EagleHerald Editor
MARINETTE—Nothing has changed since about two weeks ago when Marinette County Administrator John Lefebvre told the Administrative Committee the county still has not found a place to house a Wisconsin Chapter 980 violent sex offender. If the county doesn’t find housing for that person by June 10, it could face monetary sanctions.
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