WHITEHALL, Wis. – The judicial calendar has been laid out for a Melrose man accused of murder in a gruesome roadside shooting in May 2024. Trial for Todd Erick Gieck was scheduled for five days in April 2026. Judge Thomas Clark also set a pre-trial conference for February 2026. Meanwhile, Gieck, age 62, is in the Trempealeau County jail in lieu of $1.5 million bail.
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