The Oneida County Sheriff’s Office is continuing its efforts to protect youth in the community by hosting another online safety presentation aimed at increasing awareness of sextortion and internet crimes …
The Oneida County District Attorney’s office has concluded that a sheriff’s deputy was justified in using lethal force during a June 17 confrontation in the Town of Lake Tomahawk that left a …
Connor R. Newman, a former Oneida County sheriff’s deputy and part-time Phillips police officer, was sentenced to one year of probation last week after pleading no contest to misdemeanor theft. …
The Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services (DSPS) has distributed payments totaling $38,181,592 to Wisconsin fire departments as part of the Wisconsin 2% Fire Dues Program for a …
The Oneida County Sheriff’s Office has released the names of the officers involved in an attempted arrest June 17 that resulted in a fatality. According to a press release issued Friday, …
The Vilas County Sheriff’s Office has apprehended the individual they were seeking in connection with a homicide in Milwaukee County. As of Thursday afternoon, Vilas County Sheriff Gerard Ritter II reports that Michael J. Garcia Carroll Jr., 40, is in custody.
TOWN OF HAZELHURST – A Harshaw man was seriously injured in a UTV vs. vehicle collision in the Town of Hazelhurst this past weekend. According to a release from the Oneida County …
The Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) is investigating an officer-involved death that occurred in the Town of Lake Tomahawk this morning. According …
A Rhinelander police sergeant’s legal challenge to a captain promotion decision has cleared its first hurdle in court. Oneida County circuit judge Mary Sowinski granted the writ of certiorari …
Three suspects arrested in connection with a shooting incident and high-speed chase in Rhinelander Friday afternoon made initial court appearances Tuesday, with Judge Michael Schiek setting a …
The Oneida County sheriff’s office has announced that convicted sex offender Kyle L. Wickersham has been released from prison and is now residing in the county. According to a press release …
A 59-year-old Little Rice man made his initial appearance in Oneida County Circuit Court Friday afternoon on felony charges stemming from an incident in which a woman was allegedly pinned between two …
He’s not one to relax. Even off duty, K-9 Odin isn’t prone to sprawling out or rolling onto his back the way a regular dog might. He stays coiled, alert, ready — always in what his handler, …
After months of leading the Rhinelander Fire Department in an interim capacity, Adam “A.J.” Johnson was officially sworn in Wednesday as fire chief — a moment he described as a chance to …
The Rhinelander Police Department is offering the public an opportunity to honor a longtime K-9 officer as he retires from the force. Odin, a 9-year-old German Shepherd who is dual-purposed certified …
An announcement last week from the Oneida County sheriff’s department advising the public that a pair of convicted sex offenders would be staying temporarily in local hotels caused considerable …
Approximately 100 grams of fentanyl, a potent and highly addictive synthetic opioid, were distributed in Oneida County on at least three occasions in March and April, according to criminal complaints …
