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UPDATE: Longtime Boy Scouts volunteer held on $250K bond in child sex assault case
3+ week, 4+ day ago (47+ words) Point/Plover Metro Wire August 28 Trash: Deputies were called to check on a road hazard at West Clark St. and West Zinda Dr. at 12:30 a.m. The deputy found miscellaneous clothing...
Police & Sheriff calls, Aug. 28-30
1+ week, 4+ day ago (1246+ words) Trash: Deputies were called to check on a road hazard at West Clark St. and West Zinda Dr. at 12:30 a.m. The deputy found miscellaneous clothing and garbage in the road and cleared it. Counterfeit: Staff at Kwik Trip, 5311 Old Highway 18 Rd.,…...
BREAKING: Former Boy Scout leader arrested for repeat child sexual assault
1+ week, 5+ day ago (231+ words) PLOVER — A Plover man is in jail after police say he admitted to grooming and having sexual contact with a juvenile he met through a Stevens Point Boy Scout pack about 15 years ago. Steven Lorang, 57, was arrested Monday after an…...
Police & Sheriff calls, Aug. 18-19
3+ week, 4+ day ago (851+ words) Park sleeper: A 37-year-old woman called police to Seramur Park, 1401 East Ave., at 8:38 a.m., concerned about a 57-year-old man sleeping in the bathroom there. The man denied sleeping in the bathroom, but admitted he was homeless. He denied assistance or referrals…...
Police & Sheriff calls, Aug. 17-18
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (545+ words) Unsuccessful: Deputies attempted to serve an arrest warrant on the 1200 block of Ridge Rd. in Custer at 7:20 a.m. Through a window, they observed a man get up from a couch and move out of view. They knocked several times but no…...