The City of Eau Claire just published the first part of a five-year study of bicycle crashes and plans to do further research in an attempt to make bicycling safer in the area. According to Eau Claire Police Detective Todd Heinz, in the past five years the department has investigated 96 bike crashes. Of those [...]
According to a story published in the Sheboygan Press, Roger V. Petersen, 69, will accept a plea deal for allegedly driving his car into the tail end of a Sheboygan group bicycle ride, killing Troy Tousey and hitting two other people on the ride on June 16, 2012. Peterson told police he might have momentarily [...]
UPDATE – Nov. 13 Tom Held reports on his blog, The Active Pursuit, that Appleton Police reported some progress late Tuesday in their efforts to identify the driver of a pickup truck suspected of being involved in the crash. This photo came from security camera video at a gas station nearby. Anyone with information about him [...]
With the days getting shorter, it is obvious that there are far too many bicyclists riding in La Crosse without lights. Local advocates have gotten together to create an event which combines a bike safety ride and distribution of free lights to anyone in need. We met at the Eagle Rec Center on the UW-L [...]
The fog and chilly temperatures made for an introspective Sunday morning when friends and family members of Tom Van Hoof gathered to install a Ghost Bike near the intersection of the Sydney Place and Mill Road where Tom was killed in a crash July 18th. More than the traditional memorial, the Tom’s riding pals would [...]
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