Gathering to celebrate the life of "one of the good ones" :

Officers, family, friends, and community gather to honor MPD Officer Riley Kurtz TINA L. SCOTT EDITOR When Officer Riley Kurtz died from medical complications associated with pulmonary blastomycosis on Jan. 3, 2022, at the age of 24, his family, fellow officers at the Merrill Police Department and Kronenwetter Police Department, friends, and the community were in shock. In the words of Officer Joshua McCaskill to those gathered in attendance outside the funeral home that evening, after a multi-jurisdictional procession had escorted Officer Kurtz’s body from Aspirus Wausau to Merrill, “He was one of the good ones. You all know what […]

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