Illinois Plane Crash Kills Four After Striking Power Lines

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Northwestern Wisconsin city mourns 4 who died in Illinois plane crash

Menomonie mourns the loss of four residents who died in a single-engine plane crash in Illinois while returning to Wisconsin from Nashville on Saturday morning. Learn more about the four friends and how the local airport community is coping.

State Representative reacts to plane crash

(WLAX/WEUX) – We now know that a plane crash in Illinois had four Menomonie natives in it. The people on board the flight have been identified as 46-year-old Ross Nelson, 45-year-old Raimi Rundle, 36-year-old Courtney Morrow and 48-year-old Michael Morrow. State Representative Clint Moses released the following statement. “I know our community will come together and support those impacted, and my family is keeping those affected in our thoughts …

Plane hit power line before fatal crash in Platte River near Fremont, investigators say

Preliminary information gathered by the NTSB and FAA determined that the airplane that crashed into the Platte River near Fremont on Friday struck a power line.

National Transportation Safety Board investigating fatal Illinois airplane crash

A preliminary report on the airplane crash that killed two men and two men from Menomonie, Wisconsin is schedule to be available within 30 days.

'You could feel the boom': Witness shares moment a plane crashed near her home

People in Trilla, Illinois said you could feel the "boom" after a small plane with four Menomonie passengers crashed in a field Saturday.