ALMA, Wis. — A Plum City motorcyclist rear-ended a 5,800-pound vehicle and was critically injured. Paul Retzer was taken 12 miles to the Wabasha hospital, then airlifted 50 miles farther to a higher-level trauma facility in Rochester. The accident was about 2:10 p.m. Buffalo County deputies said the vehicle, a 2003 Ford Expedition, was making a left turn onto Spooner Road. This was on U.S. Highway 35 north of Alma toward Nelson. The vehicle driver, Margaret Ruff of Alma, and a juvenile passenger were not hurt.
