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Sauk County plane crash is Wisconsin’s deadliest since 2017 The last time more than five people were killed in a Wisconsin plane crash was in 2017, according to information from the National Transportat…
4 people from same family killed in Sauk County plane crash Authorities have said that the plane was returning to Menomonie from a trip to Kenosha when pilot Ronald Riek reported icing on the plane.