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Man convicted in Hwy. 51 shooting to be sentenced in November
Bennie Green, convicted in a 2023 Hwy. 51 shooting that injured two members of a family traveling with young children, will be sentenced Nov. 30.
Mountain Bay Metro Police log, Sept. 24-28
A reported sexual assault, multiple bail-jumping arrests, attempted fraudulent checks — and a call involving two people bitten by kittens. Here’s what Mountain Bay Metro police handled this week.
Wausau man convicted of sexually assaulting child, faces up to 60 years in prison
A Wausau man faces up to 60 years in prison after a Marathon County jury found him guilty of sexually assaulting a child. The case took more than three and a half years to reach trial, and sentencing is set for March.
CRIME: Marathon County Felony Gallery for Oct. 1, 2026
This week’s Marathon County felony gallery includes charges involving methamphetamine, drunken driving, burglary, sexual assault, battery, forgery and fleeing an officer.
JUST IN: Two teens arrested after gun displayed near John Muir Middle School
JUST IN: Two 16-year-old boys are in custody after one displayed a gun during an exchange with students near John Muir Middle School, police say. Officers recovered a firearm minutes later near Marathon Park.
Wausau committee to revisit M&R Station shooting in October
A Wausau committee was set to discuss a tavern report showing 100 demerit points tied to an unreported shooting at M&R Station. Instead, questions were postponed until October because no one was there to present the police report.
Tomahawk woman convicted in husband’s stabbing death faces sentencing in February
By Shereen Siewert | Wausau Pilot & Review A Tomahawk woman convicted in her husband’s stabbing death will be sentenced in February for first-degree reckless injury, a charge reduced from homicide under a plea agreement. Sentencing for Michelle M. Sanderson, 45, is set for Feb.…
Wausau man sentenced to 3 years in prison in new child pornography case
Michael Mohr, a Wausau sex offender on supervision for a 2020 conviction, was sentenced to the minimum three years in prison in a new child pornography case.
Marathon County measles cases rise to five; routine case-count updates ending
Two more measles cases push Marathon County's total to five, and the health department says routine case-count updates are ending. Statewide, Wisconsin has topped 190 cases this year.
Wisconsin Rapids woman gets 4 years in prison in Wausau meth seizure case
Sadie Good, who earned early release in a Wood County armed robbery case, was sentenced to four years in prison in a Wausau meth seizure case.
Former worker in Schofield dog neglect case set for plea hearing
By Shereen Siewert | Wausau Pilot & Review A former worker at the Schofield dog training business where investigators say they found starving dogs may be the first of three defendants to reach a plea deal. Court records show Kalib J. Suchomski, 36, is scheduled for a plea and…
Five years later, no trial date for woman charged in adopted daughter’s death
Five years after a 5-year-old girl's death, the reckless homicide trial of her adoptive mother, Sumitra Stolp, remains on indefinite hold in Marathon County.