Cara Dempski has joined the (Prairie du Chien) Courier Press as a sports editor and reporter, the newspaper has announced.
An Elk Mound native, Dempski began her journalism career in 2016 at the Tribune Press Reporter in Glenwood City after working for nearly a decade in human services. She went on to become regional sports editor for the Lake Mills Leader and Hometown News Group before her most recent role as a sports reporter for the (Eau Claire) Leader-Telegram.
She earned her bachelor’s degree in marketing communications and journalism from UW-River Falls in 2000, her bachelor’s degree in social work from UW-Eau Claire in 2009 and her master’s degree in social work from UW-Madison in 2012.
In 2019, Dempski suffered a stroke while covering a fatal crash in Jefferson County. Nearly four years later, she still deals with lingering effects, according to her introductory column for the Courier Press.
