Iron murder trial jury selection expected to take full day

By RALPH ANSAMI

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HURLEY — Preparations continued Monday afternoon in Iron County Court for next week’s murder trial, with 110 potential jurors already whittled down to 85.

Judge Patrick Madden said some elderly residents in the jury pool had been eliminated for the Aug. 6-15 murder trials of Richard F.A. Allen, 27, and Joseph D. Lussier, 26, both of Lac du Flambeau.

They are charged in the shooting death of Wayne M. Valliere Jr., of Lac du Flambeau, whose body was found near Mercer on New Year’s day.

Both are charged with conspiracy to commit first-degree in...