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Tue
08
Apr

Norma Ruth Valdovinos

 March 14, 1932 – March 28, 2025

Norma Ruth Valdovinos, a long-time resident of Bagley, Wisconsin, passed away peacefully at the age of 93.

Tue
08
Apr

Claudia Ann Standorf

November 18, 1938 - April 5, 2025

 

Tue
08
Apr

Students ready to perform ‘Steel Magnolias’


A scene in the hair salon features many of the main cast members of Wauzeka-Steuben’s rendition of Steel Magnolias. Students’ roles are in parentheses. Standing: Sophia Walz (Ouiser), Elyse Sims (Annelle), Violet Mitchell (Clairee), Sitting: Brooke Mitchell (Truvy), Olivia Colson (Shelby), Molli Hooker (M’Lynn). (Steve Van Kooten/Courier Press)

By Steve Van Kooten

 

Tue
08
Apr

Wauzeka-Steuben Students take part in SkillsUSA conference


Devyn Allert (left) and Elyse Sims (right) work together at the team engineering competition during the SkillsUSA Wisconsin State Leadership and Skills Conference on April 1 and 2. Teams of two to three students worked on designing and constructing a house that could resist inclement weather as part of their assessment. (Photos by Steve Van Kooten)

(Left to right, front row) Technology and Engineering Professional Educator Riley Blair, William Zander, Clint Mitchell, Zoey Jelinek, Ali Jelinek, Devyn Allert and Aaliyah Lathrop. (Left to right, back row) Bentley Dums, Cody Wagner, Stetson Zeeh, Josh Martin (partially obstructed), Cooper Lomas Elyse Sims and Brad Gillitizer. Wauzeka-Steuben students taking part in the team engineering competition along with two advisors.

Approximately 30 students from Wauzeka-Steuben competed in Madison

By Steve Van Kooten

Tue
08
Apr

Prairie du Chien school denied referendum for second time

By Steve Van Kooten

 

Fri
04
Apr

Three PdC youth wrestlers state champs


Prairie du Chien Youth Wrestler Maisie Rabbitt poses on top of the podium after placing first in her bracket at last weekend’s WWF Kids Folkstyle State Championship Meet in Madison. (Prairie Wrestling K-8 Facebook)

Prairie du Chien’s Mahogany Mergen was one of three Prairie Youth Wrestlers to win a WWF Kids Folkstyle State Championship last weekend at the Alliant Eneergy Center in Madison. (Prairie Wrestling K-8 Facebook)

PdC’s Blake Konichek went 5-0 to earn his second consecutive WWF Kids Folkstyle State Championship this past weekend. (Prairie Wrestling K-8 Facebook)
By Derick Kelly
 
Three Prairie du Chien youth wrestlers earned championships at the Wisconsin Wrestling Federation’s Kids Folkstyle State Wrestling Championship this past weekend at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison. Placing first for Prairie were Blake Konichek, Mahogany Mergen and Maisie Rabbitt.
Fri
04
Apr

River Ridge Softball begins season 2-0


River Ridge’s Abby Doyle connects with a pitch during the Timberwolves home opener against De Soto last Friday. (A.J. Gates/Grant County Herald Independent)
By A.J. Gates
 
Under the guidance of Wade Winkers, the River Ridge softball team kicked off the 2025 season last week with non-conference victories over Darlington and De Soto.
Winkers, who coached the River Ridge softball program from 2005 to 2011 and again from 2016 to 2019, steps back into the coaching box after a five-year hiatus, and is assisted by former head coach Todd Breuer, who coached the Timberwolves from 2020 to 2022.
Fri
04
Apr

Royals drop season opener

By Derick Kelly
 
The 2025 softball season kicked off last week and the Seneca Royals were able to get on the diamond with a non-conference game at Belmont last Friday. 
The Royals took on a perennially strong Braves team and were defeated 14-3 in six innings to drop to 0-1 on the season. Seneca was held to three hits in the loss. Brigid Hall suffered the loss on the pitching mound.
Ava Sime led the Royals offense by going 2-for-2 with one walk and one RBI. Brittany Heisz was 1-for-3 with a double and one run scored while Addison Davidson added a RBI groundout.
Tue
01
Apr

John Baures

October 4, 1961–March 21, 2025

John Baures, age 63, of Mt. Sterling, passed away peacefully on Friday, March 21, 2025, at his home. He was born on Oct. 4, 1961, to the late James and Delores (Kaiser) Baures in the Gays Mills area. John attended North Crawford High School and afterwards, he went straight into the work force, working for Cleary Building in construction and BAPI as a factory worker. 

Tue
01
Apr

Janice Louise Stuckey Sept.23, 1933–March 28, 2025

Janice Louise Stuckey, 91, of Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin passed away Friday, March 28, 2025. 

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