A 34-year-old Gleason man, currently a resident of the Lincoln County Jail, will face additional charges after he battered a corrections officer on Monday. Two corrections officers had entered a cell block for a wellness check when the inmate attacked, kicking one of them in the head. Charges will be referred to the Lincoln County District Attorney charging the inmate with battery by prisoner, disorderly conduct, two counts of misdemeanor bail jumping and one count of felony bail jumping. The corrections officer was treated and released from a local emergency room after the incident.
A 55-year-old Merrill man was arrested early Thursday morning on a warrant charge. A deputy stopped the man on 9th Street in the city of Merrill and learned he was wanted by the Merrill Municipal Court for failing to pay a fine.
A 50-year-old Merrill woman was arrested Thursday evening on multiple warrants. A deputy was investigating another matter at a business in the Town of Merrill when he recognized the woman and knew she was wanted. The woman was arrested on warrants through Lincoln and Marathon counties and the Wisconsin Department of Corrections.
The Rec. Deputy reported a normal opening weekend with an average number of hunters using county lands. Several contacts were made with hunters who were in violation of ordinances and laws. The most common contacts again involved use of off road vehicles in restricted areas, driving ATVs without lights or licenses attached and the use of illegal stands on county lands. He also had contact with several hunters who were violating the baiting laws. No injuries were reported to any hunter this opening weekend but firefighters from Merrill and deputies responded to a tree stand that caught fire Saturday just before 1 p.m. on Olivotti Lake Road in the Town of Merrill. The hunter told deputies he had a wood fire going earlier but was out of the stand when it caught fire. The stand was destroyed.
A 66-year-old California man was arrested Saturday evening on a warrant charge. A deputy stopped the vehicle the man was driving on State Rd. 64 in the Town of Pine River. A check showed the man from Covina, CA was wanted by the Merrill Municipal Court for contempt.
Two people suffered serious injuries after a single vehicle crash Saturday evening in the Town of Tomahawk. The driver and passenger were taken to Ascension Sacred Heart Hospital by private auto after they rolled their vehicle on State Rd. 86 at Spirit View Road early Sunday morning. The passenger, a 21-year-old Tripoli man, and the driver, a 20-year-old Tomahawk man, were both transferred to the trauma center at Aspirus with serious injuries. Deputies suspect speed and alcohol played a factor in the incident.
Twenty one deer crashes were reported this past week, all but five occurred prior to the start of the gun deer season. A bear was found struck early Friday evening on County Rd. Q east of County Rd. K in the Town of Scott, later that night a second bear was struck on US Hwy. 51 south of County Rd. K in the Town of Birch.