LACRESCENT, Minn. — A Rushford driver crashed into a guardrail and was injured on U.S. 14 across the swamp between LaCrescent and LaCrosse. Courtney Marie Metz-Kalbarczyk, age 36, was taken to a LaCrosse hospital for injuries that appeared no-life threatening. An infant boy in the van was belted and unhurt. Houston County deputies said Kalbarczyk was driving a 2016 Dodge Grand Caravan into LaCrosse. This was about 10:25 a.m. on what locals call “the Pike.” The accdeng was near the exit to DNR Landing Road, just short of the Mississippi River high bridge.
