A Portage County man convicted of helping to cash the Social Security checks of his presumably dead mother-in-law has been sentenced to 54 months in prison, and now his wife might have similar charges reinstated.

An attorney for a Wisconsin man accused of helping fraudulently cash his mother-in-law's Social Security checks says his client is a grumpy old man but not guilty of criminal action.

A trial is scheduled to begin for a Portage County man accused of cashing the Social Security checks of his mother-in-law, who hasn't been heard from in about 30 years and is presumed dead.

A central Wisconsin couple have been ordered to stand trial on allegations that they cashed Social Security checks of a relative who has been missing for 30 years and is presumed dead.