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Car goes down embankment

Submitted by admin1 on Mon, 01/22/2018 - 15:20

On Wednesday, Jan. 17 at 5:20 p.m., the Crawford County Sheriff’s Department was notified of a one-vehicle accident on Quarry Road in Freeman Township with minor damage and no injuries.

Gregory R. E. Gens, 67, Ferryville, was traveling north on Quarry Road in a 2005 Toyota Corolla. The Gens vehicle was negotiating a sharp curve when it started to slide on the snow-covered and slippery roadway. The Gens vehicle slid across the southbound lane of traffic, continued off the left side of the roadway, went down a small embankment, struck a tree with the driver’s side door area and came to rest.

Gens claimed no injuries on scene.

Assisting at the scene was Scott’s Towing of Ferryville.

The Gens vehicle was pulled out and was able to be driven from the scene.

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Vehicle damages football field at Wauzeka-Steuben

Submitted by admin1 on Mon, 01/22/2018 - 15:19

Crimestoppers seek information

On Friday, Jan. 12, at approximately 8:21 a.m., the Crawford County Sheriff’s Department received a report of criminal damage to property to the Wauzeka-Steuben football field.

A vehicle was driven onto the football field and then it crashed into a chain-link fence. The incident occurred sometime during the night hours of Thursday, Jan. 11 or early morning hours of Friday, Jan. 12.

The Crawford County Crime Stoppers urges anyone having information about this or any other crimes to call 326-8933 or (866) 779-PAYS.

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Eagles telethon is this Saturday

Submitted by admin1 on Mon, 01/22/2018 - 15:19

Whether it’s hosts Tom Stram, Natalie Stram and Tom Nelson, performers like Autumn Kivi or donors like the Girl Scouts appearing on the broadcast, the telethon goal is to raise money toward cardiology and cancer research. (Courier Press file photos)

Every dollar makes a difference

By Correne Martin

Every year, the objective of the Eagles Heart and Cancer Telethon is to raise just $1 toward cardiology and cancer research. Though, truly, by the end of the eight-hour, local broadcast tradition, a figure much larger than that is reflected on the fundraising board.

“We are very proud of that number. People always want to know that total. That’s their connection to what their $10, in memory of grandma, went toward,” professed Tom Nelson, telethon co-host and esteemed Prairie du Chien personality. “The part of this that makes the entire telethon so special—from the viewer to the contributor to the participant—is that every little bit makes a difference from our little corner of the world.”

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Jan

Community support needed to improve senior living

Submitted by admin1 on Mon, 01/22/2018 - 15:15

Pictured are Alesha Erdenberger, assistant administrator at Bluff Haven and LaBatisse, and Dr. Mark Grunwald, retired geriatric medicine doctor and current member of the board of directors for Community Health Services Corporation. (Photo by Rachel Mergen)

By Rachel Mergen

Finding a place to live is normally not the problem for senior citizens, according to Dr. Mark Grunwald, who is a local retired geriatric medicine doctor and current member of the board of directors for Community Health Services Corporation. Buildings are created regularly that include small, easily-accessible apartments for low rent that enable the elderly to live comfortably. The real problems facing senior citizens vary and can have ramifications on their futures.

A large number of senior citizens, approximately a third, in the United States, has been declared vulnerable. To be defined as so by the government, the person is unable to complete daily tasks, like bathing themselves and balancing their checkbook. These inabilities lead to a higher rate of accidents, leaving these men and women in need of government and citizen protection and support for years to come.

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Driftless Development

Submitted by admin on Mon, 01/22/2018 - 09:48

 

Developing communities where the Wisconsin, Kickapoo 

and Mississippi rivers meet is the goal of Driftless Development

By Ted Pennekamp

 

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Jan

Disabled Vietnam vet may be ‘falling through the cracks’

Submitted by admin1 on Wed, 01/17/2018 - 14:31

This photo of Steve Narcisse is one of his service time that he proudly displays outside his home at a local nursing home.

VA system laws not the perfect fit for all cases

By Correne Martin

Mainstream opinion is that United States veterans are deserving of the utmost attention when it comes to care and services. However, these vehement matters involve as much “red tape” as most other state and federal programs, making the processes, the benchmarks and the programs in general more complicated to navigate.

Steve Narcisse, a 79-year-old disabled Vietnam veteran from Wauzeka who’s a patient at a Prairie du Chien nursing home, is just one example of a veteran struggling to get everything desired within the veterans affairs (VA) system. The hearing-impaired, minimally-verbal, wartime veteran is of Creole descent and, according to those closest to him, he’s as nice as can be and lived a modest life in the cities of Milwaukee and New Orleans before moving to Crawford County in the mid-2000s.

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Lessons in Learning - Mayne

Submitted by admin on Wed, 01/17/2018 - 12:00

By Rachel Mergen

 

“I want to make a difference in the world,” Terry Mayne, River Ridge kindergarten teacher, said sincerely about why she decided to become a teacher. For almost 40 years, she has taught in the district.

Mayne, originally from Lancaster, received her degree at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. She also completed credits at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.

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Lessons in Learning - Ellefson

Submitted by admin on Wed, 01/17/2018 - 11:57

By Rachel Mergen

Jean Ellefson’s mother was a teacher since the age of 18. Ellefson grew up in her foot steps, having watched her mother when she would bring her and her siblings to school on the weekends to help decorate the classroom and do small work activities.

Today, Ellefson finds herself as part of the current generation of educators, covering the role of Seneca Area School District’s librarian and Title I teacher since August of 1980.

“We didn’t have a whole lot of toys as kids,” Ellefson said about how she ended up with her love of reading. Her childhood was spent being read to by her parents and family and learning to read for herself. “I don’t remember a time not loving reading.”

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GSA forms in Prairie du Chien

Submitted by admin on Wed, 01/17/2018 - 10:51

 

Prairie du Chien GSA strives to 

empower, educate

By Ted Pennekamp

 

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Jan

District administrator resigns from post at Wauzeka-Steuben

Submitted by admin1 on Wed, 01/17/2018 - 10:47

The School District of the Wauzeka-Steuben Board of Education has announced that District Administrator Robert Sailer has submitted a letter of resignation.

The resignation is effective June 30. The board and Dr. Sailer have discussed how to move forward with hiring a replacement administrator and determined that it would be in the best interests of the district to engage an interim administrator to facilitate that transition. Therefore, Sailer will step aside from his active role with the district effective immediately to allow the district to begin this transition work.

In his letter, Sailer thanked the staff members, students, families, board members and community members of Wauzeka-Steuben for making the school district community a special place. He also expressed his desire to explore new professional and personal options and opportunities.

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