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Tickets issued after fatal crash
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Steve Prestegard
Updated: Dec 31, 2014, 8:00 PM
Published: Dec 31, 2014, 4:53 PM

The surviving driver in a head-on crash in which an Illinois man died was ticketed for texting while driving and operating left of center.

Liza Kay Johnson, 17, entered not guilty pleas to the two citations before her scheduled appearance in Grant County Circuit Court in Lancaster Monday.

Johnson was driving north on Wisconsin 133 Sept. 18 around 5:30 p.m. when her car collided with a tractor–trailer driven by Carlos F. Martinez, 44, Aurora, Ill., one-half mile north of Clauer Lane. Martinez’s semi caught fire after the crash.

Martinez died at UW Hospital in Madison, where he was airlifted by Med Flight helicopter after the crash.
New officer added to RC Police Dept.
New officer added to RC Police Dept.
Officer Nathan Coleman
Published: Feb 7, 2023, 10:48 PM

Chief Billy J. Jones would like to introduce Officer Nathan Coleman.  Nathan Coleman is the son of Tom and Brenda Coleman, of Richland Center.  Nathan graduated from the Richland Center High School in 2018. Throughout high school, Nathan was involved in many different sports and now he spends most of his free time hunting or fishing. Nathan hopes to get involved with youth sports as a coach whether that be in wrestling, basketball, or football. 

Nathan recently graduated from the 720-hour Law Enforcement Academy at Southwest Technical College in Fennimore and is excited to be able to give back to his hometown by working for the Richland Center Police Department. 

Nathan is currently in phase two of the Police Department’s 14-week field training program and can’t wait to be out on his own serving the community. Please help welcome Officer Coleman to the Police Department and to the City of Richland Center by waving or saying hi if you see him out and about.