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(Bottom) The entire field of 20 kids that competed in the spelling bee competition, which was won by Kenny Buck (20). Kenneth Buck won the Wauzeka-Steuben Spelling Bee on Jan. 8. He will advance to the regional competition in early February. He named “commotion” as the hardest word to spell during the contest. Everly Ward was the runner-up and will serve as Buck’s alternate. (Photos by Steve Van Kooten)
Photos from the 1988 Ice Fisheree, which was hit with sub-zero temperatures during the two-day event. (Archival photos/Courier Press)
With the 76th Annual Ice Fisheree less than a month away, the Courier Press has gone back to relive fisherees of years past, including the frigidly cold competition on Feb. 6 and 7, 1988.
(Top) Present day B.A. Kennedy in Prairie du Chien. The school will close before the 2026-27 school year. (Photo courtesy of Genevieve Wilson) (Bottom) An archival photo of construction work done on the same building at the turn of the century. The B.A.K. building received an extensive overhaul during a renovation that was originally approved in 1994. (Archival photo - 2000)
A crane used during the school’s 2000 remodel. B.A. Kennedy previously functioned as a K-12 school and then as an elementary and middle school before being converted into an elementary-only building. (Archival photo)
The bells on Prairie du Chien’s Catholic churches were given a sprucing up earlier this year. Father Brandon Guenther provided a photo showing crews working on the bells at the church. (Submitted photos)
A close look at the church bells from St. Gabriel Church in Prairie du Chien. All three bells were taken to the Verdin Bell Company in Cincinnati, Ohio.
The city’s Well 2 building, which is stationed on the east side of town near the municipal water utility office and Well 1. The city plans to abandon Well 2 due to PFAS contamination. (Steve Van Kooten/Courier Press)
(Left to right) Emily and Dustin Flansburgh with their one-year-old son, Mathew, and Bob Meier and Sharon Meier under the Flansburghs’ new business sign. Emily and Dustin purchased Bob and Sharon's welding business, which is located at 408 East Front Street in Wauzeka. (Steve Van Kooten/Courier Press)
