-03-2023At 11:10 a.m. a caller reported her vehicle had sustained damage while parked in a parking lot two days prior. Video surveillance revealed a car backed into the caller’s vehicle and left...
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For week of 07-10-2023 – 07-16-2023 On 07-12-2023 deputies were sent to the area of USH 51 and the 208 mile marker (STH 64) in the Town of Pine River for a reported vehicle in the ditch. Reporting...
View ArticleGalella and Raddatz charged with threats, intimidation of witness
BY TINA L. SCOTTEDITOR Two Merrill residents, 22-year-old Vincent Anthony Galella and his 51-year-old aunt, Tia R. Raddatz, were each charged last week with two felony counts of threatening to accuse...
View ArticleLac du Flambeau man dies in rollover
BY TINA L. SCOTTEDITOR Randall J. Beyer, a 39-year-old man from Lac du Flambeau, died from injuries sustained in a one-vehicle rollover on July 15, 2023. Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO)...
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