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Year: 2024

Lincoln County Farm Reports Wolf Attacks

Steve Dillon,

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources reports that a beef calf was killed and an adult cow injured by wolves recently on a local farm in the Town of Pine River. The depredation and injury were verified by the US Department pf Agriculture on June 8, 2024. The DNR said that discussions are taking place with the livestock producer regarding non-lethal abatement options. The DNR partners with USDA Wildlife Services to investigate reported conflicts with wolves. If you are a Livestock producer and suspect depredation or harassment by a wolf…

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Lincoln County Highway Committee July 10 Meeting Summary

Steve Dillon

MERRILL – The Lincoln County Highway Committee held their monthly meeting on July 10th in the County Service Center. Two discussions took place surrounding Highway 107. The route is now open for ATV / UTV use on the stretch that passes through the Town of Rock Falls. Committee member Ken Wickham said WisDOT has reported that they do not currently support lowering the speed limit on that stretch of road. He explained their reasoning, and the steps that would need to be taken to lower it including the statutes covering…

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18-Year-Old Driver Arrested in Merrill On Alcohol And Drug Related Charges

Steve Dillon

MERRILL – On Thursday July 4th, a Lincoln County Deputy on patrol stopped to check on a vehicle sitting with its hazard lights blinking at CTH’s Q and Z just south of Merrill in the Town of Scott. Upon making contact with the 18-year-old male driver, the deputy noticed an odor of intoxicants. The driver agreed to standard field sobriety tests. He was then placed under arrest for a violation of absolute sobriety given the results of those tests, along with being under 21 years old. The 18-year-old was also…

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Merrill Police Department Report For Week Ending July 7

Steve Dillon

MERRILL – The Merrill Police Department responded to 16 incidents last week. Six calls were received for disturbances and disorderly conduct, one of those involving public intoxication where the subject was arrested immediately for bail conditions prohibiting him from drinking. There were three crashes reported. One was a hit and run, and then another single vehicle accident where the driver struck a telephone pole resulting in an arrest for 1st offense OWI. One call was received for theft at a local business. There was one call for a probation violation and…

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Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office Report For Week Ending July 7

Steve Dillon

LINCOLN COUNTY – Lincoln County Sheriff’s Deputies conducted 56 traffic stops last week. There was one crash in the town of Birch on US Hwy 51 north of County Hwy V where a driver stated that he believed he had fallen asleep at the wheel causing his vehicle to veer off the road and into a nearby field. Minor injuries to the driver were reported.  Deputies responded to 13 calls involving cars hitting animals, 10 of those involving deer. There were 24 security checks. Deputies followed up on 20 calls for unsafe driving.…

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CWA Announces Avelo Airlines To Discontinue Service To Orlando Effective August 31

Steve Dillon

MOSINEE – The Central Wisconsin Airport (CWA) has been informed by representatives of Avelo Airlines that effective August 31, 2024, services between Central Wisconsin and Orlando will be discontinued. This does not impact flights scheduled from now until August 31. One representative from the Airlines shared, ”Unfortunately, the CWA-MCO route was not profitable, and we do notexpect it to be within a reasonable time horizon. Every route Avelo flies must be profitable or be on a trend linetowards that goal. We are grateful for the support Avelo has received from…

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Rumors Of Merrill Walgreens Closing Unfounded

Steve Dillon

MERRILL – Despite several on-line reports of proposed Walgreen’s closings, it will continue to be “business as usual” for the Merrill store. According to a memo displayed in the store pharmacy and local store management, the Merrill Walgreens will not be closing, and said the location closure lists that are circulating were not issued by Walgreens. That list of closings included Wisconsin locations in Madison, West Bend, Fond Du Lac and Merrill. Walgreens has about 8600 locations and the company has stated that, following a strategic review, changes would be…

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Merrill Restaurant Hosts Fundraiser Honoring Fallen Lincoln Hills Youth Counselor

Steve Dillon

MERRILL – Los Mezcales restaurant on east Main Street in Merrill was filled to capacity Wednesday evening July 3rd. The occasion was a fundraiser for Corey Proulx, who lost his life on June 25th during an assault by a disgruntled student, while performing his duties as a Youth Counselor at Lincoln Hills School. A number of those attending the event wore T-shirts adorned with a heart-shaped flag symbol, along with the sentiment “COREY OUR HERO END OF WATCH 6.25.24.” A percentage of the proceeds from the evening along with funds…

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Former Lincoln Hills – Copper Lake Youth Counselor Charged On Two Felony Counts

Steve Dillon

Lincoln Hills/Copper Lake School youth counselor Evan White has been charged with physical abuse of a child causing bodily harm and substantial battery, both felonies. White, who made his first court appearance Tuesday in Lincoln County Circuit Court is currently free on a $1,000 signature bond The 44-year-old White injured a 17-year-old female student back on April 15th. The victim was refusing to return to her room following rec time, forcefully resisting White’s attempts to get her to go into the upper day classroom so he could speak with her. The…

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