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Tue
02
May

Ronald D. Riggs

Submitted by admin on Tue, 05/02/2023 - 20:50

Ronald D. Riggs, 91, of Mt. Zion, WI died peacefully in his sleep on Monday, April 24, 2023, in his home.

Tue
02
May

Diana Marie Stevenson

Submitted by admin on Tue, 05/02/2023 - 20:48

Diana Marie Stevenson, age 67, of Prairie du Chien, Wisc. passed away January 9, 2023. She was born September 17, 1955, in Blue Earth, Minnesota to Boyd and Marlys (Samuelson) Loveless. Diana grew up in Cresco, Iowa and attended Kirkwood College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. On December 11, 1976, she married Michael “Mike” Stevenson. Earlier that year, they moved to Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin where she worked as a florist for Stanley and Mary Lou Garnsworthy. Together, Diana and Mike opened the Great River Outdoor Theatre and raised two children. Diana was a longtime member of the Arbor Day Foundation and the St.

Tue
02
May

Irma Lee Koonce

Submitted by admin on Tue, 05/02/2023 - 20:47

Irma Lee Koonce, 86 of West Salem, Wisc. and formerly of Prairie du Chien passed away on Sunday, April 23, 2023, at the Gundersen Health System in La Crosse. She was born February 20, 1937, in St. Paul, MN to Alvin and Bertha (Berquist) Wisdom and graduated from St. Paul Central High School on June 17, 1955.

Thu
27
Apr

Louis Jolliet: A Solid Path Through Water

Submitted by admin1 on Thu, 04/27/2023 - 15:05

Louis Jolliet: A Solid Path Through Water, is a one-act, one-person play written and performed by Jim Healy, in honor of the 350th anniversary of the voyage of Father Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet down the Mississippi River.
Their four-month voyage began on May 17th, 1673. Although Jolliet returned to Quebec, Father Marquette died on his return journey. The play set in Anticosti Island, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence at the mouth of the St. Lawrence River, Quebec in the summer of 1700, the year Jolliet disappeared.
Performance Thursday May 4 at 7 pm at the Performing Arts Center, Prairie du Chien. Tickets at the door or at the Main Street Office. 700 E. Blackhawk Ave Prairie du Chien (608) 326-0234

 

Thu
27
Apr

Doris Helen Laufenberg Krogman

Submitted by admin1 on Thu, 04/27/2023 - 14:19

Doris Helen Laufenberg Krogman, age 91, of Prairie du Chien, Wisc. passed away on Monday, April 17, 2023, at Crossing Rivers Health having lived a long and joyous life.

Wed
26
Apr

Area students named WIAA Scholar-Athletes

Submitted by admin1 on Wed, 04/26/2023 - 07:46

By Derick Kelly

Wed
26
Apr

Bipartisan support of Senate Bill 134

Submitted by admin1 on Wed, 04/26/2023 - 07:30

Senator Pfaff (D-Onalaska) and Representative Oldenburg (R-Viroqua) testified at the Senate Agriculture and Tourism Committee in support of Senate Bill 134 on April 20. This bipartisan bill would increase the tax credits that farmers can earn under the Farmland Preservation Program in Wisconsin and decrease the minimum length of farmland preservation agreements from 15 to 10 years. The legislation aims to revitalize the Farmland Preservation Program and attract greater participation from Wisconsin farmers. (Contributed photo)

Wed
26
Apr

Community responds as Mississippi continues to rise to record levels

Submitted by admin1 on Wed, 04/26/2023 - 07:29

Prairie du Chien high school students do a bucket brigade with sandbags at a home on N. Main street. The students moved five pallets of sandbags at this home. (Melissa R. Collum/ Courier Press)

Jim Hackett, Crawford County’s Emergency Management Director, prepares the nearly 200 Prairie du Chien high school students who were released from school on April 24 to help the community to sandbag and move households. (Melissa R. Collum/ Courier Press)

The 'Prairie -ness' has appeared in a yard on 1st street. The true measure of high water in PdC. (Melissa R. Collum/ Courier Press)

U.S. Marine Corps volunteers help to move appliances and a worker from Alliant Energy, picks up a chair to move to the truck, as he goes about his work. (Melissa R. Collum/Courier Press)

By Melissa R. Collum
** Please follow the Courier Press Facebook page for daily updates from the CC Emergency management and the City of Prarie du Chien.

Wed
26
Apr

Crawford County Community Fund 11th annual County Leadership Awards

Submitted by admin1 on Wed, 04/26/2023 - 07:18

Organizational representatives from the Crawford County Community Fund grant award winners. Front row: Dennis Cooley-Southwest Wisconsin Technical College Foundation and Dr. Scott Walker- Fennimore Medical PdC, Inc. Back row: Hetti Brown- Couleecap, Sarah Bratnober- Mississippi Valley Conservancy, Janelle Anderson- Village of Ferryville (Contributed photo)

The 2023 Crawford County Community Fund Leadership Award recipients were Cody Mullikin/C4 Car Club, Mike Mara, Boy Scouts of America, and Lt. Ryan Fradette, Crawford County Sheriff Department. (Contributed photo)

The Crawford County Community Fund (CCCF) held their 11th Annual Crawford County Leadership Awards on April 20 at the Old Oak Inn, Soldiers Grove.  The Fund’s mission is to serve the needs of the community and to make a positive impact on the lives of those around us.
The evening started off with a welcome address by CCCF Chair Jane Holzhauer and was followed by the presentation of awards by CCCF board member Pete Flesch.

Wed
26
Apr

Donald Mark Klatt

Submitted by admin1 on Wed, 04/26/2023 - 07:13

Donald Mark Klatt, 90 of Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin passed away Friday, April 21, 2023 at Crossing Rivers Health in Prairie du Chien, Wisc. He was born on December 16, 1932 to Ervin and Claudia (Meunier) Klatt in Milwaukee, Wisc. Donald graduated in 1951 from Rufus King High School in Milwaukee. He proudly joined and served in the United States Navy from May 1952 to May 1956.

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