Searching Dunn County Criminal Dockets
WCCA is where Wisconsin puts its circuit case records online. Pick Dunn County from the county menu. That keeps results from elsewhere out of your search. A complete case number works best. Without one, search by party name. Follow the portal's rules on minimum characters and wildcards. The full circuit file still lives with the Dunn County Clerk of Circuit Court.
- Open WCCA and accept the public-access agreement.
- Enter the complete case number, or search a name with Dunn County selected.
- Compare county, case type, filing date, status, caption, and party summary.
- Open the case history and upcoming court activity without treating a charge as a conviction.
- Record the case number and ask the clerk for the exact public document or certified copy needed.
Prefer the phone or a counter visit? Call (715) 232-2611 or come to Suite 1500 at the Dunn County Judicial Center. Ask about Courthouse WCCA while you are at it. A narrow records request can also travel by email to dunn.clerk@wicourts.gov. Fax it to (715) 232-6888, or mail it to 615 Stokke Parkway, Suite 1500, Menomonie, WI 54751. Counter hours run Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
CF, CM, and CT in a Dunn County Criminal Docket
The two-letter code tells you what kind of case you hold. CF marks a felony, CM a misdemeanor, and CT a criminal traffic matter. A standard number stacks a four-digit year, the two-letter type, and a six-digit sequence, as in 2015CM000023. WCCA will pad some short entries for you. But hand the clerk the full form whenever you can.
| Code | Dunn County use | Reading limit |
|---|---|---|
| CF | Circuit felony case | A charge is not a finding of guilt. |
| CM | Circuit misdemeanor case | Status and disposition are separate. |
| CT | State-law criminal traffic | Distinct from a local ordinance citation. |
| 968/979 | Separately reported activity | Use the court's displayed code. |
Official Dunn County statistics break these categories out separately. The annual report adds useful court-system context, yet it cannot tell you whether one particular case is still open today.
Inside a Dunn County Criminal Docket
The official WCCA example lays out the parts of a public criminal case view. Header, party summary, case history, and calendar each do their own job. One caution applies here. A date listed in the case history is not automatically the next hearing date. Read any financial field in the context of its own case. Do not treat it as a standalone fact.
| Case header | Case number, caption, and displayed status. |
|---|---|
| Party summary | Party type, name, and status when public. |
| Case history | Dated event, activity, court official, reporter when shown, and relevant amount. |
| Calendar activity | Date, time, location, activity, official, and selected attorney fields. |
| Search fields | Type, status, dates, agency, citation, offense date, DA number, party, and attorney. |
WCCA does not hold every document. Sealed, confidential, redacted, expunged, and non-backloaded material can be missing from the online view. A sealed birth-date label or a restricted filing should stay untouched. Do not assume the list is the whole file. Ask the clerk for the specific public document or date range you need.
Dunn County Criminal Docket Search Fields
A name can pull up too many cases. Advanced search fields can narrow a lawful lookup. You can filter by case type, status, filing and disposition dates, attorney bar ID, prosecuting attorney, issuing agency, citation number, offense date, or DA case number. Some combinations demand one more identifying detail first. Date-based searches may cap you at a 30-day range.
Treat Open, Closed, Filed only, and Reopened as database labels rather than conclusions about the merits. A matching name alone proves nothing about identity. Check the public case number, county, type, filing date, and caption. Lean on the dated history for context. Keep birth dates, home addresses, victim details, and narrative allegations out of any personal notes you keep.
Use only enough information to locate the case, and never send protected identifiers when a case number will work.
How a Dunn County Criminal Case Moves
A case history is a register of court action. It is not a story. Depending on the matter, the entries may show a filed charge, an initial appearance or arraignment, pretrial events, motions, a plea or trial, a disposition, sentencing, and later review or financial items. No two cases hit every step. Trust what the court actually recorded over any generic sequence you expect to see.
Docket flow: Filing › Arraignment › Pretrial › Plea or Trial › Disposition › Sentencing
Report any dismissal, conviction, or other result in the court's own neutral words. An open charge means only that an accusation was filed. For deeper search methods, the Dunn County Case Lookup walks through WCCA name and number techniques.
Dunn County Criminal Calendar and Branch Contacts
The WCCA Court Official Calendar sorts Dunn County activity by court official over a short date range, with an optional traffic-only setting. Remember that it is a schedule, not the full docket. Settings can shift. Dunn County's three branches all belong to one Wisconsin Circuit Court: Branch I under Judge James M. Peterson, Branch II under Judge Christina M. Mayer, and Branch III under Judge Luke M. Wagner.
| Route | Contact | Use |
|---|---|---|
| General clerk | (715) 232-2611 | Case, copies, and routing |
| Branch I | (715) 231-6630 | Identified Peterson matter |
| Branch II | (715) 231-6624 | Identified Mayer matter |
| Branch III | (715) 231-6623 | Identified Wagner matter |
Use a branch phone line only after confirming which branch has the case. Dunn County currently does not live stream hearings. When attendance or a legal deadline is at stake, confirm time, location, and format with the clerk.
Courts That Hold Dunn County Criminal Dockets
Felony, misdemeanor, criminal traffic, and other state-law criminal proceedings all belong to the Wisconsin Circuit Court, Dunn County. The Dunn County Clerk of Circuit Court keeps those court records. Three branches sit on the bench, but they form one court, not three.
Local ordinance violations, including many traffic and parking matters, go to municipal courts instead. Where a municipality has no municipal court of its own, Wisconsin guidance sends ordinance cases to circuit court. So the issuing body and court printed on your citation matter. Federal cases live in PACER and the Western District of Wisconsin systems, never in WCCA.
Dunn County Criminal Docket Copies and Treatment Court
Copies in Dunn County follow a simple fee schedule. Regular clerk copies run $1.25 per page. Certification adds $5.00 on top of the $1.25 per page. Before you order, tell the clerk exactly what you want, whether that is a particular pleading, an order, a disposition, or a set of dates. A narrow request usually costs less and moves faster than asking for the whole file.
Dunn County Treatment Court sits alongside circuit criminal cases. General program information, including eligibility and referrals, is public. Participant assessments, recovery details, drug-test results, and team communications are different, though. Those items are not ordinary fields on a court docket.
The official Treatment Court page gives program context without opening participant files.
Public Case History Versus the Dunn County Criminal File
Think of the public case history as an index. It pulls dated activity from the statewide case-management system. That makes it a good tool for spotting a filing date or naming a specific record in a request. It is not a promise that every exhibit, transcript, or imaged document will appear online. Public WCCA access and authenticated eFiling access are also separate things. A filer logged into an opted-in case can see documents the public interface never shows.
Need an actual court order or sentencing document? Contact the Dunn County Clerk of Circuit Court with the case number. Include the document title or date, your preferred format, and whether you need certification. Clerk staff will walk you through copy and access mechanics. They cannot tell you what a record means legally or pick a strategy for you.
Sealed Dockets and Public Access
Wisconsin leans toward open court records. Still, access has real limits. Juvenile matters are not treated like adult criminal dockets, and protected identifiers, victim details, medical information, sealed filings, and expunged material may be withheld or redacted. Only a judge, never the clerk alone, can grant a supported sealing motion.
Access rule: Wis. Stat. § 19.31 states Wisconsin's access policy, subject to lawful limits. A denied request may follow the review route in Wis. Stat. § 19.39.
If something is denied or redacted, ask for the public portion and the written reason. Do not try to work around a seal. A Dunn County criminal docket can help you follow a proceeding or see how the court operates, but a charge listed there is an accusation, not proof of guilt.
Dunn County Criminal Case View
The official WCCA criminal example shell displays the public interface fields without requiring any personal values to be reproduced.
Treat the view as a template. Use it to read status, history, and activity, then get the exact public filing from the clerk when you need it.