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8/08/2025

  • jesse4430
  • Aug 8, 2025
  • 1 min read

TOWN OF PHELPS — Information has been released regarding a fatal accident in Vilas County.  Just after 6:25 a.m. last Tuesday, Vilas County Dispatch received a 911 call for a one-vehicle crash on State Highway 17 near Hansen Hill Road in Phelps, according to a Vilas County Sheriff's Office news release.  A 31-year-old Rhinelander man identified as Carter Wiegand of Rhinelander died in that crash on July 29. According to the news release, the caller saw a truck in the ditch that had struck a tree. 

 
 
 

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