BEAVER DAM -- A 16-year-old girl from Beaver Dam was killed in a one-car crash about 3 p.m. Monday on Shaw Hill Road near Parker Road.

The Dodge County Sheriff's Department said Kristin A. Baade was a passenger in the car driven by Dominick Kaiser, 16, also from Beaver Dam. Baade was partially ejected from the car, Sheriff's Sgt. Dennis Walston said, and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Kaiser was taken to Beaver Dam Hospital and then was flown by Flight for Life helicopter to UW Hospital.

Walston said Kaiser was driving south on Shaw Road when the car began spinning out of control. The car went airborne and hit a power pole, causing the car to land on its roof. The Sheriff's Department said speed and failure to wear seat belts are believed to be factors in the crash.

Teen pleads guilty of killing sister

FARGO, N.D. -- On the day his trial was to start, a Sun Prairie teenager accused of killing his sister last summer has pleaded guilty to charges of murder and a deviate sexual act.

Sixteen-year-old Sergei Carlson is to be sentenced Oct. 23.

Carlson, of Sun Prairie, had been scheduled for trial Monday in Bismarck in the killing of his 16-year-old sister, Whitney, in her Fargo home. Prosecutors announced Sunday afternoon that he would enter a plea instead.

Authorities said Sergei Carlson told police he strangled his sister in her bedroom with his hands on July 13, 2007, put pillows over her face to muffle her sounds, then had sexual contact with her.

The judge had twice rejected a plea agreement calling for a 30-year prison sentence.

Sergei Carlson originally was charged as a juvenile. Because of his age and the severity of the charges, the case was moved to adult court, where the maximum sentence is life in prison.

Judge John Irby ordered a presentence review.

Robbed by man in van, man says

MADISON -- A 21-year-old Madison man reported being mugged early Sunday by a man in a van who accosted him while he was walking Downtown.

The victim told police he was on West Main Street near Bassett Street shortly after 3 a.m. when a man driving a van called him over to the driver's side window. When he went there, the victim said, the driver grabbed him by the shirt and demanded money.

The victim gave him some cash and the robber drove away, police said. The victim also told police he couldn't remember a lot of details about the incident because he had been drinking.

The robber was described as black and in his early 20s with very short hair and a goatee and driving an older, dark-colored minivan, police said.

Woman pleads not guilty in two deaths

GREEN BAY -- A De Pere woman accused of killing two teens in a drunken-driving accident this summer has pleaded not guilty to seven felonies, including two counts of first-degree reckless homicide.

A status conference for 45-year-old Anrietta M. Geske has been set for Oct. 17. The defense on Monday also filed for a change of venue in Brown County.

Prosecutors say Geske was intoxicated in June and driving her Porsche about 90 mph when she ran a red light and struck the teens' vehicle.

Killed in the crash were two 18-year-olds, Talhia Heroux, of Brussels in Door County, and Ashley Knetzger, of Allouez in Brown County.

No trial date has been set.

Wisconsin crews sent to Ohio, not Texas

WAUSAU -- Utility crews from Wisconsin Public Service prepared to go to Texas on Monday to help restore power to victims of Hurricane Ike have been redirected to Ohio.

Ten crews are responding to a request from American Electric Power, of Ohio, where strong storms have left 500,000 without power.

The crews from offices in Green Bay, Antigo, Waupaca, Merrill, Wabeno, Eagle River, Minocqua and Michigan assembled in Wausau before leaving for Ohio.

-- State Journal staff, wire services