Category Archives: Local News

Cuba City votes no on referendum
Residents of the Cuba City School District said no to a non-recurring operating referendum totaling $7.1 million over (4) four years. The vote was 658 no and 512 yes.
Courtney Chaffee Apr 03, 2024

River Ridge voters said no
District voters for River Ridge School System turned down the request for a recurring operating referendum. 513 no votes compared to 397 yes votes. Officials were asking to allow the school district t...
Courtney Chaffee Apr 03, 2024

Highland voters approve referendum
Supporters of increasing the revenue limit for the Highland School District were happy with the final results. The recurring operating and maintenance referendum of $600,000 passed by a vote of 315 to...
Courtney Chaffee Apr 03, 2024

Potosi approves operating referendum
Potosi residents approved a recurring operating referendum 290 to 208. It allows the school district to exceed the revenue limit by $400 thousand in year one and increasing to $700 thousand in year (4...
Courtney Chaffee Apr 03, 2024

Southwestern School District Referendum/Board Election Results
Voters in the Southwestern School District have approved a non-recurring operating referendum with 560 supporting the measure while 430 voted against. The Southwestern School District can now exceed t...
Courtney Chaffee Apr 03, 2024

Superintendent Finalist for Southwestern
The Southwestern School District having a Community Forum later today (Wednesday-April 3rd) with the (3) three finalists for superintendent. The school board and the district leadership team will firs...
Courtney Chaffee Apr 03, 2024

Juvenile charged for alleged theft in eastern Iowa, arrested in Wisconsin
A juvenile is facing numerous charges after police said they stole from a convenience store in Monona and later stole a vehicle, crashed into a house and was later arrested in Wisconsin. In a press re...
Courtney Chaffee Apr 02, 2024

Fire in Iowa County
Multiple agencies are responding to a fire Tuesday afternoon in Iowa County. Iowa County Emergency Management stated in an alert just before 1:30 p.m. that the fire was reported on Highway 39, near Ri...
Courtney Chaffee Apr 02, 2024 liz west / CC

Two arrested for drugs in Grant County
On March 26th, at 3:05pm, the Grant County Sheriff's Office responded to a report of a vehicle in the ditch on Wisconsin Valley Rd, in Marion Township. 41-year-old Nicole Moe of Boscobel failed to neg...
Courtney Chaffee Apr 02, 2024

Ridgeway woman arrested for battery and bail jumping
On Sunday at 2:47 PM Dodgeville Police made contact with an individual relating to an earlier incident. As a result of the contact 31-year-old Casey Ley of Ridgeway was arrested on charges of Bail Jum...
Courtney Chaffee Apr 02, 2024

