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EAGLE RIVER - An Eagle River man pleaded not guilty to multiple drug related charges.
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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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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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WASHINGTON D.C. - Some veterans wait years to board the Never Forgotten Honor Flight to visit memorials in their honor. For some, that day never comes in time. "He's here looking down at us," said Jerome Lang. "There's no doubt about it."
Jack Lang was the oldest of four boys. He died at the age of 78 just five weeks before what would have been his first trip to Washington D.C. on the 31st Never Forgotten Honor Flight.
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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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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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