Category Archives: Local News

Iowa County Sheriff's Office Assists With Arrest of Fugitive
The Wisconsin State Patrol received help from the Iowa County Sheriff's Department last month in apprehending a fugitive. The U.S. Marshals Service contacted the Wisconsin State Patrol DeForest Post C...
Nov 07, 2022

Dodgeville Motor Vehicle Crash With Minor Injuries
Iowa County authorities received a report of a Motor Vehicle Crash on North Iowa Street in Dodgeville Saturday around 3pm. Dodgeville Fire, Dodgeville EMS and the Dodgeville Police Department responde...
Nov 07, 2022

Grant County Solar Project Construction Near Potosi Underway
Alliant Energy says civil sitework is underway at the Grant County Solar Project near Potosi, the 200 megawatt solar project designed to generate enough energy to power around 50,000 homes. This inclu...
Nov 07, 2022 GotCredit / CC

Darlington Student To Perform at Carnegie Hall & Sydney Opera House
Darlington High School junior Sophie Wiegel has been accepted to be part of the Honor Performance Series at Carnegie Hall in New York City in February and the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia i...
Nov 07, 2022

Belmont Man Arrested on Friday
A Lafayette County Sheriff Deputy arrested 32 year old Cade Kirkpatrick of Belmont on Friday around 11 am for a Probation Violation. He was brought to the Lafayette Count Jail where he still remains i...
Nov 07, 2022

Man Arrested in Mineral Point for OWI
Iowa County Communications Center received a report of a Traffic Complaint of a vehicle traveling North Bound in the South Bound lane on US Highway 151on Friday around 2:30 pm. A Mineral Point Officer...
Nov 07, 2022

Wisconsin DMV extends hours ahead of midterm elections
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation Division of Motor Vehicles is extending its hours at customer service centers that are open on Nov. 7 and 8 until 6 p.m. The division is extending hours to p...
Nov 07, 2022

UW-Platteville named state's top university for online student services
UW-Platteville was named as offering the best online student services in the state by Intelligent.com, based on rankings in six categories, including tuition costs, admission, retention, graduation ra...
Nov 04, 2022

Gas prices really jumped in the past day, AAA numbers show
Gas prices have gone up in the past several days and they've gone up fast. Just waiting an extra day to fill the tank may have cost you a couple dollars at the pump. AAA reports the average cost of a ...
Nov 04, 2022
Local residents should brace for heating cost spikes this winter
Local residents can expect to pay significantly more to heat their dwellings this winter. Representatives with multiple area utility companies project that residents in the tri-state area who heat the...
Mark Evenstad Nov 04, 2022