Fatal crash

Unconditional bail for a man suspected of driving drunk and killing three people in a crash near Willmar Friday night was set today at $300,000. The next court appearance for 21-year-old Paul Wickenhauser of Cokato was set for November 19th.

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Family and friends across the globe are mourning three members of a family killed when a pickup truck crashed head-on into their minivan near Willmar.

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A head-on collision near Willmar has claimed the lives of three people: a 68-year-old woman, her adult daughter and her 8-year-old granddaughter. The State Patrol says the accident happened Friday about 9 p.m. on Highway 12.

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A funeral is set for the 5-month-old son of Southwest Minnesota State men's basketball coach Brad Bigler and his wife Heather. Services for Drake Bigler will be held at 1 p.m. Monday at First Lutheran Church in Marshall.

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Charges say the man accused of driving drunk and killing a Minnesota coach's son had a blood-alcohol content more than four times the legal limit. Thirty-eight-year-old Dana Schoen of Starbuck faces three criminal vehicular homicide or operation charges.

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The men's basketball coach at Southwest Minnesota State University is in critical condition after a crash in western Minnesota that killed his 5-month-old son. The Minnesota State Patrol says the coach, 33-year-old Brad Bigler, is hospitalized in Sioux Falls, S.D. Five-month-old Drake Phillip Bigler was killed, and two other occupants were injured.

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A Clear Lake man is dead after a one vehicle crash in Sherburne County Wednesday night. Sheriff's officials say a passerby noticed a vehicle on its roof and partially submerged in the Elk River.

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The driver of a Hummer that struck and killed a motorist near Opole in August of 2009 has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. The sentencing of 44-year-old Eugene Rivetts ends a 2-and-a-half year saga as to who was the driver of the Hummer.

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The Minnesota State Patrol says speed contributed to a February crash that killed four North Dakota State University students on their way back to school. The patrol also concluded that the driver was not driving for the conditions.

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A Waite Park man has pleaded guilty to charges stemming from that wrong-way crash last April where a man and an unborn baby were killed.

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