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Police make arrest in connection with non-fatal shooting

Crime, wausau crime, Wausau Police Department

stock Crime police Crime police One man is recovering in the hospital following a shooting on the city’s east side. Police say 21-year-old Andrew Falkowski drove by a 61-year-old man walking on the sidewalk in the 3300 block of 6th Street early in the morning Thursday and shot at him once. Falkowski then made a U-turn […]

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EX-JAILER accused of sexual ASSAULT

Courts, Crime, Marathon County Jail, Marathon County Sheriff's Department

A former corrections officer at the Marathon County Jail is facing criminal charges amid allegations she sexually assaulted a male inmate in June 2015. Jennifer Kowalski, 38, is accused of second-degree sexual assault by correctional staff and misconduct in office, both felonies that carry a combined 43-year prison term upon conviction. Kowalski was employed with

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LOCAL cops make HUGE HEROIN BUST

Crime, Marathon County Sheriff's Department

Marathon County Sheriff’s Office Police say Craig Gates, 39, Daryl Harris, 34 and Cassidy Milonczyk, 18, were arrested following a traffic stop. The Marathon County Special Investigations Unit this week seized $60,000 worth of heroin in what officials say is the largest heroin bust in Marathon County history. Cassidy Milonczyk, 18, Craig Gates, 39 and

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JUVENILE PRISON inmates SUE

Courts, Crime, Juvenile justice, Lincoln Hills

On behalf of four juvenile inmates, the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit in federal court against Department of Corrections officials alleging “serious violations” of the constitutional rights of juvenile inmates. The complaint, filed Monday, comes amid an ongoing FBI investigation of prisoner abuse at Lincoln Hills School for Boys and Copper Lake

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OVER and OUT

Crime, law enforcement, Wausau police

Shereen Siewert/City Pages “We do our jobs for the people. Yes, there is a lot of misery and grief. But in the end, someone has to speak for the victims.” Each year in May, Wausau Police Detective Capt. Greg Hagenbucher gets a call from the father of the late Breanna Schneller, the 18-year-old girl found

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RELIEF for LINCOLN HILLS?

Crime, Juvenile justice, Lincoln Hills

State officials are considering a new secure juvenile corrections facility in Milwaukee County that would shift dozens of offenders from the facilities in Lincoln County. Wisconsin currently has only two secure juvenile facilities, both on a campus in Irma, roughly 30 miles north of Wausau: Lincoln Hills School for Boys and Copper Lake School for

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WELDING a BRIGHTER future

Courts, Crime, Marathon County, Marathon County Sheriff's Department

Behind the gray walls of the Marathon County Jail, inmates are finding a ray of hope in a unique program that offers practical skills and an opportunity for a new career. Jail inmates use this virtual welder—the same used in classrooms—to learn beginning welding skills that could be used to help secure a new career.

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Build a JAIL or build PROGRAMS?

Courts, Crime, Marathon County, Marathon County Sheriff's Department

B.C. Kowalski/City Pages Law enforcement officers perform a role playing exercise with Katie Vanderheiden, an Appleton officer who helps train other departments in crisis intervention. She’s playing the role of someone having a mental health crisis and officers are learning how de-escalate, and help people through, such moments. Two young police officers walk into an

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SWEEPSTAKES SCAM sweeps through Marathon County

Crime, Marathon County, Wausau news

The Marathon County Sheriff’s department fielded more than a dozen phone calls in a single day this week reporting a telephone scam looking to bilk people out of thousands of dollars. The caller identifies themselves as a representative of the Publisher’s Clearing House organization to announce a winning prize, department officials say. The catch: Victims

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CAN this COMMUNITY HEAL?

Brad Karger, Crime, diversity, Marathon County

B.C. Kowalski/City Pages Maysee Herr, who serves on the county’s diversity affairs committee, led the Toward One Wausau forum held at UW-Marathon County in October 2016. Marathon County could soon embark on a study on race and its role in the criminal justice system to better understand the dynamics between the two. County Administrator Brad

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DYLAN YANG Sentenced to 13 years

Courts, Crime, Dylan Yang, Juvenile justice, Wausau

The 16-year-old Wausau teen convicted in the February 2015 slaying of 13-year-old Isaiah Powell, will spend the next 13 years in adult prison, in a case that sent shockwaves through the community and beyond. On March 18, Dylan Yang was convicted of first degree reckless homicide. There is no question he stabbed and killed 13-year-old

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9 QUESTIONS about CRIMINAL JUSTICE we can’t answer

Courts, Crime, Justice, Wausau news

In late April, the federal government released a progress report on its Police Data Initiative, which asks local police to publish better data on their operations. Launched in May 2015, the program aims to increase transparency on police actions, reduce crime, and build trust between communities and police. So far the only thing remarkable about

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Riverlife Briq’s in Wausau won’t reopen next year

Musicals, Ben Folds and more events in Wausau this weekend

Work underway on Westside Battery affordable housing site

Skate jam, book festival and more this weekend

Chicago Stylez is providing a soul food option on the UWSP-Wausau campus

Blossom of Lights, food trucks and more this weekend

Police investigating bus crash in Elderon

Artrageous Weekend, Purging Paradise and more this weekend

Multi-jurisdiction chase leads to Grand Avenue crash, arrests

Bluegrass, jazz, architecture, and so much more this weekend

Greenheck Turner facility to host World Horseshoe championship

Here are five Wausau events to check out this weekend

City looking to buy water meters to make sure it’s not losing money

Blues, Buckcherry and more Wausau events this weekend

Lead service line contractor working toward 2024 replacement goals

Andy and Cathy Adrian say their new Adventure Awaits building is suited to CrossFit success

LogJam, August Kickbusch and more Wausau events this weekend

Air combat training will increase air activity in Marathon County

Whitewater, music on the farm, movies in the park and more

County halfway to phosphorus reduction goal on Fenwood Creek

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