Victims in Wisconsin plane crash identified

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The Menomonie Airport Commission Chairman said Ron Riek was a highly experienced pilot.

MENOMONIE, Wis. — All six of the victims of a plane crash in Wisconsin this week have now been publicly identified.

The Sauk County Sheriff's Office said the plane was en route from Kenosha to Menomonie when it went down in a densely wooded area in Dellona, a rural community outside the Wisconsin Dells, around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday.

The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the crash and says preliminary information suggests the plane was flying at 24,000 feet when the pilot reported icing and requested to descend.

The victims were identified Thursday as Ronald R. Riek, age 63 of Woodville, WI; Tyler J. Harvey, age 36 of Cadott, W...

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