Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site on September 23, 2026.
Menominee County, Wisconsin, has about 4,300 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Menominee County Sheriff's Office. An arrest leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the county jail, and, if the District Attorney files charges, a case in the Menominee County Circuit Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts each agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies and common questions.
Related guides: Menominee County public records, Wisconsin arrest records, Wisconsin inmate search and Wisconsin criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Menominee County
The Menominee County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Menominee County. It reported 64 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests The Menominee County Sheriff's Office Reports
Each agency reports its arrests to the FBI by month, and the FBI publishes them on the Crime Data Explorer. These are the full-year totals, all offenses, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026; a year with months missing or not reported is left out.
- Menominee County Sheriff's Office: 64 for 2025, 79 for 2024, 60 for 2023, 60 for 2021, 22 for 2020 and 68 for 2019; 2022 is missing months.
The Menominee County Sheriff's Office's 64 arrests in 2025 were down 19 percent from 79 in 2024.
Through April 2026, Menominee County Sheriff's Office reported 20 arrests, against 12 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Menominee County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Menominee County and kept in custody ends up, whichever agency made the arrest, though a city department may hold someone in its own cells first and a person cited and released at the scene is never booked. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and once the person is released or sentenced the record continues in the court file.
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 15 people, down from about 16 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2024 was 30 beds, and it ran at 49 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Menominee County Sheriff's Office at co.menominee.wi.us/departments/?department=073ebb559460 (page title: Menominee County | Departments | Sheriff's Office), phone 715-799-7000, 3269 Courthouse Lane Keshena, WI 54135-0190, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Wisconsin Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at appsdoc.wi.gov/lop/welcome.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Menominee County
For Menominee County the place to look is the case index of the Menominee County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at co.menominee.wi.us/departments/?department=fc7a717f2fdd, phone 715-799-7000).
Statewide, Wisconsin Circuit Court Access is the free statewide case search of every circuit court.
Wisconsin is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: the Wisconsin Online Record Check System lets anyone run a name-based check, through the Wisconsin Department of Justice. That record shows what agencies reported to the state, which is wider than one county's court index but can lag it.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Menominee County
The report of an arrest is released by the agency that made it; the jail and the court hold their own records of the same event, but not the report. Under the Wisconsin Public Records Law the agency must answer as soon as practicable and without delay; the law sets no number of days, and it may charge the actual cost of copying and locating, with no charge for the first $50 of locating.
- An arrest by the Menominee County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 715-799-7000.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Menominee County Circuit Court, through the court records page at co.menominee.wi.us, phone 715-799-7000.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Menominee County each year?
The Menominee County Sheriff's Office reported 64 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Menominee County?
Ask the Menominee County Sheriff's Office at 715-799-7000; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at co.menominee.wi.us.
Where are people arrested in Menominee County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Menominee County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Menominee County?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Wisconsin Department of Justice: the Wisconsin Online Record Check System lets anyone run a name-based check. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Wisconsin Public Records Law.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Menominee County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Menominee County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Wisconsin Public Records Law the answer is due as soon as practicable and without delay; the law sets no number of days.
Is this the official Menominee County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.