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Mon
23
Jan

K-9 unit aids in meth arrest

Submitted by admin1 on Mon, 01/23/2017 - 11:08

On Jan. 19, the Crawford County Sheriff’s Department K-9 unit conducted a vehicle contact in the parking lot of Wal-Mart located in Bridgeport Township.

 
The passenger in the vehicle exited and approached two other occupied parked vehicles. After identifying the parties in all three vehicles, K-9 Breck was utilized for open free air sniffs of all the vehicles. K-9 Breck alerted to the presence of one or more controlled substances on a 1993 Chevrolet pickup occupied by Dillan Boydtson, 34, Decorah, Iowa. A probable cause search of Boydston’s vehicle was conducted and a hypodermic needle loaded with liquid methamphetamine was located in the vehicle.

Boydtson was arrested for possession of methamphetamine and operating a motor vehicle with a restricted controlled substance.

Assisting the sheriff’s department was the Prairie du Chien Police Department.

Mon
23
Jan

Show of Sportsmanship

Submitted by admin on Mon, 01/23/2017 - 11:07

By Ted Pennekamp

 

Every once in a while sports transcends mere wins and losses. Such was the case Jan. 12 when Prairie du Chien senior Ethan Swiggum wrestled a young man from River Valley who has down syndrome.

Mon
23
Jan

Relay For Life kick-off celebration offers public enjoyable evening out to share ideas

Submitted by admin1 on Mon, 01/23/2017 - 11:07

With the annual relay coming in May 2017, the public is invited to a casual kick-off celebration at The Barn, Thursday, Jan. 26, at 5 p.m. (Courier Press file photo)

By Correne Martin

The Great River Relay For Life is planning a new location and a new format for 2017. This year’s annual fundraiser for the American Cancer Society will take place at Hoffman Hall in Prairie du Chien on Friday, May 19, from 5 to 11 p.m.

To kick off the fundraising season, Relay For Life is hosting a casual celebration for people interested in gathering to ask questions, provide suggestions, learn more details or simply observe the achievements the local relay has made in the past. On Thursday, Jan. 26, beginning at 5 p.m., The Barn Restaurant in Prairie du Chien will host the informal event. Cancer survivors, past and present, family and friends, as well as supportive area community members are invited to come together, order a good meal from The Barn’s menu and enjoy the evening out. The Barn is generously donating a percentage of the night’s proceeds toward the relay.

Mon
23
Jan

Celebrate Prairie du Chien telethon tradition Saturday

Submitted by admin1 on Mon, 01/23/2017 - 11:04

The Eagles Heart and Cancer Telethon is here again. It will take place at Bluff View School Saturday, Jan. 28, from 5 p.m. to 1 a.m. Participate in person or watch it on TV or online. Pictured, two of the co-hosts, Tom Nelson and Dan Moris, talk about the Tree of Hope, which recognizes people currently battling heart disease or cancer. (Photos by Randy Paske)

The co-hosting crew includes Dan Moris, Tom Nelson, Natalie Stram and Tom Stram.

By Correne Martin

The 42nd annual Eagles Heart and Cancer Telethon is Saturday, Jan. 28, from 5 p.m. to 1 a.m., at Bluff View School in Prairie du Chien. It will be broadcast live on local Mediacom channel 6 and online (link will be available on Facebook: Eagles Heart and Cancer Telethon PDC).

In 2016, a record-setting $43,700 was raised, taking the total over the past four decades to $810,566.

“The telethon’s roots are in our ability to put on a television show and we encourage people to get on their telephone and make a pledge,” said co-host Nelson, who has been a driving force of the telethon from nearly the beginning. “That’s what our grassroots past is all about. Local talent is our focus and it’s entirely Prairie du Chien’s own. Our community is what adds character to this project and it doesn’t take away from the mission of what we’re doing.”

Mon
23
Jan

Winter Road Maintenance Cost

Submitted by admin on Mon, 01/23/2017 - 11:02

There were several accidents during the ice storm of Jan. 16, 17 and 18. This Crawford County tri-axle plow truck slid off of Newby Hollow Road on Jan. 16. (Photo courtesy of Dennis Pelock)

 

Crawford County winter road 

maintenance has cost $823,000

By Ted Pennekamp

 

Mon
23
Jan

Local man guilty of homicide by drunken driving

Submitted by admin on Mon, 01/23/2017 - 10:59

By Ted Pennekamp

 

A former Prairie du Chien man was found guilty Friday in Crawford County Circuit Court of homicide by the intoxicated use of a motor vehicle and homicide by the use of a vehicle with a prohibited alcohol concentration.

Mon
23
Jan

Eileen A. Jerde

Submitted by admin on Mon, 01/23/2017 - 09:11

 

Eileen A. Jerde, 87, of Prairie du Chien, passed away Saturday, Jan. 21, at the Prairie Maison Care Center following a brief illness.

 

Fri
20
Jan

Russel D. Riggs

Submitted by admin on Fri, 01/20/2017 - 11:34

Russel D. Riggs, 54, of Steuben, passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 17, at Gundersen Hospital in La Crosse.

 

He was born on Aug. 16, 1962, in Boscobel. The son of Ronald and Sharon (Jones) Riggs. He married Jill Blacconiere on Sept. 6, 2001, in Crawford County.

Fri
20
Jan

Nancee D. Koch

Submitted by admin on Fri, 01/20/2017 - 08:26

 

Nancee D. Koch, 69, of Prairie du Chien passed away Wednesday, Jan. 18, at the Gundersen Health Systems in La Crosse, following a brief illness.

 

Wed
18
Jan

Local man charged with fifth OWI

Submitted by admin1 on Wed, 01/18/2017 - 13:45

A 57-year-old Prairie du Chien man was charged on Jan. 12 in Crawford County Circuit Court with one count of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated (fifth offense).

Charles W. Humbert faces up to a $25,000 fine and 10 years in prison if convicted.

According to the criminal complaint, a person called the Crawford County Sheriff’s Department to report that a man driving a Jeep Cherokee pulled into the parking lot of a convenience store in Prairie du Chien and struck a traffic barrier in front of the building. The caller said the man stumbled into the store, the complaint said.

The caller then informed dispatch that the man had gotten back into his vehicle and was driving south in an alley. A deputy then began following the vehicle. The license plate lamps were not working on the vehicle, and the vehicle swerved back and forth, according to the complaint.

The vehicle came to a stop behind the man’s residence in Prairie du Chien.

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