A female staff member working at the Prairie du Chien Memorial Library is talking about a loud encounter with a Republican congressional candidate earlier this year.
Kerrigan Trautsch says it happened June 17th when Derrick Van Orden complained about a display of books in the library children’s section that dealt with homosexuality.
Trautsch says Van Orden threatened and intimidated her over the gay pride display honoring Pride Month.
She says Van Orden said the books offended him and he demanded to know who created the display so he could teach them a lesson.
She says he took out a library card and checked out every book from the display – except one being read by a library patron.
