Category Archives: Local News
Grant Helps Students Visit Mining & Rollo Jamison Museum
A $5,000 grant from the Ann & Leo Stoll Jr. Charitable Trust and a $1,000 grant from the Platteville Optimist Club will fund the Friends of The Mining & Rollo Jamison Museums' Field Trip Schol...
Mar 07, 2022
Galena School Renovation Project To Be Scaled Back
After bids for a renovation project at Galena Middle School came in well above budget, district officials have tweaked project plans and plan to review a second round of bids later this month. Superin...
Mar 07, 2022
Lancaster Gets $3.4 Million Grant
A state grant will send more than $3-million dollars to the City of Lancaster to address housing needs. According to a release, Lancaster was awarded a grant worth $3.4-million dollars from the Wiscon...
Mar 04, 2022
Mineral Point Psychologist Gets State Honor
An area school psychologist has received an award from a statewide organization. Mineral Point's Katelyn Oellerich has earned the School Psychologist of the Year honor from the Wisconsin School Psycho...
Mar 04, 2022
World Champion Cheese
On the last day of the World Championship Cheese Contest, a total of 7 entries from Wisconsin made the final 20 - including a few from this area. Among the Wisconsin cheese-makers in the running for t...
Mar 04, 2022 U.S. Department of Agriculture / CC
Two Men From Arena Arrested
Two men from Arena were arrested late Tuesday after reports of a disturbance along Coon Rock Road. According to the Iowa County Sheriff's Department, an Arena Officer and Iowa County Deputy responded ...
Mar 03, 2022
Arrest In Ridgeway
A Ridgeway man was arrested Tuesday evening after authorities were called for a disturbance. The Iowa County Sheriff's Office reports that multiple deputies, the Ridgeway Marshal and a Village of Aren...
Mar 03, 2022
Missing Man From Richland County
The Richland County Sheriff's Department is asking for help to find a missing man. Officers say 60-year-old Francis Johnston was last seen Monday when he left home to go to an appointment in Viroqua. ...
Mar 03, 2022 GotCredit / CC
More Than 500 Claims Filed With Waukesha Community Fund
The president of the Waukesha Community Fund says more than 500 people have filed claims so far. Melissa Baxter says the six-million-dollar fund was set up to help the victims of the Waukesha Christma...
Mar 03, 2022
Three People Cited After Disorderly Conduct Complaint
Three people were cited for disorderly conduct following an incident in Benton Tuesday night. Deputies with the Lafayette County Sheriff's Department responded to Aetna Road in Benton Township for a d...
Mar 02, 2022
