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Early on Sunday evening, Zechariah Hilgart of Park Falls caused a two-vehicle collision on Blue Lake Road in Minocqua near the Bearskin Trial.  Hilgart struck a vehicle occupied by Donald Cupp and Sallie Schmidt of Kaukauna.  Cupp had to be extricated from his vehicle, and was transported to Howard Young Medical Center to receive medical attention for his injuries.  Schmidt was also injured and transported from the scene.  The at-fault driver, Hilgart, was injured and the conditions of his two passengers are unknown.

A crash in the Town of Spencer on Wednesday killed three people.  The two-car accident occurred on Highway 13 near Karau Avenue on Wednesday evening.  Details of the collision are still unclear:  part of Highway 13 was closed for several hours while the Marathon County Sheriff's Department attempted to reconstruct the crash.  Two men, who were traveling in separate cars, died at the scene.  A woman who was involved in the crash was taken to the hospital where she later died of her injuries.

Shortly after 4:00 p.m. on Friday, a 1997 Ford Explorer was traveling eastbound on County Line Road in the Town of Roosevelt when the driver lost control attempting to turn north onto 11th Avenue.  The SUV slid into a ditch, crashed into a utility pole and then overturned.  Front seat passenger Gary L. Palms of Milwaukee was pronounced dead at the scene.  The driver, Laverne W. Palms of Milwaukee, was airlifted from the scene with serious injuries.  Back seat passenger Kenneth D. Palms of Milwaukee was transported to Stanley Hospital to be treated for his injuries.

A three-car crash in Rudolph Township on Sunday sent three people to the hospital for their injuries.  At around 8:30 p.m., Lindsay Younger was driving southbound with 7-year-old passenger Austin Swanson on State Highway 13/34 when she crossed the center line, crashing head-on into a vehicle traveling in the northbound lane.  Kyle Schwerzel was driving the northbound vehicle with passenger Cory Kuliu. A third vehicle driven by Boleslaw Kochanowski then came upon the scene and struck the Younger vehicle.  Spirit Helicopter was called to the scene and transported Younger and Swanson to St.