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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.

Tue
04
Nov

Linda L. Cook May 9, 1944–November 3, 2025

Linda L. Cook, age 81 of Prairie du Chien passed away Monday, November 3, 2025, at Garden View Place in Monona, Iowa. 

Tue
04
Nov

Neil F. Gardner

March 10, 1932–October 30, 2025

Neil F. Gardner, age 93, of Glen Haven, passed away on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025, at Orchard Manor Nursing Home.  

Tue
04
Nov

Fort Fun receives donation from Peoples State Bank


(Left to right) Aphton Check, Mike Wallace, Brennan Clark, Grant Martin and Allison Oswald. Wallace accepted a $20,000 donation toward the Fort Fun remodel project from Peoples State Bank this past week. The Fort Fun Park has accumulated close to $300,000 in donations since fundraising began earlier this year. (Steve Van Kooten/Courier Press)

By Steve Van Kooten

 

Tue
04
Nov

Board approves budget, sets lower mil rate

By Steve Van Kooten

 

Tue
04
Nov

PdC’s Pizza Ranch now open


The Pizza Ranch in Prairie du Chien held a ribbon-cutting ceremony and grand opening this past week. The Prairie du Chien Area Chamber of Commerce, along with representatives from the city, county and local businesses attended the cutting on Wednesday, Oct. 29. (Steve Van Kooten/Courier Press)

Ambassadors from the Prairie du Chien Area Chamber of Commerce as well as representatives from the city, participated in a “first bite” during the ribbon cutting this past week.

By Steve Van Kooten

 

Wed
29
Oct

State Bound: Kramer, Van Butsele qualify for WIAA D3 State Cross Country Meet


Prairie du Chien senior Sam Kramer placed fifth in the boys race at the D3 Prairie du Chien Sectional Meet at the Prairie du Chien Country Club this past Saturday, Oct. 25th to become the first PdC boy to qualify for the state cross country meet since 1992. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

River Ridge sophomore Alix Van Butsele qualified for the girls state cross country meet in Wisconsin Rapids this upcoming Saturday with a fifth place finish in the girls race. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Sophomore Landon Smith pushes himself down the home stretch as he holds off Argyle/Pecatonica runner Ayden Slater. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Prairie du Chien runners Karly Kramer (8409) and Kennady Fradette (8407) round a tourn on the course at the Prairie du Chien Country Club while classmate and PdC golfer Fiona Chen cheers them on. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Wauzeka-Steuben junior Nolan Reed-Mullikin (left) and Prairie du Chien junior Lane Henderson (right) go all out as they hit the final stretch of the race. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Senior Wyatt Mullikin finishes the final cross country race of his high school career in a time of 19:41. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

The Hornets' Alayna Martin (left) is cheered on by teammate Isabella Bunders (right), who was unable to run due to injury. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Hornets ninth-grader Abby Wright focuses on what's in front of her as she makes a turn on the course early in the race. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Wauzeka-Steuben's Theo Millin (left) and River Ridge's Luke Breuer (right) keep pace with each other after emerging from underneath the tree overhang. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

By Derick Kelly

 

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