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Rosemary Streeter

Submitted by admin on Mon, 04/03/2017 - 09:20

 

Rosemary Streeter, 88, of Prairie du Chien, died Tuesday, March 28, at Gunderson Health Systems in La Crosse.

 

Mon
03
Apr

Chelsea L. Waters

Submitted by admin on Mon, 04/03/2017 - 08:52

 

Chelsea L. Waters, 28, of Eastman, died unexpectedly Friday, March 31.

 

Fri
31
Mar

River Ridge val, sal value high school opportunities

Submitted by admin1 on Fri, 03/31/2017 - 11:56

Valedictorian Rebecca Breuer and Salutatorian Hope Schier

River Ridge has announced its valedictorian and salutatorian representing the Class of 2017. Rebecca Breuer is valedictorian and Hope Schier is salutatorian.

Valedictorian Rebecca Breuer is the daughter of Leo and Sara Breuer, of Wyalusing Township. She intends to attend classes at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities this fall and major in biomedical engineering.

Throughout high school, Rebecca has been named to the National Honor Society, student council, Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) and Friends Helping Friends. She’s served on the newspaper staff and participated in forensics. She’s been involved in science club, art club and Spanish club. She has also been active in track as well as the school’s pep, marching and concert bands all four years. Rebecca has held offices or leadership roles in nearly all of her activities.

Wed
29
Mar

Seneca over River Ridge

Submitted by admin on Wed, 03/29/2017 - 16:41

Seneca scores in the second inning versus River Ridge. (Photos by Ted Pennekamp)

River Ridge gets ready to deliver a pitch as Seneca’s Parker Hagensick leads off.

Andrew Wall leads off of third base for Seneca against River Ridge Tuesday afternoon.

 

Three pitchers team up as Seneca shuts out River Ridge

Seneca defeated River Ridge 10-0 on Tuesday as three pitchers combined to throw a shutout. Nick Payne struck out Connor Mumm to finish off the game.

Seneca grabbed an early lead.  Seneca scored on a single by Nick Payne, a double by Jared Payne, and a double by Andrew Wall in the first inning.

Wed
29
Mar

Clay Crushers Aim To Improve

Submitted by admin on Wed, 03/29/2017 - 16:30

Prairie du Chien Clay Crusher Zach Wachter takes aim at the target on the trap shooting simulator screen. Others in the rotation include, from back to front, John Titlbach, Lydia Seeley and Tanner Kohler. (Photo by Ted Pennekamp)

Max Clanton (left) and Justin Kossman help to build wood duck nesting boxes on Saturday. (Photo submitted)

 

Clay Crushers aiming to improve with use of technology

Prairie du Chien shooting team also selling wood duck nesting boxes

By Ted Pennekamp

 

The Prairie du Chien Clay Crushers continue to grow and use the latest technology to improve. 

Wed
29
Mar

Robert (Diz) Horsfall

Submitted by admin on Wed, 03/29/2017 - 15:05

 

Robert (Diz) Horsfall, 91, of  Lancaster, passed away Tuesday, March 28, at Grant Regional Health Center in Lancaster. 

 

Wed
29
Mar

Vehicle crashes into ditch, arrested for second OWI

Submitted by admin1 on Wed, 03/29/2017 - 11:05

A driver was witnessed venturing left of center, on Highway 18 near Military Ridge Road outside of Mt. Hope, which resulted in an arrest for operating while intoxicated, according to the Grant County Sheriff’s Department.

During the early morning hours of Friday, March 24, a deputy traveling west on Highway 18 saw a vehicle travel left of center and into the deputy’s lane of travel at about 12:50 a.m. The vehicle then drove off the road and into the ditch.

Contact was made with the driver, Lyle Clark, 28, of Mt. Hope, who was unaware of what had happened and appeared intoxicated, according to the officer. Field sobriety tests were administered and it was determined that Clark was intoxicated. Clark was arrested for second offense OWI.

The vehicle was removed from the ditch by B&M Towing, of Bloomington.

Wed
29
Mar

$1,000 in meth seized from area man

Submitted by admin1 on Wed, 03/29/2017 - 11:05

Over $1,000 in methamphetamine was seized after a traffic stop conducted by the Prairie du Chien Police Department on Sunday, March 26, at about 7 p.m., at the wayside between the Highway 18 bridges from Prairie du Chien to Marquette, Iowa.

According to a press release sent by Chief Chad Abram, police stopped a 1990 Mercury Sable for a traffic violation, during which Kenneth Marketto, 50, of Bagley, was arrested for possession of meth and possession of drug paraphernalia. Items seized included more than $1,000 in meth, meth drug paraphernalia, a scale and almost $600 in cash.

Abram said the driver of the vehicle, Bailee Usher, 20, of McGregor, Iowa, was cited and released following the traffic stop.

Wed
29
Mar

Familiar postmaster hopes to continue to deliver hometown feel in Prairie du Chien

Submitted by admin1 on Wed, 03/29/2017 - 11:03

Lori Long (right) is the new Prairie du Chien postmaster. She is pictured with Cori Sadowski, manager of the postal operations district no. 4, who recently presented Long with her federal postmaster authorization from the U.S. postmaster general/CEO (Megan Brennan). (Photo by Gary Howe)

By Correne Martin

Lori Long was designated the new postmaster of the Prairie du Chien Post Office on Oct. 29. She was the official in charge for about a month before then, when Darryl Martin retired from the post.

Long is a familiar face to Prairie du Chien. She and her husband moved to the community in 1980, and raised their four children here.

Ironically, on Oct. 29, 1994, she started working for the U.S. Postal Service as a part-time flexible clerk in the Lancaster branch. After a couple years there, she took a position in the Prairie du Chien office. Then, in 2006, she was promoted to business service network representative at the USPS district office in Milwaukee, where she worked with medium to large internal and external customers sending mail, understanding regulations and solving problems.

The Milwaukee Brewers and Boston Store/Younkers were among her biggest accounts.

Wed
29
Mar

Vaccines save 9 million lives a year globally

Submitted by admin1 on Wed, 03/29/2017 - 11:02

Crossing Rivers Health CEO Bill Sexton himself received a flu shot this season. (Submitted photo)

By Correne Martin

Immunizations are the second most important medical advancement since people have been on this earth. They save 9 million lives across the globe each year and have the potential to save an additional 16 million lives annually if effective vaccines were deployed against all potentially vaccine-preventable diseases.

Crossing Rivers Health Emergency Medical Director Dr. Kevin Whitney stresses the importance of vaccines for a number of reasons.

“They decrease people’s likelihood of finding themselves in the emergency room,” Whitney assured. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) estimates that, among children born in the last 20 years, vaccinations will prevent more than 21 million hospitalizations and 732,000 deaths.

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