VIROQUA, Wis. — Tipped that a man wanted on an arrest warrant was seen at a parking lot, Viroqua police went to check it out. The man, Nathan Randal Gossman, age 40, of Canton, Minnesota, jumped in a car with a Minnesota buddy, Jesse Devlaeminck, 46, of Rochester. They sped off. The car, with Gossman at the wheel, struck and injured a Viroqua officer, according to Vernon County Sheriff Roy Torgerson. Police gave pursuit 18 miles southwest to the hamlet of Retreat. There, police said, the vehicle crashed. Devlaeminck ran away but was taken into custody after a short search. Gossman, however, was gone. Despite a multi-agency search that included the Vernon County sheriff’s K-9 and the LaFarge drone team, Gossman wasn’t found. The sheriff said both men have a long record of burglary and thefts — and fleeing.
