Community relieved by arrests

WAUPACA - As law enforcement officers announced the arrests of three men in the deer killing case, the community breathed a collective sigh of relief. Click here to read the detailed allegations.

"It's been a very long week," said Randal Yorkson, who found the deer Saturday on the property he farms in the town of Lind.

Virginia Niemuth, who owns the property where the deer were run over by snowmobiles, said she is "relieved and happy" about the arrests. Niemuth said she is also happy the suspects were arrested so quickly.

"I was hoping it would but I was apprehensive about maybe it not happening and what I would do then about the trail opening but they got them and that's the main thing," Niemuth said.

Now that the suspects have been caught, Niemuth said she will reopen the snowmobile trail on her property, but not right away.

"It'll probably be at least five days before we get it going because there's some things we gotta take care of," said Stuart McIntyre, president of the County Line Trail Blazers snowmobile club. The club takes cares of the trails in the area where the incident happened.

"Everybody's gonna be happy to have it back. I think more than that though, everybody is happy that the whole community is behind it. We got it done and taken care of. We found the people and maybe that'll send a message that this type of stuff just isn't tolerated," McIntyre added.

The president of the Waupaca County Snowmobile Association and said the whole incident has united the community. "It definitely brought everybody together there's no doubt about it," said Bob Sprenger.

Now, people in Waupaca county are looking forward to putting it all behind them.