Courier Press

Kenneth L. Cornford, 83, of Beloit, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, Aug. 2, in his home.

He was born Oct. 29, 1934, in Prairie du Chien, the son of John B. and Marcella J. (Valley) Cornford. Ken was a 1952 graduate of Prairie du Chien High School. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army. Ken married Lois Bouzek on Jan. 19, 1955, in Prairie du Chien.

By Rachel Mergen

“The news is never typical. It’s one of the things that keeps me pretty inspired,” Correne Martin, associate editor of the Courier Press, mentioned about the thrills of her career.

“Newspapers are one of the most important ways for people to find out about events, the local government and schools,” she said. “It plays a good role of informing them on what’s happening in their own backyard.”

She stated newspapers will be the way people will be able to learn about today, in the future. Without newspapers, history may be more challenging to access.

On Tuesday, July 31, at 2:15 p.m., the Crawford County Dispatch Center was notified of a two-car crash on Highway 60 at Highway 61 at the end of the Boscobel Bridge.

LaVerne Wallace, 63, Prairie du Chien, pulled out from a stop sign in his 2013 Chevy Cruze in front of an eastbound 2012 Jeep Patriot driven by Howard Balch, 79, of rural Boscobel.

Balch and his passenger Shirley Balch, 77, sustained bumps and bruises, but did not require medical treatment.

Wallace sustained a left arm cut and did not require medical treatment.

Balch’s vehicle sustained front end damage and was towed. Wallace’s vehicle sustained left side damage and was towed.

Dillman Equipment, a division of Astec in Prairie du Chien, has been fined nearly $125,000 in the Nov. 29, 2017, death of a Wauzeka man who died following an accident there his first day on the job. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited the company for multiple safety violations after a six-month investigation.  

According to the OSHA report, Curtis Groom, 26, was on his first day of the job at the asphalt mixing plant, working in an abrasive blasting room with another employee when the accident occurred. Together, they blasted a drum frame using an abrasive material known as coal slag.