8/21/2024

MINOCQUA - A 71-year-old woman is dead after a vehicle / bicycle crash on US highway 51 near Minocqua yesterday afternoon.  The Minocqua Police Department responded to the crash just before 1:00 yesterday near the intersection of US HWY 51 South and Timber Ridge Road. The bicyclist, 71 from Oconomowoc, was pronounced dead at the scene and the driver of the vehicle, only being identified as a 20-year-old from Minocqua, was transported to the Howard Young Medical Center for injuries sustained during the crash.  This incident is still under investigation and specific details of the crash are not being released currently.