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A man involved in a deadly crash 2 weeks ago is back at home after a short stint in the hospital.

57 year old William Perry of Black River Falls slammed into the side of 19 year old Brandi Allen's car back on December 13th.....killing her instantly.

The wreck on Highway 95 in the Town of Curran, happened after Allen, of Holmen, lost control of her car.

Battles over where city employees can live have been fought before in La Crosse. A new struggle over residency requirements may be on the horizon. Mayor Matt Harter wants to amend current rules regarding residency requirements so that any non-union employee hired after January first must live in the city as long as they work for the city. Currently, newly hired employees hired after 2005 are allowed to live outside of the city after being on the payroll for three years. Formerly, all La Crosse employees, union or not, had to live within the city, for as long as they were employed.

Agricultural experts are warning that heavy snows can trigger roof collapses.

Snow should be cleared from a roof if snow loads are greater than a structure can bear, or if the building shows signs of stress. In Wisconsin, state codes require roofs to withstand at least 30 to 40 pounds of snow per square foot, but agriculture buildings are exempt.

The university extension warned that removal can be dangerous, since snow can slide, burying those below. Officials suggest using a roof rake from a safe distance

La Crosse has the highest monthly health insurance premiums of any metro area in the state at just over $772. That's 30% higher then the Madison metro area. La Crosse also has the highest quality health insurance plans, ranking three and a half out of four stars. Those numbers just released by the Citizen Action of Wisconsin Group.

The report also shows that over the past decade Green Bay has had the highest rate of health care inflation of any major metro area in the state, followed by Appleton and Oshkosh. And Wisconsin health insurance rates have increased faster than the national average. While national employer-based single health insurance premiums have increased 130% this decade, they have increased 198% in Wisconsin.

This is the fifth year they have released the report. It is the first year they have included quality along with cost.