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Funeral Homes in Prairie du Chien, WI
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Below you fill find all funeral homes and cemeteries in or near Prairie du Chien.
Suburbs of Prairie Du Chien: Pr du Chien.
Prairie Du Chien is also known as: Prairie du Chien, and Wisconsin.
Zip codes in the city: 53821.
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Facts about the city
- Some of the notable people born here have been: Matthew Antoine (skeleton racer and athlete).
Prairie du Chien is a city in and the county seat of Crawford County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 5,911 at the 2010 census. Its Zip Code is 53821.Often referred to as Wisconsin's second oldest city, Prairie du Chien was established as a European settlement by French voyageurs in the late seventeenth century. The city is located near the confluence of the Wisconsin and Mississippi Rivers, a strategic point along the Fox-Wisconsin Waterway that connects the Great Lakes with the Mississippi.Early French visitors to the site found it occupied by a group of Fox Indians led by a chief whose name Alim meant Chien in French (Dog in English). The French explorers named the location Prairie du Chien, French for "Dog's Prairie". The American anglicized pronunciation is "prairie doo sheen". Originally this name applied only to the plain upon which the settlement is located, but it was later extended to mean the city as well. The city of Prairie du Chien is located between the Town of Prairie du Chien and the Town of Bridgeport.
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History
Prairie du Chien is a city in and the county seat of Crawford County, Wisconsin County, Wisconsin, United States. The city is located near the confluence of the Wisconsin River and the Mississippi River, a strategic point along the Fox-Wisconsin Waterway that connects the Great Lakes with the Mississippi. The city of Prairie du Chien is located between the Prairie du Chien (town), Wisconsin of Prairie du Chien and the Bridgeport, Wisconsin of Bridgeport.
Early French visitors to the site found it occupied by a group of Fox Indians led by a chief whose name, Alim, meant "Chien" in French language or "Dog" in English language As a result, the French explorers named the location "Prairie du Chien", which is French for "Land of Dog". Originally this name applied only to the plain upon which the settlement is located, but it was later extended to mean the city as well.
The official website for the city of Prairie du Chien is http://www.cityofpdc.com/.
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APNewsBreak: Wisconsin prison investigator who uncovered alleged assaults threatened, punished
Kuchinski was a supervisor at Prairie du Chien Correctional Institution in southwest Wisconsin when Warden John Paquin asked him to investigate guard James Trentin in early 2008. The prison suspected Trentin was bringing contraband to inmates, and one ...
http://www.startribune.com/nation/106084343.html?page=2&c=y
Prison guard's sex case costly for Wisconsin
PRAIRIE DU CHIEN, Wis. A Wisconsin prison guard allegedly coerced male inmates into letting him give them oral sex in exchange for bringing them contraband, and his superiors initially failed to stop the activity despite warning signs, according to ...
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2010/10/27/1789162/prison-guards-sex-case-costly.html
Wisconsin paid $150,000 in prison sex case
Now the Wisconsin Department of Corrections' handling of the three-year-old case involving Prairie du Chien Correctional Institution guard James Trentin is costing taxpayers money. The state this year paid $150,000 to avoid a lawsuit by a former inmate who ...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39854839
Wisconsin paid $150,000 to settle sex case involving Prairie du Chien Correctional Institution prison guard ...
PRAIRIE DU CHIEN A Wisconsin prison guard allegedly coerced male inmates into letting him give them oral sex in exchange for bringing them contraband. His superiors initially failed to stop the assaults despite warning signs, according to previously ...
http://www.postcrescent.com/article/20101027/APC0101/10270628/State-paid-150K-to-settle-prison-sex-case
Prairie du Chien Man Charged With Voter Fraud
News Release from the Grant County Sheriff's Department: On 11/1/10 Irving Anders, (74) of 63673 Hunters Ridge Rd, Prairie du Chien, WI was charged in Grant County Circuit Court with Election Fraud - for voting more than once. On September 9, 2010, Anders ...
http://www.nbc15.com/news/headlines/Prairie_du_Chien_Man_Charged_With_Voter_Fraud_106525458.html
Inmate accuses guard of Prairie du Chien Correctional Institution of sexual assault
Attorney Thomas Hayes of Milwaukee represents a 23-year-old man who claims he was coerced into receiving oral sex from Prairie du Chien Correctional Institution guard James Trentin in January 2008. Trentin maintains his innocence, but Wisconsin Department ...
http://www.thenorthwestern.com/article/20101028/OSH0101/101027215/Inmate-accuses-guard-of-Prairie-du-Chien-Correctional-Institution-of-sexual-assault
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