Local News

Error message

  • Warning: array_merge(): Expected parameter 1 to be an array, bool given in _simpleads_render_ajax_template() (line 133 of /home/pdccourier/www/www/sites/all/modules/simpleads/includes/simpleads.helper.inc).
  • Notice: Trying to get property 'settings' of non-object in _simpleads_adgroup_settings() (line 343 of /home/pdccourier/www/www/sites/all/modules/simpleads/includes/simpleads.helper.inc).
  • Warning: array_merge(): Expected parameter 1 to be an array, bool given in _simpleads_render_ajax_template() (line 157 of /home/pdccourier/www/www/sites/all/modules/simpleads/includes/simpleads.helper.inc).
  • Notice: Trying to access array offset on value of type null in include() (line 24 of /home/pdccourier/www/www/sites/all/modules/simpleads/templates/simpleads_ajax_call.tpl.php).
Tue
26
Aug

Teynor provides update from the city police department

By Steve Van Kooten

 

Tue
26
Aug

Crawford County: Supervisors take tour of new jail building


(Left, left to right) Kraemer Brothers Vice President of Client Services Greg Callin, Sheriff’s Office Jail Transition Team Member Nate Bremmer and County Clerk Robin Fisher in the jail addition’s master control area. The county supervisors and other employees took a tour of the new jail building, which is in midst of construction.

Wisconsin Department of Corrections regulates the size of glass panels used within the facility, which is why there are framework grids throughout the jail, including the control center, where workers can monitor each of the jail pods. The glass will prevent inmates from seeing when they are being observed by jail staff as well. The jail pods allow law enforcement to house inmates by biological sex and risk.

(Bottom) The sally port will allow direct access to the booking area as well as a padded holding area (pictured). Currently the padded cell does not have the padding or other features installed.

By Steve Van Kooten

 

Tue
19
Aug

More on district’s future 3K program, repairs needed

By Steve Van Kooten

 

Tue
19
Aug

Opportunity Center merger a long time in the making

Grant, La Crosse, Crawford counties agencies will combine at start of the year

 

Tue
19
Aug

Coronel Zarate pleads guilty

Alejandro Jose Coronel Zarate, 28, pleaded guilty to one count of child abuse to intentionally cause harm and one count of strangulation and suffocation. Charges for second-degree sexual assault, disorderly conduct and two counts of battery were dismissed.

Tue
12
Aug

Opportunity Center 60th anniversary begins a new direction


Opportunity Center Board President Nancy Dowling speaks to a packed tent during a banquet on Friday, Aug. 8. Many representatives from the Center spoke during the event. (Steve Van Kooten/Courier Press)

Ritchie announces merger with La Crosse, Lancaster organizations

 

Tue
12
Aug

City receives 2024 audit, approves design project

By Steve Van Kooten

 

Tue
12
Aug

Mississippi Adventure Days offers learning opportunities


Brianna Balfanz (furthest right in red hat, dark shirt and vest) was among the many parents and volunteers that helped groups of children navigate the six exploratory stations set up for the Rotary Club’s Mississippi Adventure Days this past week. (Photos by Steve Van Kooten)

JUST HANGING OUT -- Steve Banicki, a naturalist with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, shows off a display that illustrates how workers count bat populations. Banicki and others volunteered ran educational stations during the Rotary Club’s Mississippi Adventure Day held on Monday, Aug. 4.

By Steve Van Kooten

 

Tue
05
Aug

St. Peter Lutheran youth serve, learn in New York


Members of the St. Peter Evangelical Luther Church went on a mission trip to the East Coast this past June. Participants stopped at several locations throughout New York State during their journey. (Submitted photo)

High school youth from St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church (ELCA) in Prairie du Chien joined youth from Immanuel Lutheran Church in Atwater, Minn., for a mission trip to Buffalo, N.Y., from June 22 to 30. 

Tue
05
Aug

Rattlesnake presentation highlights Driftless species


Erik Wild stands in front of a projector during his presentation about timber rattlesnakes in the Driftless Region. The presentation, which took place earlier this summer, covered reproduction and habits of the species. (Steve Van Kooten/Courier Press)

Wild's snakes may inspire a 'ssssss' but definitely not a 'zzzzzz'

 

Pages