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Teen Faces Charges In Deaths Of Three Friends
A Fond du Lac teen was charged Wednesday in the deaths of three of her friends in a February crash. According to the charges, 18-year-old Carly J. Ottery is facing three counts of homicide by negligent operation of a motor vehicle in the February 4. accident. Nine girls who were all soccer players at…
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…
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,…
MSU-Mankato Student Killed In Thanksgiving Plane Crash
 A Minnesota State University – Mankato student died last week when his plane crashed into a forest. The 24-year-old’s single-engine plane crashed in central Wisconsin Thursday afternoon. It was believed the man had been flying to the Merrill airport. The wreckage was found in a heavily wooded area in the Town of Bern Wednesday…
Man Dies Week After Being Hit By Alleged Drunk Driver
A 20-year-old man whose mother had been hit and killed November 6, has died from his injuries and the man who is charged with hitting them may face additional charges. The victim was pronounced dead Tuesday at 2:40 a.m. after spending about a week-and-a-half in a Wauwatosa hospital. His 49-year-old mother died at the…
1 Killed, 6 Injured In Chain-Reaction Crash
One person is dead and six others were injured in a chain-reaction crash involving two semi tractor trailers and nine motor vehicles Tuesday morning. According to reports, the accidents happened on Highway 41 just south of Holy Hill Road just after 9 a.m. Officials said a car traveling north hydroplaned on the wet highway, spinning…
Green Co. Toddler Dies From Food-Borne Illness
A Green County toddler has died as the result of an apparent E. coli infection this week. According to reports, the 20-month-old girl died Sunday, September 11, at the UW Children’s Hospital in Madison after spending about a week there. She was being treated for an E. coli infection and officials are saying her…