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COURIER PRESS
PuBLisHeD iN HisToriC PrAirie Du CHieN, Wi 53821
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VoluMe 163 • no. 47 ❘ PDCCourier.CoM ❘ WednesdAy, June 15, 2016 ❘ oNe DoLLAr
Program loans life jackets for free
By Correne Martin
The Marquette ‘river’ road
Prairie du Chien received 3.91 inches in one hour Tuesday—between 3:35 p.m. and 4:35 p.m.—according to the National Weather Service of La Crosse. This left South Marquette Road majorly flooded, which happened because the stormwater system in that location was over capacity, Prairie du Chien Co-Public Works Manager Terry Meyer said. When the roundabouts were installed (in 2014) on North Marquette Road, the stormwater system there was improved, alleviating such problems there. The next phase of Marquette Road reconstruction, slated for 2018, from Mooney Street to LaPointe Street, will also involve improvements to the stormwater system, hopefully addressing the problem there. Once the water receded from the city’s streets, public works employees spent five extra hours monitoring other flooded areas. Meyer said the Fillmore Street inlet backed up with debris and the Campbell Coulee drainage ditch failed, turning the landscape along Cliffwood Drive into a river of flood waters. Employees also cleared debris from Jackson Street, to allow water to drain into Godden Pit, as additional rain came in the evening/overnight. For more photos in Prairie du Chien, visit pdccourier.com or like the Courier Press Newspaper on Facebook. (Photo by Correne Martin)
You may have seen the new Life Jacket Loaner Boards erected at the Campion and Marina Boat Landings in Prairie du Chien. inside each box are multiple life jackets, in various sizes from infant to adult XL, as well as a few throwable devices. They are available for free public use by citizens and groups to perpetuate safer boating practices on the river and to reduce boating-related fatalities. The Department of Natural resources and the city of Prairie du Chien have partnered up to offer the two stations within the community. The process began last fall when ron Leys, a member of the Prairie du Chien Common Council and Lower Wisconsin riverway Board, heard about the Life Jacket Loaner Board project at a meeting. “The idea came from Alaska,” Leys said. “A Wisconsin DNr representative was at a meeting there and he brought the idea back to Wisconsin.” According to the DNr, Alassee LiFe JACKeTs, page 2
Heavy rains cause county damage, mostly in PdC and Bridgeport By Ted Pennekamp
The cornfield at the Cliffwood Drive and County K intersection north of Prairie du Chien was a river of flood waters Wednesday morning. The cause: the Campbell Coulee drainage ditch filled with debris and failed. (Photo by Correne Martin)
Heavy rains Tuesday afternoon and again Tuesday night caused various problems and damage in Crawford County, mostly in the Prairie du Chien and Bridgeport areas, said Highway Commissioner Dennis Pelock. “Prairie du Chien and Bridgeport seemed to take the brunt of it,” said Pelock Wednesday see HeAVY rAiNs, page 2
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