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CRIME & SAFETY
Port Edwards native Joseph Zurfluh named new Grand Rapids police chief
GRAND RAPIDS − The new police chief will be a familiar face to many people in the Grand Rapids area. The Town of Grand Rapids Police and Fire Commission announced Thursday the appointment of Joseph M. Zurfluh as the new Grand Rapids police chief. Zurfluh will take over the position left vacant by...
Former Wisconsin Rapids youth minister pleads not guilty to assaulting youth group member
WISCONSIN RAPIDS − A 52-year-old Colorado man pleaded not guilty Wednesday to sexually assaulting a member of his youth group while he worked as a youth minister at a Wisconsin Rapids church from 2000 to 2004. James R. Lane, of Centennial, Colorado, pleaded not guilty to a charge of repeated sexual assault of a child. Lane waived his right to a preliminary hearing. A preliminary hearing is when prosecutors must show there is enough evidence that a...
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