Tag: Lincoln County Sheriff Report

LINCOLN COUNTY – Last Week, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Deputies conducted 30 traffic stops, 35 security checks, and six calls involving cars hitting deer. There were two reports of unsafe driving. On Wednesday February 19, deputies were dispatched to the area near the boat landing at Lokemoen Rd regarding a vehicle that had been stopped for 20 minutes with the lights on. Upon arrival the first deputy found the driver inside SEEMINGLY passed out. After several attempts, the deputy was finally able to arouse the driver and had him step out…

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LINCOLN COUNTY – Last Week, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Deputies conducted 32 traffic stops, 41 security checks, and five calls involving cars hitting deer. There were seven reports regarding unsafe driving. On Thursday January 23, a deputy on patrol stopped a vehicle on USH 51 near Lincoln Dr in the Township of Merrill for speeding. Upon making contact with the 66-yr-old driver from Conover, the deputy noticed signs of impairment. A request was made by the deputy to perform some sobriety tests, which resulted in the driver being placed under arrest…

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LINCOLN COUNTY – Last Week, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Deputies conducted 29 traffic stops, 47 security checks, 10 calls involving cars hitting deer, two for cars hitting coyote and one report of a car hitting a dog. There were seven reports regarding unsafe driving. On Saturday January 18th, deputies placed a 26-yr-old woman from Merrill under arrest for OWI 4th offense following a traffic stop on USH 51 near Lincoln Dr. One of the deputies trained in recognition of impairment noticed the woman appeared to be under the influence and placed…

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LINCOLN COUNTY – Last Week, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Deputies conducted 35 traffic stops, 59 security checks, and 8 calls involving cars hitting deer. There were 2 reports regarding unsafe driving. On Saturday January 11, deputies were dispatched to the scene of a two-car crash with injuries at the intersection of CTH JJ and Hillside Drive in the Town of Merrill. Investigation showed that the 84-year-old male driver of the eastbound vehicle from Merrill showed signs of impairment. He was arrested for OWI causing injury first offense.

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LINCOLN COUNTY – Last week, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Deputies conducted 43 traffic stops and 32 security checks. There were five calls involving cars hitting deer, and one where a car struck a bear. There were three calls for unsafe driving. On Tuesday, December 3, a deputy conducted a traffic stop for an expired registration on CTH Q in the Town of Scott. Further investigation revealed the 40-year-old driver from Wausau had been stopped earlier that evening in Marathon County and was cited for the expired registration and given a written…

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LINCOLN COUNTY – Last week, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Deputies conducted 30 traffic stops and 14 security checks. There were 18 calls involving cars hitting deer, and three calls of cars hitting other wildlife. There were twelve calls for unsafe driving. On Thursday Oct 17, a deputy stopped a vehicle deviating from traffic on CTH D in the township of Bradley. Upon making contact with the 51-year-old female driver from Tomahawk, the deputy noticed signs of impairment and performed sobriety tests, which showed a level of .383 or 19 times over…

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Lincoln County Sheriff’s Deputies conducted 35 traffic stops in the last week. A transport driver was injured after a single vehicle accident in Lincoln County Thursday (June 6th) on County MM in the Town of Corning. The truck, carrying Amazon packages, left the roadway and struck a row of trees. It wasn’t clear why the truck left the roadway. The driver, a 30 year old North Dakota man, sustained serious injuries and was airlifted to an area hospital. Deputies safely located 2 runaway juveniles in the Tomahawk area. The kids…

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