Category Archives: Local News

Muscoda Man Arrested For Drugs in Dodgeville
A man from Muscoda was arrested for drugs following a traffic stop in Dodgeville Wednesday around 1:00pm. An Iowa County Deputy initiated the traffic stop on South Iowa Street where the passenger in t...
Dec 23, 2021 Scott Davidson / CC

Communication System Upgrade Coming To Grant County
Grant County supervisors are ready to move forward with a nearly $16 million project to upgrade the county's aging emergency communications system. County supervisors have unanimously approved the bor...
Dec 23, 2021

Money Coming From Settlement With Opioid Companies
Local governments are awaiting final news of a national legal settlement with opioid companies that would deliver millions of dollars for substance abuse treatment services. The $26 billion settlement...
Dec 23, 2021

UW men’s game against George Mason canceled due to Badgers’ COVID issues
MADISON, Wis. — After Morgan State was forced to back out of Thursday’s game earlier this week due to COVID issues, Wisconsin went on the offensive and worked to find a new opponent. The B...
Stephen Cohn Dec 23, 2021

Boscobel Man Arrested For Shooting
A Boscobel man was arrested recently in connection with a drive-by shooting in Holmen. According to Holmen Police, 31-year-old Wesley Dollar was arrested by the Grant County Sheriff's Office on charge...
Dec 22, 2021

Driveway At Runde Chevrolet Needs Correcting
The City of Platteville is considering paying up to $160,000 to correct a car dealership's driveway that was modified as part of a highway reconstruction project. Low-clearance trucks and trailers tha...
Dec 22, 2021

Domestic Disorderly Conduct and Strangulation in Belmont
A deputy with the Lafayette County Sheriff's Department responded to a residence on East Liberty Street in Belmont Tuesday around 11pm to assist the Belmont Police Department with a domestic dispute. ...
Dec 22, 2021 Brandon Harer / CC

Report of Theft Results in Iowa County Arrest
Authorities in Iowa County received a report of a possible theft from a residence on County HIghway YZ in the Dodgeville Tuesday around 1am. An Iowa County Deputy responded to the scene, and as a resu...
Dec 22, 2021 Highway Patrol Images / CC

Fully Engulfed Barn Fire in Iowa County
Officials in Iowa County received a report of a structure fire at an address on Weaver Road in Wyoming Township Tuesday around 10pm. Spring Green Fire, Spring Green EMS, Dodgeville Fire and Iowa Count...
Dec 22, 2021 brett jordan / CC

Governor Evers Visits Belmont
Governor Tony Evers visited southwest Wisconsin on Tuesday to promote more than $27-million dollars in pandemic relief for small businesses across the state. The federal funds are being directed to ev...
Dec 22, 2021





