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.

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The man accused of killing three people in New Lisbon had his cash bond set at $5 million in court on Friday. Virgil Thew, 47, is accused of three charges of first-degree intentional homicide, and additional charges were also included.