Category Archives: Local News

Mineral Point Chamber Of Commerce Hires New Director
The Mineral Point Chamber of Commerce has hired a new director. Dena Nechkash, currently an executive assistant at the Platteville Regional Chamber, will begin in her new position on Monday, May 3rd. ...
Apr 27, 2021 GotCredit / CC

Mask Mandate For City Employees To End in Lancaster
Lancaster Common Council members have voted to eliminate the mask mandate for city employees working in city facilities, including City Hall, beginning on Monday. The motion coincides with the decisio...
Apr 27, 2021 Jill Carlson (jillcarlson.org) / CC

Drug Arrest in Richland County
The Richland County Sheriff's department has released details of a drug arrest Friday on East Gage Street, near Foremost Farms in Richland Center. A vehicle was stopped at around 7pm for registration ...
Apr 27, 2021 Highway Patrol Images / CC
New Scales Mound Superintendent To Meet Residents Thursday
Put your first paragraph here Area residents can meet the new Scales Mound school superintendent this week. Marybeth DeLaMar will meet residents from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the school library. DeL...
Mark Evenstad Apr 27, 2021

Four Area School Districts To Receive Grants
Four Southwest Wisconsin school districts are receiving grants totaling nearly $120,000 to buy equipment to prepare students for careers in advanced manufacturing fields. The recipients are: Southwest...
Apr 26, 2021 Bill Smith / CC

Highway 23 Construction In Lafayette County
Motorists are being reminded of the Highway 23 construction project in Lafayette County along Main Street in Darlington. Highway 23 Flagging will be from 8am-7pm all week as necessary - so, expect del...
Apr 26, 2021

Investigation Of Sex Assault in Catholic Dioceses
First ParagraphAttorney General Josh Kaul plans to launch an investigation into clergy sex assault across Wisconsin's five Catholic dioceses. A report says Kaul wrote a letter to the dioceses informin...
Apr 23, 2021 GotCredit / CC

Wisconsin Main Street Awards For Southwest Wisconsin Recipients
Several persons and places in Southwest Wisconsin have been recognized at the Wisconsin Main Street Awards. Badger Bros. Coffee, a coffee shop in Platteville, earned the award for Best Interior Renova...
Apr 23, 2021 GotCredit / CC

Muscoda Considers Food Truck Ordinance
The Village of Muscoda's ad hoc committee held a meeting Wednesday to discuss a possible ordinance over mobile food truck operations. Recently, a business out of Baraboo held a pop-up event in Muscoda...
Apr 22, 2021 GotCredit / CC

Platteville Man Arrested For His Role In Road Rage Incident in Dubuque
A man from Platteville has now been charged for his alleged role in a road-rage incident earlier this month in Dubuque. 35 year old Steven Millage was arrested Tuesday on a warrant charging first-degr...
Apr 21, 2021 GotCredit / CC





