Category Archives: Local News

Platteville Police Respond To Threats To School
Near the end of the school day on Friday, Platteville High School reported to the Platteville Police Department that a student had made a verbal threat to school safety. The comment was overheard by o...
Sep 09, 2024

One Vehicle Rollover Accident in Platteville Township
On Friday just after 6pm, the Grant County Sheriff's Office was dispatched to Hwy 81 & CTH D in Platteville Township for a one vehicle crash rollover. Platteville Fire & Rescue units were disp...
Sep 09, 2024 GotCredit / CC

Platteville Man Cited For Hit and Run
A deputy from the Lafayette County Sheriff's Department responded to Highway 81 in Elk Grove Township Sunday around 7am for a one vehicle accident. 20 year old Jose Aranda-Castaneda of Platteville was...
Sep 09, 2024

Deadly Crash in Vernon County
The Vernon County Sherrif's Office reports a single-vehicle crash that occurred around 12 a.m. Sunday morning in the town of Hillsboro. A 17-year-old male was operating a Ford F-250 pickup traveling o...
Sep 09, 2024

Flags At Half-Staff For Army Corporal Raess Of Dodgeville
Saturday, Army Corporal Robert P. Raess was laid to rest in Dodgeville 70 years after being declared missing in the Korean War. Governor Tony Evers had signed an executive order for flags to be flown ...
Sep 09, 2024

Reedsburg Man Arrested and Charged For Child Pornography
A Reedsburg man was arrested and charged this past week after police said he was found with child sexual abuse materials. 29 year old Nicholas Hahn is charged with one felony count of possession of ch...
Sep 09, 2024

Rollover Accident In Belmont Township
A deputy with the Lafayette County Sheriff's Department responded to Highway 151, in Belmont Township Friday around 8pm for a two vehicle accident. 18 year old Emma Mason of Mineral Point was travelin...
Sep 09, 2024

Mineral Point Woman Arrested For 2nd Offense OWI
An Iowa County Sheriff's Deputy initiated a traffic stop near Highway 23 and Harris Road in Mineral Point Township Saturday around 6pm. As a result of the stop, 62 year old Roberta Miller of Mineral P...
Sep 09, 2024

One Vehicle Accident in Lafayette County
A deputy with the Lafayette County Sheriff's Department responded to Highway 78 in Wiota Township Saturday around 11:15am for a one vehicle accident. 73 year old Terry Rasmussen of Darlington was trav...
Sep 09, 2024

Civil Dispute In Benton Leads To Arrest
A deputy with the Lafayette County Sheriff's Department responded to Carr Factory Road in Benton Township Thursday around 2:30am for a civil dispute. As a result, 34 year old Christopher Denning of Be...
Sep 06, 2024





