Vernon County Sheriff's Report for Oct. 6–12

Monday, Oct. 6: Steven Bomkamp of Highland, Wis., was southbound on Highway 33 in the town of Hillsboro, pulling a trailer fully loaded with particle boards. Louise Aldinger of Hillsboro was northbound when one of the particle boards came off of the Bomkamp trailer and struck her hood, windshield, passenger roof and front fender. No injuries were reported.

Monday, Oct. 6: Randy Blaha of Hillsboro was pulling a feeder wagon with a pickup truck on Highway 33 in the town of Hillsboro when he stopped for a squad car assisting with another crash. John Madden of Elroy did not notice that Blaha had stopped and rear-ended the feeder wagon. No injuries were reported.

Wednesday, Oct. 8: James Olson of Viroqua attempted to pass on the right of Laura Kelly of Viola, who was attempting to turn right. No injuries were reported after the ensuing crash, which occurred in Readstown.

Thursday, Oct. 9: Christina Heitman of Sparta was attempting to back out of the Stoddard Kwik Trip when she struck the wooden post in front of the electric pole. No injuries occurred.

Thursday, Oct. 9: Colin Landis of Viroqua was pulling a farm wagon filled with beans on County Highway NN in the town of Franklin. The hitch failed, and the wagon went off road, striking a Vernon Electric pole, a Vernon Telephone box, and a mailbox belonging to Steven Wettengel. No injuries occurred.

Friday, Oct. 10: Cheryl Jones of Stoddard swerved to miss a deer on Highway 35 in the town of Bergen. She missed the deer, went off road and into the ditch, and struck a tree. No injuries were reported.

Sunday, Oct. 12: Diane Call of Viroqua lost control of her vehicle on a curve of Highway 56 in the town of Viroqua, striking a mailbox belonging to Cody Howell. No injuries were reported.

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Four crashes involving deer or other animals were reported last week:

• Arlene Ferries of Ontario, on Burr Salem Road, town of Forest

• Crystal Wright of Ferryville, Wis., on Highway 14, town of Hamburg

• Larry Meltesen of Kendall, on Chicken Hollow Road, town of Greenwood

• Karl Henrichsen of Coon Valley, on County Highway J, town of Franklin

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