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PORTAGE COUNTY - Police want to find a suspect in a shooting in the Town of Plover.
The Portage County Sheriff's Department is looking for 18 year old Alec Varney. Police believe he fired a shotgun at two men injuring them. A third person had a stab wound.
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MERRILL - It appears a Merrill man accused of killing his father might not go to trial.
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EAGLE RIVER - An Eagle River man pleaded not guilty to multiple drug related charges.
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LINCOLN COUNTY - The Lincoln County Sheriff's office found $1,000 worth of meth in a Merrill man's car.
Police pulled over the 29-year-old's car because he had a felony warrant for his arrest. The man's name is being withheld until he's been formally charged.
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RHINELANDER - DNA evidence from a pair of sweatpants could link a Northwoods man to a violent sexual assault. Prosecutors offered up some of that evidence against Richard Loppnow in Oneida County court on Wednesday morning.
The victim accuses Loppnow, 38, of forcing her into several sexual activities twice on his property south of Eagle River back on October 28 and 29th of 2017.
The criminal complaint shows the first assault happened in a building on Loppnow's property. Testimony revealed claims that Loppnow held a gun to the victim's head.
"[Loppnow was] advising that she could either be humiliated or shot in the head," Oneida County Detective Sergeant Ryan Rossing testified. "She chose to be humiliated due to not wanting to be harmed."
After later moving to a mobile home trailer on the property, the victim claims Loppnow pointed a sawed-off shotgun or handgun to her head and gave her several options.
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RHINELANDER - Interim Rhinelander City Administrator Keith Kost turned in his resignation Wednesday to take effect immediately.
Kost took over the position in February 2017 after former administrator Kristina Aschenbrenner was fired in August 2016.
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MERRILL - People keep asking Northwoods veterans officers the same question.
When will the new national cemetery near Rhinelander open?
At an information session in Merrill on Wednesday, the VA said design plans are about 35 percent done. But a John Knapp, a VA representative, couldn't give a timeline on when construction might start or finish.
He said it depends on the contractor, the weather, and approval from the VA.
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