Fatal Highway 57 crash leads to homicide charges for Chilton woman

A Chilton woman faces four felony homicide charges after authorities say she was drunk and driving in the wrong lane during a head-on crash that killed two people in Calumet County.

Prosecutors say that Vicky L. Fesing, 58, caused the March 5, 2025 collision on Highway 57 near Shady Lane Drive in the Town of Charlestown in Calumet County while intoxicated with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.171, more than twice Wisconsin’s legal limit.

Judge Carey J. Reed quashed a warrant based on Fesing’s court appearance and set a $250,000 signature bond with strict conditions, including GPS monitoring, home arrest upon release from medical care, mandatory medical updates, absolute sobriety, no driving, no contact with victims’ families, and prohibitions on entering taverns, leaving Wisconsin, or applying for a passport while the case is pending…

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