A Willow man, intoxicated and armed with a shotgun, who was threatening suicide was arrested on multiple assault and weapons charges following an incident on Friday morning, troopers reported. 44-year-old George Yako, of Willow was the subject of a disturbance call to 911 at 5:14 am. The caller informed troopers that Yako was armed […]
Alaska State Troopers reveal that on Thursday, burglary suspect, 35-year-old Willow resident Ian McCleod Lleshi was slapped with 21 additional charges on top of his present five counts filed in court in late October and early November. The Grand Jury returned indictments on the charges of Felony Eluding, Assault III on a Peace Officer, […]
HEADQUARTERS, U.S. ARMY ALASKA, FORT WAINWRIGHT, Alaska – A Fort Wainwright Soldier was killed Friday, March 15, in a head-on collision involving two motor vehicles at Mile 89 of the Parks Highway between Talkeetna and Willow. Pfc. Prentice Letroy Lewis-Rankin, 20, of Brewton, Alabama, was pronounced dead at the scene according to Alaska State […]
The search for an elderly Willow bicyclist ended successfully when a local resident located him and safely returned him home troopers report. Troopers were alerted that an elderly Willow man, 74-year-old Donald Brainard had gone missing while cycling along the Susitna River near the Deshka Landing in Willow at 5:30 pm on Tuesday. MATSAR, Alaska […]