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JUST IN: Injuries reported in Hwy. 29 crash near Wausau, traffic rerouted
A portion of Hwy. 29 east of Wausau is being rerouted Thursday due to a serious crash involving two vehicles including a semi tractor trailer, according to emergency personnel. A Marathon County traffic alert issued at 11:45 a.m. advises that westbound traffic is being rerouted on northbound County Hwy. Y...
63-year-old man killed in Thursday morning crash in Marathon County town of Ringle
RINGLE − A 63-year-old man is dead following a crash late Thursday morning in Marathon County. At 11:04 a.m. Thursday, a caller reported a traffic crash near the intersection of State 29 and Silk Road in Ringle, according to the Marathon County Sheriff's Office. The name of the 63-year-old man who was killed is being withheld. No one else was injured in the crash, according to the department. ...
1 dead in farming accident west of Wausau
A resident at a farm in the town of Marathon is dead after being struck by a cow and pushed into a feed fence, according to the Marathon County Sheriff’s Department. Nieves Sanchez-Tezohua died the morning of July 16 at a farm on Ahrens Road. Police say Sanchez-Tezohua joined her boyfriend, who is a farm employee, while he was working in a barn and was struck by the cow. A veterinarian at the farm attempted lifesaving measures until deputies and paramedics arrived.
Wausau Couple Charged with Child Neglect
(Mike Leischner, WSAU) A Wausau couple has been charged with child neglect after investigators found signs of child neglect and unsafe living conditions inside their west-side home. According to Mike Leischner with WSAU, Cassandra and Anthony Huck are accused of two felony counts for neglecting a child under the age...
Wausau man previously convicted in cockfighting scheme faces federal drug charges
A federal judge on Thursday signed a warrant for the arrest of a 45-year-old Wausau man accused in a major drug trafficking scheme, the same day he was indicted by a grand jury. Bee Her will face charges of distributing more than 50 grams of methamphetamine in the U.S. Western...
Marathon Woman Dies Following Farm Accident Involving Cow
MARATHON, WI (WSAU-WAOW) – According to a report from the Marathon County Sheriff’s Office, a woman who lived on a farm near Marathon passed away on July 16 when a cow pushed her against a feed fence. Deputies were called to the 137700 block of Ahrens Road in...
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