Reading Time: 2 minutesSussex Child Suffers Permanent Injuries from a Dangerous Staircase
An eight year old girl from Sussex was sitting on a staircase inside a building in Milwaukee when disaster struck and changed her life forever. The spindles holding up the railing were spaced too far apart and she slipped through, falling 16 feet to the hard, concrete floor below.
The basilar skull fracture she suffered required numerous surgeries but, despite the doctor’s best efforts, she was left with a permanent brain injury causing cognitive, behavioral and personality disorders.

Reading Time: 2 minutesWisconsin’s winters are notorious for their heavy snowfalls, slippery roads and dangerous driving conditions. For one Germantown woman driving through Menomonee Falls, they would combine to change her life forever. Unusually heavy snow storms resulted in high snowbanks piling up along the sides of the road. Another motorist was unable to see the woman’s car approaching and turned straight into her driver’s side door.

Reading Time: 2 minutesIcy Roads and a Flatbed Truck Leave Three Dead in Washington County Car Crash
Early one Sunday morning in Washington County, a family of five from Hubertus was driving to church headed southbound on State Highway 164. Going north on the same icy road is a flatbed truck being driven by a man who has been plowing snow all night for his employer, a landscaping company.