WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) - The Marathon County Health Department has issued an overdose alert. The health department says the ...

Marathon County officials are considering closing the juvenile jail in Wausau and using the money saved to fund a new 911 dispatch channel.

The Marathon County Jail had sagging concrete floors in 1999 that were partly fixed with layers of epoxy. Now it's undergoing emergency repairs.

Marathon County Jail has been overcrowded for more than 20 years. Currently, it is about 70 percent over capacity and to compensate, has housed inmates in jails in other counties for years.

WAUSAU, Wis. — The Marathon County jail is unsafe and needs a wholesale culture change, according to a citizen review panel formed after a corrections officer was injured in an attack.Among the ...

About 80 of the Marathon County Jail’s 279 inmates are in the facility’s work-release eligible section, the Daily […] Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 56°F.

WAUSAU, Wis. — The Marathon County jail is unsafe and needs a wholesale culture change, according to a citizen review panel formed after a corrections officer was injured in an attack. Among the ...

WAUSAU − A 26-year-old Marathon County inmate died June 8 following an apparent suicide attempt earlier this month. On the evening of June 1, fellow inmates alerted correctional staff to an ...

WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) - A 26-year-old man died over the weekend as a result of self-inflicted injuries while in custody at the Marathon County Jail. Investigators said the inmate was transported to ...

A 40-year-old Cadott man convicted of attempting to meet a person he believed was a 15-year-old girl online for sexual activities is scheduled to be sentenced Thursday in Marathon County.

Several former inmates say illegal drugs and disrespect are commonplace at the Marathon County Jail where a guard was brutally attacked in March. The inmates talked to an independent panel which ...

An inmate accused in a brutal attack in the Marathon County Jail that left a guard in a coma will face trial. Skip to content NOWCAST WISN 12 News at 11:00 a.m.