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Wed
08
Nov

One of two WWII veterans in Wauzeka Legion shares his memories


Bob Hazen is one of only two World War II veterans remaining on the Wauzeka American Legion. He enlisted in the Navy at the age of 17 and only served a few years but, at the age of 90, he’s still very proud of his service to this country.

By Correne Martin

Rather than being drafted, Bob Hazen signed up for the Navy in 1944. He was just 17 years old.

His brother George, the first ever Army soldier drafted from Crawford County, advised Bob in written correspondence to join the Navy.

“He said at least I’d have a warm bed and good food ‘til they blew up my ship,” he remembered.

Bob graduated from Wauzeka High School one night and was on the train the next morning, at 5 a.m., headed for Great Lakes Naval Station in Illinois. He endured only six weeks of training and then went off to California, where he boarded a Navy ship.

“I was scheduled to go to Okinawa (Japan) but, on the way over, [the U.S.] dropped the atomic bomb, ending the war. So I never went there,” he said.

Aboard the 1,500-man ship for the two-week trip overseas, Bob said he cooked for all the passengers three times a day.

Wed
08
Nov

Veterans Day programs set

The Monday, Nov. 6 Courier Press had two errors in Veterans Day observance dates and times. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. What follows is a list of the correct dates and times for local observances, on and around Veterans Day.

Nov. 9
•Seneca Schools, 9 a.m.

Nov. 10
•Bluff View Intermediate School, 8:30 a.m.
•Prairie du Chien High School, 10 a.m.
•River Ridge High School, 10 a.m.
•Wauzeka-Steuben Schools, 10:30 a.m.
•Prairie Maison, 2 p.m.

Nov. 11
•PdC Honor Guard, firing at the Prairie du Chien Veterans Memorial, 11 a.m.
•Northeast Iowa Vietnam Veterans Association program, Strawberry Point civic center, 11 a.m.
•Crawford County Veterans Day program, Century Hall, Wauzeka, 7 p.m.
•Veterans Day Dance, Larry Busch Big Band, Vesperman Farms, Lancaster, 7 p.m.

Wed
08
Nov

Fatality involved in head-on crash

One man was pronounced dead and another was severely injured in a semi versus truck crash that occurred between the Wisconsin-Iowa bridge Monday morning, according to the Crawford County Sheriff’s Department.

At 8:58 a.m., Nov. 6, officers were called to the scene on Highway 18 and found that a 2005 Kenworth semi, owned and operated by Robert Wiemerslage, 63, of Spring Grove, Minn., had struck a 2009 Ford F150, operated by Raul Rivera Negron, 49, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, head-on.

Wed
08
Nov

Bloomington sisters featured on billboard in Bridgeport


Ava (left) and Ashlyn DeShaw are pictured with aunt Emily Edge on this billboard, near the Captain’s Cove in Bridgeport. The billboard was provided through a Travel Wisconsin grant to Shakespeare on the Edge, in promotion of its renaissance faire in New Glarus, A Gathering of Rogues and Ruffians. (Photo by Correne Martin)

By Correne Martin

Two young girls from Bloomington have been featured on a very prominent billboard in Bridgeport late this summer and fall. Ava and Ashlyn DeShaw, 9-year-old daughters of Adam and Jackie DeShaw, are fourth graders at River Ridge School.

The sisters are pictured on the billboard—Ava as a pirate and Ashlyn as a witch—enjoying some tea and smiling during at A Gathering of Rogues and Ruffians, a renaissance faire in New Glarus. The billboard is located near Captain’s Cove, along Highway 18.

Their aunt, Jennifer (Edge) Bethel, happens to be the founder and executive director of Shakespeare on the Edge, an incorporation based in Monroe that works to bring youth together through the works of William Shakespeare to explore the healing power of art and the transformative qualities of performance (shakespeareontheedge.blogspot.com).

Wed
08
Nov

Thomas “Tom” M. McKillip

 

Thomas “Tom” M. McKillip, of Waterford (Tichigan Lake), passed away at home and went to be with Jesus on Monday, Nov. 6, at the age of 80. 

 

Tue
07
Nov

Gerald A. Frydenlund

 

Gerald A. Frydenlund died peacefully of natural causes on Saturday, Nov. 4, at the Heritage Monona Senior Living Center in Monona. He died as he lived, with courage and conviction; and the respect of his caregivers and hospice providers at Heritage.

 

Tue
07
Nov

Georgia Lou Simpson

 

Georgia Lou Simpson, 72, of Prairie du Chien, died Sunday, Nov. 5, at Bethel Home and Services, Viroqua.

 

Georgia Lou was born March 7, 1945, to Leota (Parkin) Harlos in Springfield, Ill. She earned her GED in Springfield, Ill. 

 

Mon
06
Nov

Southwest Tech campus closed after a threat

The Southwest Wisconsin Technical College campus in Fennimore was closed Wednesday, Nov. 1, after what SWTC officials called “a direct threat to campus safety.”

William Howell, 42, of Livingston, was arrested for disorderly conduct after the reported threat resulted in the closing of the campus, according to the Grant County Sheriff’s Office.

According to the sheriff’s office, Howell became angry at Facebook likes of his children Tuesday evening by a SWTC student, who Howell believed was having an affair with Howell’s estranged wife.

After sending his estranged wife Facebook and text messages through the night, including a threat to assault the SWTC student, Howell confronted his estranged wife Wednesday around 7 a.m. and tried to prevent her from taking their children to school that morning, according to the sheriff’s office.

Fennimore police and Grant County deputies responded to the threat, according to the Southwest Tech website.

Mon
06
Nov

Veterans Day observations

For 98 years, Americans have remembered those who served our country in uniform on Nov. 11—first as Armistice Day, and then, since 1954, as Veterans Day.

This year, Veterans Day will fall on a Saturday. As communities, schools, Legions and other organizations observe this special day, some events will take place on Saturday, Nov. 11, while others will happen on a weekday before or after the holiday. The public is welcome to attend all of the following.

•The Crawford County Veterans Day program will be held Nov. 11 at Century Hall in Wauzeka at 7 p.m., hosted by Post 446 of Steuben. Theresa Brewer, a Persian Gulf veteran from Boscobel, is the guest speaker for the evening.

•Seneca Schools has scheduled its Veterans Day program at the school for Thursday, Nov. 9, at 9 a.m.

Mon
06
Nov

Turkey, Tinsel and Tears Nov. 8 can help cope with loss of a loved one


The Infields’ last photo together from December 2013. Todd passed away unexpectedly in March 2014. His widow, Kristin, is now helping others cope with the loss of loved ones as she coordinates Gundersen Prairie du Chien’s Turkey, Tinsel and Tears program. Also pictured are their children, Riley and Ben.

Losing a loved one is never easy, whether it is an expected or unexpected death.

“Death is something we will all face and have to go through at some point in our lives,” said Kristin Infield, of Cassville, a registered radiologic tech at Gundersen Prairie du Chien Clinic.

She knows the pain of losing loved ones all too well. In March 2014, Kristin’s husband, Todd, an attorney in Lancaster, collapsed after his right carotid artery dissected and caused a stroke. He died a few days later on March 3, just days shy of his 45th birthday. To add to the pain, Todd’s father had passed away unexpectedly just three months earlier.

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