In late December, My Price County / My Northern Wisconsin contacted all three PCUL board members with a list of community questions, which we will publish in full in an upcoming article. Our publication hoped we would get responses to these questions, because, in November 2025, one of the board members, Cheryl Moore, saw our article and reached out, telling My Price County the email address to send the questions so they could be answered. It was one of the email addresses where questions have been sent since 2024. As of the publication of this article, we have not received responses to the questions. Three of the questions included:
Who is CAP Minnesota LLC (with attorneys Stephen D. Willett and Jon Neve)? Why are they suing PCUL, Lynda Ludwig, and Associated Auction & Liquidation Co as of 12-8-2025?
Why is Associated Auction & Liquidation Co and WSC, Inc. DBA Wausau Auctioneers suing PCUL and CAP Minnesota, LLC as of 12-10-2025?
Why hasn't PCUL paid the $205.50 that was due on 11-7-2024 to the City of Phillips for grass length exceeding 6 inches?
If PCUL provides answers to any or all of our questions, we will publish the responses.
According to the court record, Sanjay Patel of Fargo, North Dakota, the former owner of the "Lionite" property, filed a lawsuit as CAP Minnesota LLC. The lawsuit alleges that PCUL failed to meet the obligations of its loan and security agreement and did not properly distribute the auction proceeds from the October 2025 auction. In past meetings, PCUL President Lynda "Lyn" Ludwig stated that the former owner, Sanjay Patel, was storing equipment in the buildings and was renting space for it. Lyn stated there was an agreement for when the equipment would be removed but did not definitively state, when asked by community members at the meeting, when the equipment removal deadline was or the terms of the contract. In 2025, it was announced by PCUL that an equipment auction would be held in October.
The suit also claims that PCUL has not properly addressed the obligations of environmental and hazardous materials and that auction documents were withheld.
The auction company filed on December 10, 2025 in an attempt to prevent CAP Minnesota LLC and PCUL from holding the auction company responsible.
PCUL's attorney is Shawn Govern.
Motion defenses, an answer, and affirmative defenses were filed on December 30, 2025 for the December 8, 2025 lawsuit.
An answer and affirmative defense was filed on January 2, 2026 for the December 10, 2025 court case.
The grass length violation that PCUL faced with the city has been concluded in court with a "guilty due to no contest plea," but the payment of $205.50, which was due November 7, 2024, has not yet been paid, according to court records.