A 40-year-old Tomahawk man was injured on New Year’s Eve day after being thrown from his ATV while on Lake Alice in the Town of King. The man was brought to Ascension Sacred Heart with non-life threatening injuries.
More issues with thin ice were reported this past week. A Tomahawk man reported a snowmobile had gone through the ice on New Year’s Day. The operator was not injured and was working on getting the machine removed.
A 67-year-old Merrill man was cited for an OWI offense Thursday evening in the Town of Merrill. A deputy stopped the man after observing him weaving. The man displayed signs of impairment and was asked to perform field sobriety tests. As a result of those tests he was arrested for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated.
A 33-year-old Tomahawk woman was arrested Saturday morning on criminal traffic charges. A deputy stopped the woman at 1:55 a.m. after she failed to stop at a stop sign. The woman displayed signs of impairment and was asked to perform field sobriety tests. As a result of those tests she was arrested for a second offense of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. The woman was also cited for driving on a revoked license and for failing to have an ignition interlock installed on her vehicle.
A 21-year-old Merrill man was taken into custody Saturday morning after a traffic stop in the Town of Merrill. A deputy stopped the vehicle for having defective lights. The man showed signs of impairment and was placed through field sobriety tests. As a result of those tests he was cited for a first offense of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated.
A 25-year-old Merrill man was cited Sunday morning for an OWI offense. The driver was stopped in the Town of Merrill for expired registration just before midnight Saturday. He showed signs of impairment and was placed through field sobriety tests. As a result of those tests he was cited for a first offense of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated.
The number of deer crashes is lower with only eight being reported this past week.