Category Archives: Local News
One arrested in Dane County following domestic disturbance in Arena
On Friday at 8:32 AM The Iowa County Communications Center received a report of a domestic disturbance on Highway 14 in Arena. The suspect left the scene and proceeded into Dane County. Dane County Sh...
Jun 16, 2025
Platteville Community Fund awards $27,000 in grants
Platteville Community Fund, a component fund of the Community Foundation of Southern Wisconsin, awarded about $27,000 in grants recently to eleven local nonprofit organizations and projects. The fund ...
Jun 16, 2025
Portion of County A closing Monday, June 23 for construction
County Trunk Highway 'A' within South Lancaster Township between Lancaster and Bloomington will be temporarily closed to through traffic for Construction starting Monday, June 23 through October 31. D...
Jun 16, 2025
Wisconsin Elections Commission mailing inactive voter postcards
The Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC) is mailing postcards this week to more than 200- thousand registered voters who have not voted in the past four years. The postcards are titled "Official Voter...
Jun 16, 2025 hjl / CC
SW Wisconsin man working on road project killed in crash with agricultural machine in Portage County
A Southwest Wisconsin man working on a road project was killed in Portage County. 24 year old Cody A. Nielsen of Belmont-formerly of Darlington was struck by an agricultural machine about 5:15 pm Wedn...
Jun 16, 2025
Viola woman arrested for stealing gas
On Friday, June 6th, 2025, the Crawford County Sheriff's Office investigated the theft of gas from a business in the Village of Soldiers Grove. With the assistance of the Richland County and Vernon Co...
Jun 14, 2025
Two arrested for drugs following Gays Mills traffic stop
On Tuesday the Crawford County Sheriff's Office K-9 Unit conducted a traffic stop in the Village of Gays Mills. During the stop, K-9 Diego was utilized and alerted to the presence of one or more contr...
Jun 14, 2025
Water taxi by Black Hawk Bridge discontinued
A water taxi service on the Mississippi River by the Black Hawk Bridge ended yesterday. According to the Iowa DOT, since the bridge reopened Monday, usage of the water taxi dropped to "almost zero". T...
Jun 14, 2025
Spongy moth spraying taking place June and July
Spraying for spongy moths begins in seven Wisconsin counties this month. Part of the state Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection's (DATCP) "Slow The Spread" program, residents can e...
Jun 14, 2025
Additional arrest made in Green County sex abuse investigation
An additional arrest was made in relation to an investigation of sexual acts involving a convicted sex offender. An initial press release from June 5 states 19-year-old Isaiah Cook of Albany was charg...
Jun 14, 2025
