Category Archives: Local News
Libraries turn to other book sources following closure of national supplier
Several area public libraries are overhauling their systems of supplying books to readers - and some are turning to local bookstores or alternatives such as Amazon to get the titles they need. Plattev...
Oct 28, 2025 Emma London
Sparta special education teacher faces felony child abuse charges
A special education teacher has been charged with felony child abuse following her arrest at an early learning center in Sparta, according to online court records. 30-year-old Melanie Hinz faces charg...
Oct 28, 2025 GotCredit / CC
DNR reminds public to check fire danger before burning
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources wants to remind the public to check fire danger prior to conducting outdoor burning activities, as the fall fire season is underway. More than 50 wildfire...
Oct 28, 2025
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin resumes abortions
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin resumed scheduling abortions on Monday after a nearly month-long pause due to federal Medicaid funding cuts in President Donald Trump's tax and spending bill that took ...
Oct 28, 2025
Platteville High School Construction students hosting an open house
Platteville High School Construction students are welcoming the community to attend an open house for one of their projects. Over the past two years more than 40 h high school students helped with the...
Oct 28, 2025
Muscoda teen arrested for OWI in Platteville
On Friday, a Deputy Sheriff for the Grant County Sheriff's Office conducted a traffic stop on Water Street Platteville after observing a truck nearly strike a vehicle while deviating from its lane of ...
Oct 27, 2025 Scott Davidson / CC
Teen cited following Grant County crash
Friday afternoon, the Grant County Sheriff's Office received a report of a two-vehicle rollover crash at the intersection of Highway 18 and Highway 35, in Patch Grove Township. Deputies arrived on sce...
Oct 27, 2025 GotCredit / CC
Merrill man cited following head-on collision in Crawford County
On Thursday, the Crawford County Sheriff's Office responded to a two-vehicle traffic crash on Highway 60 near Vet Lane. 47-year-old Christopher Gardner of Merrill was driving westbound on Highway 60 a...
Oct 27, 2025
Monroe man arrested for OWI 2nd offense
Early Sunday morning Lafayette County Sheriffs arrested 26-year-old Axel R. Cayetano-Ramirez of Monroe for OWI - 2nd Offense and Operating without a Valid License - 3rd Offense. Cayetano was arrested ...
Oct 27, 2025
Two arrested following Dodgeville domestic disturbance
Sunday evening the Iowa County Communications Center received a report of a domestic disturbance at a residence on Chimney Rock Rd, in Dodgeville Township. Following an investigation, Iowa County Depu...
Oct 27, 2025
