Wisconsin Legal Overview: Wausau The Wausau metropolitan area in Wisconsin is defined by the Census Bureau as covering Marathon County. The Wausau, WI MSA is a part of the larger Wausau-Merrill, WI CSA. This combined statistical area additionally includes the Merrill micropolitan area, which covers Lincoln County. Marathon County comes under the 9th Judicial District of Wisconsin. The Marathon County Circuit Court is the main trial court with general jurisdiction. The county also has five limited jurisdiction municipal courts.
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1. The Marathon County Circuit Court handles everything from felonies to divorce petitions and personal injury civil lawsuits. It has separate divisions for small claims, probate and juvenile cases. The municipal courts in Marathon County handle misdemeanors, local ordinance violations, and non-criminal traffic offenses. Wausau and Mosinee each have one municipal court. The City of Schofield and the Town and Village of Weston share a joint municipal court located in Weston. The villages of Kronenwetter and Rothschild each have their own municipal courts. 2. Wausau resident Nancy J. Rodemeier, 54, was charged in the Marathon County Circuit Court with embezzlement of more than $38,000 from her disabled sister. Rodemeier’s lawyer says it was a family matter and that prosecutors have agreed to a plea deal, with the case likely to be settled at the next plea hearing. 3. Madeline Kara, 11, died of undiagnosed diabetes in her own home as her parents, Dale and Leilani Neumann, resorted to prayer healing instead of taking her to a hospital. The Neumanns are appealing against their homicide convictions, and argue that they could not be expected to know where legally allowed prayer healing ends and criminal negligence as a parent begins.
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Trending Legal Topics: Appeals against trial court verdicts in Marathon County will be heard by the Third District Court of Appeals located in Wausau, WI. A petition for review Schofield can then be filed with the Wisconsin Supreme Court, which is the court of last resort. Federal cases in Marathon County go to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin, which is located in Madison, WI. Federal appeals may be filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
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