Five Ways to Always Protect Yourself on the Road

When we first learn to drive, we are taught that safety is always first. We are told that there are certain things to do before we even start to drive. This is absolutely true, but there are many other things that you must do to keep yourself safe on the road. The fact is,…

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Woman Cited In Three DWI Crashes In Three Hours

A 21-year-old Verona woman was cited for drinking and driving after three crashes Oct. 26 in both Green and Dane Counties. A 35-year-old woman was driving with her infant when she was nearly hit head-on by Danielle S. Kraus on Highway J. Officials said the drunk driver was driving the wrong-way straight toward her,…

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Woman, Son Killed On Same Night In Separate Accidents

A woman and her son were both killed early Sunday morning in separate accidents in West Allis. According to reports, the 45-year-old woman was lying in the road on S. 81st St. when she was struck by a hit-and-run driver about 1 a.m. More than four hours later, about 5:30 a.m., her son died…

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Madison Woman Charged With Drunk Driving In Fall Moped Death

A Madison woman was charged last week with drunk driving after she allegedly hit a man who was riding a moped, killing him. Twenty-seven-year-old Ekaterina Topolkaraeva allegedly caused the accident last October when she drove in the wrong lane of a Beltline frontage road, killing a 37-year-old Madison man. Officials allege Topolkaraeva had injected…

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Man Sentenced In Hit-And-Run Death Of Wheelchair-Bound Man

The man who hit and killed a wheelchair bound man last January in Green Bay with his truck before fleeing the scene was sentenced to 10 years in prison Thursday. Forty-year-old Mark Sperber was convicted last November in the 20-year-old man’s death. Sperber had told investigators he thought he had hit a trash can,…

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Police Search For Driver, Vehicle In Fatal Hit-And-Run

Police are searching for the driver in a hit-and-run accident that killed a 58-year-old woman Wednesday evening. According to reports, the accident happened at North 33rd Street and West Villard Avenue about 5:40 p.m. when the woman was attempting to cross Villard Avenue. Officials said she was hit by two additional cars after the…

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