Tag Archives: Waupaca County
Charges filed in Waupaca Co. explosion
Prosecutors are filing formal charges against three men, after an Illinois man was killed in an explosion in the Marion area. They say video shows 37-year-old Robert Mattes of New London lighting a fu...
May 29, 2019
Third man arrested for homemade explosive death
Waupaca County Sheriff's deputies have a third man in custody in connection to a homemade explosive that killed an Illinois man. They arrested a 60-year-old Marion man on a possible charge of homicide...
May 28, 2019
Homemade explosive kills man in Marion
Two men are facing charges after a 44-year-old Illinois man died when a homemade explosive went off. The Waupaca County Sheriff's Office says it happened Sunday night in Marion. Deputies arrested a 38...
May 27, 2019
Work starts on King Veterans Home in Waupaca Co.
Construction is underway on a new facility at the King Veterans Home in Waupaca County. It will have nearly 200 beds when it opens in 2020. Although the work started weeks ago Governor Evers and other...
May 14, 2019 (Image: Office of the Governor)
Woman gets 5 yrs in prison for local meth case
A woman from the Town of Neenah is going to prison for five years for selling meth. Thirty-four-year-old Erica Ducommun entered no contest pleas in January, after she was arrested in August of 2017. P...
Apr 19, 2019
Fire damages bar in New London area
A possible electrical problem may have started a fire in the basement of a bar in Waupaca County. New London fire officials aren't sure if the Log Cabin Bar on Highway 54 in Mukwa will be able to reop...
Apr 19, 2019
Man gets 5 yrs in prison for drunk driving death
A man convicted in a deadly drunk driving crash in Waupaca County is going to prison for five years. Forty-seven-year-old Michael Pribbernow entered Alford pleas in April to charges of hit-and-run cau...
Apr 17, 2019
Police look for man charged in overdose death
Investigators are trying to find a second man charged in a drug overdose death in New London. Waupaca County prosecutors are charging 39-year-old Keith Amundson of Ogdensburg and 37-year-old Eric Ster...
Apr 01, 2019
N.L. man arrested in opioid overdose death
New London police say a 37-year-old man is in custody for an opioid overdose death. Investigators believe Eric Stern of New London gave drugs to 26-year-old Shane Heuer. Heuer overdosed last October. ...
Mar 29, 2019
2 Rawhide runaways arrested after police chases
Waupaca County Sheriff's deputies say two runaway students from the Rawhide Boys Ranch stole an SUV and got into four separate police chases. The 15- and 17-year-old boys are accused of taking the SUV...
Mar 25, 2019
