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19 people evacuated from Wisconsin Rapids assisted living facility after Thursday fire
WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis. (WSAW) - Nineteen people were evacuated without incident or injury from an assisted living facility in Wisconsin Rapids on Thursday. The Wisconsin Rapids Fire Department responded to a fire at 630 Pepper Ave. at 4:47 p.m. due to a fire in a bedroom at an assisted living facility.
Man's criminal case dismissed after getting shot, killed
A man charged with killing a motorcyclist in Grand Rapids last summer was fatally shot in Wisconsin, causing his former criminal case to be dismissed. 19-year-old Peter Mathiang had a hearing scheduled this week in Kent County Circuit Court on a felony charge of reckless driving causing death, after allegedly striking a motorcyclist on the city's southwest side before fleeing. Police say the motorcyclist, 21-year-old Jared Gossage, of Wyoming, died on scene.
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