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Goyette sworn in as La Crosse County clerk of circuit court

Published

3 years ago

August 9, 2021

Before a jury box filled with members of her family and other supporters, the new clerk of courts for La Crosse County was sworn in on Monday morning by Judge Ramona Gonzalez.

Kelly Goyette was promoted from administrative clerk to succeed Pam Radtke, who has now retired after working as clerk of courts since 1996.

Goyette says the people in her “support system” have all been encouraging about her new job.

“I would have thought saying ‘Yeah, I’m gonna be the clerk of court’ that I’d have at least one person being like ‘Are you nuts?’ But I did not have a single person say that to me,” says Goyette. “They all have said ‘You got this, you’ll crush it.”

Radtke retired more than halfway through her latest four-year term, so Goyette will be clerk of courts for a little over a year before the post is up for election again.

Goyette has been in the courts office for four years, and enjoys how she’s been able to serve people dealing with the court system.

Brad Williams

A native of Prairie du Chien, Brad graduated from UW - La Crosse and has worked in radio news for more than 30 years, mostly in the La Crosse area. He regularly covers local courts and city and county government. Brad produces the features "Yesterday in La Crosse" and "What's Buried on Brad's Desk." He also writes the website "Triviazoids," which finds odd connections between events that happen on a certain date, and he writes and performs with the local comedy group Heart of La Crosse. Brad been featured on several national TV programs because of his memory skills.