Tag Archives: Chippewa Falls

Snowmobiler fined in February police chase

Eau Claire (WQOW) – A snowmobiler is fined after he led police on a chase down Main Street in Chippewa Falls. The chase happened in February. Tim Hatlevig was fined $1,000 recently for drunken snowmobiling and illegally operating a snowmobile on a highway. Police say Hatlevig ended up crashing into...
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Update: Name released of man killed in snowmobile crash

An 81-year-old Chippewa Falls man, Dale Frederick, was killed in one of two snowmobile accidents Monday afternoon in Chippewa County. The fatal crash occurred at around 4 p.m. in the town of LaFayette, on Small Lake Wissota. Frederick, who lived in the town of LaFayette, lost control of his snowmobile...
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Woman flown from scene of snowmobile accident

A 20-year-old Chippewa Falls woman was airlifted from the scene of a snowmobile accident near the Barron-Rusk county line shortly before 1p.m. Sunday, according to the Rusk County Sheriff’s Department. Rusk County Sheriff David Kaminski said Ashley M. Schick reportedly sustained severe leg trauma when the snowmobile she was operating...
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