Poy Sippi News

Max Winkel's decisions on a September night in 2011 cost a Poy Sippi teen his life, but his actions after a fatal drunken-driving crash reflected a "horrific, egregious, irresponsible" me-first mentality, a judge said during sentencing Thursday.

A 48-year-old man has been arrested on charges of fifth-offense drunken driving after a crash in Waupaca County.

Fire destroyed a home in Fremont along the Wolf River Sunday afternoon. Fremont's Fire Department responded to the home on County Road H shortly after 4 p.m. for the blaze.

This usually involves riding in the car on a beautiful day, discussing the merits of this year's color, solving all the world's problems, eating lunch and driving home again.

After deliberating less than two hours last week, a Waushara County jury found a Berlin man guilty of two crashes in 2011 that left one teenager dead and several injured following a night of heavy drinking.