ANTIGO, Wis. (WSAU) - The driver involved in an early Sunday morning traffic crash in Langlade County has died. Sheriff Bill Greening says the accident happened on Highway 64 about 15 miles west of Antigo at 1:47 a.m. He says an eastbound vehicle crossed the centerline and entered the ditch, and then rolled over.

Deputies discovered the man pinned under the vehicle. He was pronounced dead at the scene. He was 24-year-old Richard W. Kampmeier of Antigo. Kampmeier was not wearing a seat belt. There were no other passengers with him.The accident remains under investigation.

WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis. (WSAU) - A Wood County judge has postponed the sentencing of a Marshfield man accused in the death of his ex girlfriend.

21-year-old Gabriel Campos asked for the delay so that his new attorney Jeffrey Jazgar can go through all the evidence in the case so he can properly advise Campos. Campos was scheduled to be sentenced for the homicide August 5th. A scheduling conference has been set for August 30th to plan new hearing dates.

Campos wants to change his guilty plea in the first degree homicide case to not guilty. He fired his two public defenders last week as part of that effort. Campos is accused of killing Maisie McCullough in Marshfield last September.

McCullough died of multiple stab wounds in the home they once shared with their young son. She also had a five-inch cut across her neck, plus stab wounds to her torso and left hand.

UNDATED (WSAU) There are new legal problems for Kim Hoenisch, the wife of former Marathon County sheriff Randy Heonisch. She was involved in a pushing and shoving incident July 16th in the Town of Berlin. The incident involved a family member, and happened at a relative's home. She was charged with battery and disorderly conduct and was taken to the Marathon County jail. She has since been released on bond.

She's awaiting sentencing on August 12 after pleading no contest to a series of charges involving the theft of prescription drugs from inmates she was supervising as a probation officer. Prosecutors will argue for at least 18-months jail time.

Hoenisch has claimed she became addicted to pain killers because of multiple knee operations. Her husband resigned as Marathon County sheriff earlier this year after admitting that he seldom showed up for work, in part because of his wife's legal problems.

WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) - The former Marathon County probation agent awaiting sentencing for misconduct in office related to prescription drug theft could face new charges soon. 42-year-old Kim Hoenisch could be charged after getting into a fight with her sister a week ago.

Sheriff Scott Parks confirms that Hoenisch was involved in a new incident last Tuesday, July 16th. “The Sheriff’s Department was notified of a domestic disturbance type of incident that had taken place at a residence in the Town of Berlin. We did roll patrol cars to that location. Kim Hoenisch had been involved in an incident with a family member, had left the scene, and had located her later on driving a motor vehicle, and she was taken into custody.”  

Officers found that Kim Hoenisch had been at her mother’s house in the Town of Berlin when the altercation occurred. Hoenisch and her sister have a history of not getting along. Their mother yelled to another sibling to call 9-1-1 after the pushing and shoving led to one of them being struck in the head at about 1:15 in the afternoon. Hoenisch left the scene, and was located by deputies on Highway 107 just north of Highway 29 a short time later.  Parks says her husband, former Sheriff Randy Hoenisch, contacted the department to inform them she had left the scene.

Parks says Kim Hoenisch was brought in at that time. She was booked on suspicion of simple battery and disorderly conduct. The Sheriff says she was released in a few hours. “She was allowed to have a signature bond, which she did follow through with, and was released. That’s standard procedure for the majority of our incidents involving that type of incident.”

Parks says Hoenisch may have been in violation of her bond from the other felony case that she is awaiting sentencing for. “It’s not a normal practice for us to hold on bond violations because the booking officers or the sheriff’s deputies do not always have all of the details of a bail bond, so a number of times, the individuals are booked for the current charges and then a referral made for the possible bond violation, which is then done by the District Attorney’s office.”

The District Attorney’s office is still reviewing the reports, and they have not determined what actual charges will be filed. It’s also unclear if the District Attorney’s office will prosecute the case themselves or seek a special prosecutor because of their prior working relationship with Hoenisch when she was a probation agent.

An initial appearance for the new charges, whatever they may be, is set for July 30th at 2:30 in Branch 6 of Marathon County Circuit Court.

So far, District Attorney Ken Heimerman has not commented on the new incident.

MEDFORD, Wis. (WSAU) - The Rib Lake woman accused of trying to kill four of her children has pled not guilty by reason of insanity. 

37-year-old Heidi Mann is facing four counts of attempted first-degree homicide after allegedly trying to asphyxiate them in their garage.

Mann is accused of placing her 3, 5, 9, and 12-year-old children in the family’s sport utility vehicle and running the engine for a couple of hours to spare them the pain of their parent’s upcoming divorce. The children all lived, and were not adversely affected by the fumes.

Taylor County Judge Ann Knox-Bauer ordered a mental competency evaluation for Mann yesterday. The two sides have to agree on who performs that examination within ten days.

Mann remains in jail, unable to come up with a $200,000 cash bond.

MERRILL, Wis. (WSAU) - Lincoln County investigators want to identify the man in a photograph about a burglary.  A home southeast of Merrill in the Town of Pine River was robbed in broad daylight at about 8:45 a.m. July 2nd. The property is on Center Road.

The victim may have outsmarted the burglar this time. That’s because the homeowner suspected there was activity happening at his place while he was away. The homeowner set up a trail camera and captured a photo of the suspect. The sportsman’s tool for taking wildlife photos may have taken the crooks first mugshot.

We have the photo for you at WSAU.com.  If you know the identity of the man, you are urged to contact Lincoln County Crime Stoppers, the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department, or your nearest law enforcement agency.

Here are the phone numbers and the Facebook link:

Lincoln County Sheriff's Office - 715-536-6272 Lincoln County Crime Stoppers - 715-536-3726 https://www.facebook.com/CrimeStoppersofLincolnCounty?ref=nf

STEVENS POINT, Wis. (WSAU) - A discipline hearing has been set for a Stevens Point police officer. The city’s Police and Fire Commission met in closed session late Tuesday afternoon with their attorney to go over the procedures and set a date. That date is August 20th. The meeting lasted just over an hour.

So far, nobody is saying which officer is involved, or what the issue is about. We do know there was no citizen complaint, and the officer has not been charged with a crime. We can expect very little information to be made public while the commission and the officer go through the proper steps prior to the actual hearing.

MINOCQUA, Wis. (WXPR) - Sixty years ago yesterday, hostilities ended in the Korean War. Technically, North and South Korea are still at war as a formal peace treaty has never been signed. A Northwoods veteran remembers that day. Tom Sedivy from Minocqua was in the Army's 2nd Infantry Division. They were above the 38th Parallel, which is the demarcation between North and South today. He says when the truce was announced, more firing began. “When they signed it, you could see the enemy troops on the other side of the valley stand up and cheer, shoot off their guns up in the air. It’s like the 4th of July was going on. After it was over, and that was in 1953 when the period leading up that was a little rough, but we were all glad it was over.” Sedivy arrived in the early part of 1952. He says he was involved in some heavy fighting leading up to the armistice. A significant change was the addition of United Nations troops which Sedivy says were part of the troops he was with. “One big line along a place called the Chorwon Valley, and there were infantry divisions and the U.N. troops spread all the way along there, all the way from Panmunjom to the east coast, and all of the units were infiltrated into the U.S. forces.” He says the French and Dutch units were on one side and British units were on the other. He says he spent a couple of months in Korea after the truce, then headed back to the United States. Sedivy says possible hostilities breaking out again between the Koreas would be horrific to think about. “Probably worse with the newer weapons that they have nowadays. All of the new stuff, and the aircraft. Oh my God, there wouldn’t be anything left of that country if they started something again.”

MARSHFIELD, Wis. (WSAU) - The northern and southern portions of Wood County often function independently. But on Tuesday, business and government leaders from the Wisconsin Rapids area met with Marshfield’s Common Council to discuss how the two regions can work together for economic growth.

Gus Mancuso from south Wood County’s “Regional Economic Growth Initiative” thinks that by working together, the effectiveness of economic development efforts can be multiplied. Peter Hendler who serves as both a Marshfield Alderman and a Wood County Board member, says differences between the two regions should be set aside for a common economic goal. The groups say they’ll continue working together to strengthen the economic viability of both regions.

MERRILL, Wis. (WSAU) - There’s another confirmed case of West Nile virus in north central Wisconsin.

The Lincoln County Health Department says a dead crow has tested positive for West Nile virus. This is the first bird that tested positive for West Nile virus in Lincoln County since surveillance for the mosquito-transmitted virus began May 1. Just last Friday, Oneida County had a similar report.

West Nile virus is spread to humans through the bite of an infected mosquito. Mosquitoes acquire the virus by feeding on infected birds.

Health officials recommend using repellant on clothing and exposed skin, check your window screens for holes, and make sure you don’t have items in your yard that hold water mosquitoes can breed in.

Boats, canoes, and wheelbarrows should be turned over so they can’t hold water, and put chlorine in your swimming pool.

You should also trim tall grass and weeds because mosquitoes rest in these areas during the hot daytime hours.

STEVENS POINT, Wis. (WSAU) - The man charged with driving drunk and killing two Wisconsin Rapids women has been released on bond. 

22-year-old Tim Saavedra made a bond appearance in Portage County court Monday. Judge Thomas Flugaur set bond at $25,000 cash. Saavedra was able to make bond later that day.

Saavedra was the driver of a pickup that crashed into the trees after he lost control on Gumz Road southeast of Rudolph Saturday. He must remain sober and away from anyplace that serves alcohol, and he must not have contact with the victim’s families.

The funeral for 21-year-old Melissa Peterson-Suzda of Wisconsin Rapids is Wednesday at 10-o'clock.

The funeral for 21-year-old Stephanie Eberhardt of Wisconsin Rapids is at noon Thursday.

21-year-old Lee Hogan of Rudolph is the only surviving passenger from the crash. He is still hospitalized in fair condition.

WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) - The NAOMI group is hosting a forum tomorrow night on the state of public transit in Wausau.

The group is looking to reopen discussion on what it means to have the bus and other services running in the Metro. Metro Ride Director Greg Seubert says service in Wausau has seen some major damage due to funding cuts at the state and federal level. "That's a cut of 10%, and when you impose levy limits so you can't raise funds, you have to make cuts to service and in our case it was pretty dramatic."

Topics that will be up for discussion tomorrow night include the current status of the bus system in the Wausau Metro, funding issues that Metro Ride continues to face, recommendations on how to improve or change Route K, and using a local sales tax to bolster the transit service in the region.

Guests on hand to speak include Weston village administrator Dan Guild, Alderman Keen Winters from Wausau and NAOMI board member Rabbi Dan Danson.

Glen Moberg from Wisconsin Public Radio in Wausau will moderate the forum. It starts Thursday night at 7pm at the Center for Civic Engagement at UW-Marathon County.

UNDATED (WSAU)   An Athens woman is pleading 'not guilty' to charged that she embezzled nearly $500,000 from her employer. 40-year-old Michelle Walters entered her plea in Marathon County court yesterday. She's now free on signature bond while awaiting trial.

Walters was the book keeper at a Northwestern Wisconsin Associates, a retirement company in Wausau.

She's charged with seven counts of felony theft from a business setting and embezzlement. If convicted she'd face up to 70-years in prison.

MARSHFIELD, WI (WSAU) Wood County will soon be getting a new tool to help manage unexpected emergencies. Mondopads are the latest hi-tech tablet-style devices used to manage almost any type of crisis, and Marshfield’s interim fire chief Bob Haight says they’re straight from the pages of CSI television shows. There will be four mondopads in the system, connecting the Wood County Emergency Operations Center with emergency coordinators in Marshfield, Wisconsin Rapids and at the Wood County Health Department.

According to Haight, “This will allow us, in a very fluid situation, to be able to talk back and forth with various other entities, and then develop a very specific plan of attack.” Two of the units have already been arrived, and Haight that the entire system should be up and running within about two or three weeks.

WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) -  The man who fired gunshots after a parking lot dispute in Wausau this past March has reached a plea agreement. 

25-year-old Carl Follie called police after a group of individuals blocked his vehicle at the Grand Avenue Kwik Trip in Wausau, and then followed him on March 25th... but it was Follie that was arrested, because he fired five gunshots in the general direction of the group when they confronted him.

Some of the bullets struck houses. One ended up in a car windshield. Another inside a television in someone’s home.

As part of the plea deal, Follie will plead no contest, and spend nine months in jail plus five years on probation for two counts of second degree recklessly endangering safety.

STEVENS POINT, Wis. (WSAU) - A Stevens Point police officer will have a disciplinary hearing before the Police and Fire Commission, but we don’t know why yet. The city’s Emergency Management Director Sally McGinty is also the liaison for the Police and Fire Commission.

She says the commissioners did discuss the issue for over an hour in closed session Tuesday, and they did set a hearing date for the officer. “The hearing date has been set for August 20th, which is a Tuesday. It is tentatively set to begin at 9:00 a.m. The location we are looking at is the Stevens Point Transit Facility.”

The new Stevens Point Transit Facility has a large enough conference room to accommodate the hearing participants. This will be a public hearing. That means the name of the officer, the allegations against him will be made public no later than August 20th.

WSAU has filed a written request for information under Wisconsin’s open records law to get the details, but McGinty says it is possible the officer’s attorney may try to block the request.

McGinty did eliminate a couple of possibilities. “There are no criminal charges involved. It is a discipline thing only. There was never any impact on the city. There was no citizen complaint.” At this stage of the proceedings, McGinty cannot comment on specific details or charges.

PHILLIPS, Wis. (WSAU) - The man accused of threatening a church youth group with a gun in Price County believes he’s innocent, and there isn’t evidence to show a crime was committed. 28-year-old Jesse Rutherford of Big Bend is not waiving his right to a preliminary hearing, as he wants the judge to decide if there’s probable cause of a crime being committed.

Rutherford is accused of approaching the group of young people camping in a yard with a gun in hand, and telling them to get on their knees and then help him get his truck out of a nearby ditch. This happened on May 18th, and someone actually caught much of the incident on video.

Until the Judge Douglas Fox reviews the video and perhaps other evidence, Rutherford is free on a $5,000 cash bond. No new court dates have been scheduled.

Along with the charges of recklessly endangering safety, Rutherford also faces charges of possessing drugs and paraphernalia, possessing a firearm while intoxicated, and operating a vehicle with a revoked driver’s license.

The incident happened about 25 miles south of Phillips.

WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis. (WSAU) - A Wisconsin Rapids man could spend up to thirteen years in prison for having sex with underaged girls. 18-year-old Joseph Karis Jr. pleaded guilty to reduced charges of third-degree sexual assault of a child.

The complaint says he had intercourse with a 17-year-old, a 14-year-old, and two 13-year-olds between 2010 and 2012. Karis also was charged with driving a vehicle without permission in Racine County. The charges were reduced since some of the activity was not forced, and Karis admitted having sex with the girls.

Sentencing is scheduled for September 5th on all charges in Wood County circuit court.

WISCONSIN DELLS, Wis (WSAU) A semi-truck rear-ended a van on Highway 82 north of Wisconsin Dells in Adams County yesterday morning. Visibility was near zero because of dense fog. The trucker didn't see that the van had slowed down to turn off the highway.

The van was carrying 15 farm workers from Mauston. 11 were injured. None of the injuries are life-threatening.

The Adams County sheriffs department is investigating the crash. No citations have been issued so far.

MERRILL, Wis. (WSAU-Wheeler News) - A Merrill area man has been ordered to stand trial on charges that he killed his wife, and dumped her remains in the woods near Medford.

49-year-old Mark Bucki was bound over for an arraignment today, during a preliminary hearing in Lincoln County Circuit Court. The defense wanted to reduce Bucki’s two-million-dollar bond, but the judge said no. The next hearing in the case is set for August 29th, when a trial date could be scheduled. Authorities said Bucki and his 48-year-old wife Anita were discussing a divorce just before he reported her missing in late April. Her remains were found in mid-May about 20 miles from the couple’s home.

An autopsy showed that Anita was stabbed seven times, and had severe bruises around her throat. It was not immediately determined when Bucki will enter pleas to his three felony charges – first-degree intentional homicide, hiding a corpse, and strangulation-and-suffocation.