In area news, a Freeport man has been arrested on the charge of first degree murder in the shooting death of his wife in Lanark on Saturday.
49-year old Morgan Hake was arrested in Freeport on the felony offense less than an hour after the body of his wife, 46-year old Suzanne Hake, was found at the home in Lanark.
Reports indicate that this is the first muder in the village since the late 1800's.
Suzanne Hake was a social worker at Gaffey Home Nursing and Hospice which is based in Sterling. She is also the former director of the social service department at the Stephenson Nursing Center in Freeport.
Morgan Hake is the owner of Hake's Hardwood Floor Company in Freeport. He remains in jail today with no bond set. He will appear before a Carroll County judge later today when that figure may be set.
