Traffic came to a bit of a standstill yesterday afternoon after a crash involving a tanker truck and pickup truck happened on State Route 238. The crash closed the highway for about three hours while the roadway was cleared.

And a Superior couple is facing animal cruelty charges after they allegedly forgot they had tied a dog to the back of their truck and drove off. The dog was transported to a vet.

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