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PORTAGE, WI (MetroSource-WSAU) -- Three top officials at a state prison in Portage are on paid leave after inmates escape.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported yesterday that Columbia Correctional Institution warden Susan Novak, Deputy Warden Lucas Weber and Security Director Brian Gustke are serving a two week suspension that started this past Wednesday.
The suspensions relate to an investigation into all factors related to how inmates Thomas Deering and James Newman got away on April 16th and made it to Rockford, Illinois where they were captured the next day.
Several lower ranking prison employees were also suspended and a prison food service worker was arrested as part of the ongoing investigation.
Tom King
Tom grew up in Wausau listening to sports on WSAU and music on our sister stations WRIG and WIFC and decided early on that that was where he wanted to be. After graduating from Wausau East in the mid 70's Tom headed to UWSP. He worked at the college radio station WWSP and weekends on WIFC while earning a degree in Communication.
After college he worked a year at WKAU radio in the Fox Valley before returning to Wausau and moving into radio sales. He missed the on-air work and returned to the air when WOFM went on the air and when it was purchased by Midwest Communications was asked to take on the sports position on WSAU. He has spent the last 13 years as part of the WSAU morning team while also broadcasting Wausau East sports and contributing to the morning show on WIFC.
If you listen to the show you know that Tom is the coach of the Wausau American Legion Baseball team. He's married (Sandy) with two sons (Wade & Cory) and spends his spare time reading, listening to music, watching movies and tv shows and following most of the major sports.
