The winners of the Sun Prairie "Streets of Scarecrows" Contest have been announced. Troop 2591 won in the youth group, Samantha Hopkins won the adult group and Hair Excellence was the winner in the business group. 

The contest was held the week of Halloween. Entries were displayed on Main Street for all to see!

An 84-year-old Deforest man was killed in two-vehicle crash on Hwy. C and Egre Road in the town of Windsor at about 8:40 a.m. on Monday, according to the Dane County Sheriff's Department.

Eugene S. Pollock failed to yield right of way from a stop sign on Egre Road in his Dodge Caravan, and struck the passenger side of a Hummer traveling southbound on Hwy. C. 

The Hummer was driven by David Minko,44, of Sun Prairie.  Minko was transported by ambulance to a local hospital with minor injuries.

Eugene Pollock was transported by ambulance to the University of Wisconsin Hospital, and shortly after 10:00 p.m. on Monday he died as a result of his injuries. 

The crash remains under investigation by the Dane County Sheriff’s Office.  

A Sun Prairie worker is among three Charter Communications employees to be recognized by the Wisconsin Cable Communications Association (WCCA) as among the best in the state.

Tim Vowell of Sun Prairie received the WCCA’s Award of Excellence in Public Affairs. Tim has been in the cable industry for 23 years and serves as President of the WCCA’s Board of Directors in addition to his role as Director of Government and Public Relations for Charter.

"In the area of public affairs, nobody deserves this award more than Tim Vowell," said Tom Moore, Executive Director of the WCCA. "Year in and year out, I’ve been able to call on Tim when needed to support our industry."

Jeff Kuhnke, an Advanced Video Engineer in Charter’s Stevens Point location and Director of Engineering for Charter in Wisconsin Tim Normand, of Chippewa Falls, also received WCCA Awards of Excellence for 2010 at the WCCA’s recent annual convention in Sheboygan.