More than $11,000 has been raised to help the five children of Town of Sun Prairie resident Jessica Ewers, killed by her ex-boyfriend.
The 44-year-old Ewers was reportedly shot and killed by 45-year-old James T. Budworth on Dec. 28 in her Pierceville Road home.
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