Fatal Crash - Menomonie Township

At 2:48 a.m. on Sunday, January 3, 2021, the Dunn County Communications Center received a report of a single vehicle crash on CTH BB, just north of USH 12 in Menomonie township.

The Dunn County Sheriff's Office and Menomonie Fire Department responded to the scene. Upon arrival, deputies located a lone unresponsive male in a 2008 Chevrolet, Envoy SUV in the field north of CTH BB.

The preliminary investigation indicates the SUV was north bound on 390th St. and failed to stop for the stop sign at USH 12. The vehicle crossed USH 12 onto CTH BB, and a short time later left the roadway striking a large tree. The vehicle sustained severe front end damage from impacting the tree, and later came to rest in a cut corn field.

The Dunn County Medical Examiner’s Office responded to the scene and pronounced the 24-year-old male driver, from Elk Mound, deceased at the scene.

The crash remains under investigation by the Dunn County Sheriff’s Office and the Dunn County Medical Examiner’s Office.

The name of the operator is being withheld pending notification of his family.

Homicide Investigation - Menomonie Township

On November 17, 2020 at approximately 3:42 PM, a homicide investigation was initiated regarding a death at N2564 440th St in Dunn Township.

Dunn County Sheriff’s Deputies initially responded to the residence to check the welfare of an occupant of the residence. Deputies located a deceased adult, white, male in the residence.

At that time the name of the deceased was unknown.

One suspect was taken into custody at the residence after Deputies arrived.

Two other suspects were taken into custody at a motel in Menomonie On November 17, 2020 at approximately 11:30 PM.

An autopsy was conducted at the Ramsey County Medical examiner’s Office.

The deceased was identified as Bruce E. McGuigan, age 37, of Hayward, WI. The pathologist determined the cause of death was multiple blunt force injuries.

The deceased was known to at least one of the suspects and the incident was not random in nature.

The following individuals are in custody at the Dunn County Jail and have been charged as indicated below as a result of the ongoing investigation.

Ryan L. Steinhoff, age 37

- First Degree Intentional Homicide, As a Party To The Crime

- Multiple counts of Bail Jumping

Chad D. Turgeson, age 37

- First Degree Intentional Homicide, As a Party To The Crime

Ashley A. Gunder, age 24

- First Degree Intentional Homicide, As a Party To The Crime

- Multiple counts of Bail Jumping

Attached are the booking photos for the above individuals.

The matter remains under investigation by the Dunn County Sheriff’s Office with assistance from the Wisconsin Division of Criminal Investigation, Wisconsin Crime lab, Wisconsin State Patrol and the Dunn County Medical Examiner’s Office.

If you have information regarding this incident, contact the Dunn County Crime Stoppers at http://dunncocrimestoppers.com/ or call 1-855-TIP-DUNN. You can also contact Investigator Mack at jmack@co.dunn.wi.us, Investigator Merryfield at rmerryfield@co.dunn.wi.us or by phone 715-232-1348.

No further information is available currently.

Fatal Crash - Town of Colfax

On Saturday, October 24th, 2020, at approximately 6:00 PM the Dunn County Sheriff’s Office along with Colfax Ambulance and Colfax Fire Department, were dispatched to a one vehicle roll-over with unknown injuries, in the 7700 block of County Highway M in the Town of Colfax.

The initial crash investigation shows that a Subaru SUV was northbound on County Highway M when the driver of the vehicle lost control while negotiating a curve, causing the vehicle to roll over mutliple times. The driver was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash. Colfax Ambulance, Colfax Fire and Life Link helicopter personnel attempted life saving measures but were unsuccesful. The Dunn County Medical Examiners Office responded to the scene and pronounced the driver deceased.

The crash remains under investigation by the Dunn County Sheriff’s Office along the Dunn County Medical Examiners Office.

The driver’s name is not being released at this time pending notification of family.