MAUSTON – A Juneau County judge has set a $5 million cash bail for a man charged with killing 33-year-old Elizabeth Kolba and two girls, ages 12 and 13. Virgil G. Thew, 47, of New Lisbon, faces three counts of first-degree intentional homicide that were filed Jan. 3. Juneau County Circuit Court Judge Stacey Smith set Thew's bond Friday afternoon.

MAUSTON, Wis. (WKOW) — Triple homicide suspect Virgil Thew is being held on a $5 million cash bond. The judge set the bond during Thew's first court appearance at the Juneau County Justice Center on Friday. Thew, 47, is accused of killing his live-in girlfriend and two girls in his care in New Lisbon.

A Wisconsin man accused of a triple homicide in New Lisbon has been apprehended, authorities announced Thursday. Virgil Thew was arrested within 30 minutes after someone reported a suspicious individual in Elroy,

Law enforcement authorities in Wisconsin have arrested and charged a man they believe killed two juveniles and an adult in late December. The New Lisbon Police Department confirmed it had arrested 47-year-old Virgil Thew after an 11-day search.