WESTBY, Wis. – A Westby man charged with ramming his car into a smoke shop in nearby Viroqua over the weekend has gone missing. The mother of Corey D Simonson, 49, reported that he disappeared with her car, a maroon 2007 Chevrolet Equinox with mismatched panels. The mother said Simonson might be headed to the Twin Cities. The car was placed on a multistate police registry of stolen vehicles. Family told police that Simonson might be suicidal. The vehicle was spotted two counties north of Westby on a Mississippi River route likely through Winona or Prescott.
Simonson. Six-foot-1 and 180 pounds.