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Maney named next district administrator at Three Lakes
The Three Lakes School Board has announced that Theresa "Teri" Maney has accepted a conditional offer to become the next district administrator of the Three Lakes School District. (subscriber access)
Doctor requests return of bail money in toddler death case
A former Rhinelander physician whose former wife was convicted last fall of causing the death of his toddler son has filed a motion in Oneida County Circuit Court seeking the return of bail money he posted for his then-spouse when she was first charged with reckless homicide. (subscriber access)
Lussier gets state-recommended penalty in Valliere murder
James Lussier shed tears as witnesses spoke of the impact of the loss of Wayne Valliere, Jr., the Lac du Flambeau man whose murder he was sentenced to prison for in court Wednesday. (subscriber access)
Oungst pleads not guilty to harboring a felon
Separate jury trials and motion hearings in two high-profile Iron County Circuit Court cases are expected to be scheduled in 2019 for one of the five men charged with the murder of a Lac du Flambeau man, after he pled not guilty Tuesday to harboring a felon and drug charges. …
Judge denies bond modification in NCES assault case
A judge on Tuesday denied a defense request for house arrest, or other bond modification, in the case of a 65-year-old Tomahawk man accused of sexually assaulting a Rhinelander elementary school student in a school closet in November 2018. (subscriber access)
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Judge to rule on Mendez motion Feb. 21
Marathon County Circuit Judge Jill Falstad is set to rule Feb. 21 on a defense motion to bar the state's forensics consultant from testifying in the upcoming Robin Mendez murder trial. (subscriber access)
Judge hears testimony on defense motion in Mendez case
The judge who will decide the fate of Robin Mendez heard about two hours of testimony Thursday afternoon related to proposed expert testimony the state is seeking to admit at his murder trial next year but did not issue an immediate ruling. (Subscriber access)
Tran gets 15 years in toddler death case
Convicted of taking the life of her toddler stepson, Ellen Tran was sentenced Tuesday to a prison term that will preclude her from raising her own children to adulthood. (subscriber access)
Mendez defense challenges state's expert witness
A 69-year-old Minocqua man accused of murdering his wife back in 1982 is scheduled to be in Oneida County Circuit Court next week for a hearing on a defense motion to bar the testimony of a forensics consultant retained by the state. (subscriber access)
Times wins open records case against DOJ
A Dane County circuit judge ruled in favor of The Lakeland Times last week, ordering the state Department of Justice to release the names of 19 disciplined employees which the agency had withheld. (subscriber access)
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Former janitor pleads not guilty in child sexual assault case
The Tomahawk man accused of sexually assaulting a 10-year-old student last week in a local elementary school says he's not guilty. (subscriber access)
Janitor accused of sexually assaulting NCES student
A 65-year-old Tomahawk man has been charged with first-degree sexual assault of a child, false imprisonment and child enticement after a student at Northwoods Community Elementary School in Cassian reported a possible sexual assault.According to Oneida County sheriff's captain Terri Hook, the alleged assault was reported Nov. 20. The suspect, …
JWMS teacher charged with 4th OWI in Marathon County case
A consumer education teacher at James Williams Middle School was arrested Oct. 21 and charged the next day with operating while intoxicated, fourth offense, according to online court records. (subscriber access)
TRAN GUILTY
For four days Lori Edwards sat in the front row of the Branch I courtroom in the Oneida County Courthouse clutching a small blue dragon toy in her hands while photographs of her 20-month-old son Avery's battered, lifeless body were displayed in front of her. (subscriber access)
Stepmother convicted in toddler death case
It took an Oneida County jury less than two hours Thursday to convict Ellen Tran of causing the death of her 20-month-old stepson Avery Edwards back in April 2017.
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