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Tue
11
Nov

Students loose in the woods for musical production


Arya Rabbitt stockpiles pastries for her grandmother, while Emily Luedtke, paying the Baker’s Wife, looks on.

Adalyn Blackburn (right), as Cinderella, is told she cannot go out like her devious stepsisters and must stay back to complete her chores.

Prairie du Chien students jerked the curtain on four performances of Into the Woods this past week, thrilling audiences with song, dance and opulent set production design.

Tue
11
Nov

Truck route change, payment for police cruisers approved


Prairie du Chien residents and visitors can now use both lanes of North Beaumont Road and East Haydn Street after construction crews removed the fencing around the county jail expansion project this past week. (Steve Van Kooten/Courier Press)

By Steve Van Kooten

 

Tue
11
Nov

Novel Grounds has bevy of lattes, literature


(Left to right) Frankie Copsey and Shelby Hietpas are the owners of Novel Grounds, a coffee and bookstore in Bloomington that opened to the public in late September. The store is open Monday through Saturday each week. (Steve Van Kooten/Courier Press)

By Steve Van Kooten

 

Tue
11
Nov

DeHart named SWC Boys Soccer Player of the Year


Prairie du Chien senior Garrett DeHart was named the 2025 Southwest Wisconsin Conference Player of the Year for 2025. DeHart is the first player in program history to be named the conference’s player of the year and he helped lead the Prairie du Chien/Wauzeka-Steuben/Youth Initiative tri-up to the regional final after upsetting third seeded Sugar River (Belleville/New Glarus) in the regional semifinal round. DeHart finished the 2025 season with 31 goals scored, making him the new PdC Boys Soccer career scoring leader with at least 53 goals (freshman year total is currently unavailable). (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Senior goal keeper Asher Pitzer (00) ended his career with a second team all-conference selection. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Junior Ezra Mask, seen here about to kick the ball away from the Hawks net during their regional win at Sugar River, was also named to the SWC’s second team. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Freshman Ephraem Carns-Hilliker (an honorable mention selection) works to keep the ball away from the Sugar River defender. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Senior Brock Torgerson (also selected to the honorable mention list) finds himself in a battle with a Richland Center player for control of the ball. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Sophomore Max Moon (an honorable mention selection as a defender) passes the ball up the field. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Senior Pelle Arnold (8), a second team midfielder selection controls the ball as he gets by the Sugar River defender. Teammate Adrian Morales-Fuerte (17) awaits a possible pass. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Junior Adrian Morales-Fuerte (17) races past his Hornets opponent. Morales-Fuerte was named to the midfield second team. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Freshman October Bartelt celebrates after scoring a goal in the Hawks’ regional semifinal win at Sugar River. He was named honorable mention as a midfielder. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

By Derick Kelly

 

Tue
11
Nov

PdC’s Kennedy honored by SWC


Claire Kennedy (13) was named honorable mention by the SWC for the 2025 volleyball season. (A.J. Gates/Grant County Herald Independent)

By Derick Kelly

 

Wed
05
Nov

Hawks end 2025 campaign with loss at Stratford


Elias Kimbler (59) works hard to create a hole for teammate Darian Jackson (1) to run through. Quarterback Cayden Sutter (3) looks on in the background. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Wide receiver Brock Radloff (5) hauls in a pass from Sutter that may have been intended for Ashton Landt (11) for a touchdown. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Prairie du Chien senior Westin Marx tries to block Stratford defensive lineman Drew Gage from stopping the Hawks offensive plan. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Prairie quarterback Cayden Sutter (3) collected his first career defensive interception right before halftime as he hauled in the Tigers hail mary throw short of the end zone. Sutter ended the season with one interception on defense and one interception on offense. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

The Hawks defense celebrates their second takeaway of the game after sophomore Drake Chesebro holds on to the fumble while teammates Ashton Landt (11), Zach Ross (44) and Jack Simmons (50) declare the ball belongs to Prairie du Chien. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Sophomore Drake Chesebro works his way down the sideline during his fourth quarter kickoff return. It appeared to have been a touchdown only for it to be ruled that Chesebro stepped out-of-bounds at Stratford's 37-yard line. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

The Hawks offense (from left to right: Steven Duha (52), Clark Fritsche (64), Elias Kimbler (59), Cayden Sutter (3) and Jack Simmons (50) lines up deep inside Tigers territory. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Prairie du Chien's Hunter Reid (22), Zach Ross (44) and Deacon Chesebro (13) try to fight through the Stratford defensive line and get to Tigers quarterback Brady Berg (12). (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Senior Mason Hird gets into position to try and catch the ball during the fourth quarter of the Hawks' 28-21 loss at Stratford last Friday night. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Sophomore quarterback Cayden Sutter barely gets the pass off before being sacked late in the game. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Drake Chesebro somehow managed to catch the pass from Sutter before being tackled to the ground. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Prairie du Chien defenders Deacon Chesebro (13) and Ashton Landt (11) push Stratford's Mason Miller out of bounds. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

By Derick Kelly

 

Wed
05
Nov

Pair of local runners finish season at 2025 WIAA State Cross Country Meet


Prairie du Chien runner Sam Kramer gets past his competitors from the Prairie du Chien Sectional at the start of the WIAA D3 Boys State Cross Country Meet at Ridges Golf Course in Wisconsin Rapids this past Saturday afternoon. Kramer would go on to finish 54th in the D3 boys race. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Timberwolves sophomore Alix Van Butsele focuses on the finish line in front of her. Van Butsele would finished 34th overall in the D3 girls race. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

The Hawks’ Sam Kramer keeps pace near the front of the pack at the start of the WIAA D3 Boys State Cross Country Meet this past Saturday afternoon. Kramer would go on to finish in a time of 17:46. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

River Ridge foreign exchange student Alix Van Butsele maintains her pace behind Prairie du Chien Sectional Champion Elizabeth Curtis of Westby during the D3 girls race. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

By Derick Kelly

 

Wed
05
Nov

Hilbert holds off Seneca-Wauzeka-Steuben 22-20 to end Bluegolds season

By Derick Kelly

 

Tue
04
Nov

Philip “Phil” Roland Barrette

December 22, 1935–October 29, 2025

 

Tue
04
Nov

Susan Jean Gotto

October 23, 1949–October 28, 2025

Susan Jean Gotto, age 76, of Bagley, passed away peacefully on October 28, 2025, surrounded by her loving family.

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