Courier Press

 By Correne Martin

The family-friendly, free summer concert series on St. Feriole Island, Concerts on the River, has increased in popularity every summer since it began several years ago. It’s back again this summer and, thanks to additional sponsorship of the regional bands, the quality of music will be outstanding and the length of the series will extend further into the season.

“I’m very happy to say that we’ve picked up a new sponsor. In addition to the Jaycees and city parks and rec, Mediacom is sponsoring this year’s concerts,” Prairie du Chien Parks and Rec Director Mike Ulrich said.

Beginning June 16 and ending Aug. 4, every Thursday, from 6:30 to 8 p.m., the public is invited to bring their blankets, lawn chairs and snacks—and their dancing shoes if they wish—to Lawler Park, where all can enjoy a casual evening of entertainment. The schedule is as follows:

On June 7, the Crawford County Sheriff’s Department applied for and was granted a search warrant for a residence on South 13th Street in the city of Prairie du Chien. The Crawford County Sheriff’s Department has been conducting an investigation into the sale of illegal narcotics at that residence for the past month.  

On June 7, at approximately 5 p.m., the Sheriff’s Department K9 officer searched a vehicle belonging to Jessica Ott, 23, Dodgeville, after that vehicle was seen leaving the residence on South 13th Street and then stopped at the parking lot of a Prairie du Chien tavern. K9 Breck alerted to the presence of illegal narcotics being in the vehicle. The subsequent search of the vehicle revealed methamphetamine, marijuana and stolen property from Clayton County, Iowa.  

Third man 

sentenced in beating of local restaurant owner

By Ted Pennekamp

A 23-year-old Salem Ill. man was sentenced on June 8 in Crawford County Circuit Court in connection with the severe beating of a local restaurant owner.

By Caitlin Bittner

Over the weekend, Prairie du Chien resident, Rob Shaw, made a proposal of engagement to girlfriend Carrie Gingerich. He hired a plane from the Air Signs and Banners to help him convery the message.

Shaw, a traveling nurse, got the idea while he and Gingerich were in California. “We’d been talking about getting married for awhile, but I didn’t know how to ask,” said Shaw. “But I knew I wanted it to be big, and I wanted it to last forever.”

“I thought about a lot of ways to do it. Like collecting white rocks, spelling it out, then taking her up to the bluffs,” said Shaw. “I also thought about having our friends hold signs up for her.”

But in the end, Shaw said that when they saw the planes, he just knew an airplane would create a big enough spectacle to make the moment memorable for all involved.