Category Archives: Local News

Mineral Point man arrested for meth in Dodgeville
A suspicious vehicle in Dodgeville leads to a Mineral Point man being arrested on drug charges. Sunday afternoon, the Iowa County Communications Center received a report of a suspicious vehicle near C...
Courtney Chaffee Feb 16, 2026

Stockton man arrested for OWI in Darlington
Law enforcement arrested a man in Darlington after responding to a motorist assist. Early Sunday morning a Lafayette County deputy responded to Highway 81 for a motorist assist. Subsequently, 21-year-...
Courtney Chaffee Feb 16, 2026

A former SW Wisconsin man was found dead in Virginia
A man who used to live in the Tri-State area, missing since Tuesday, has been found dead in Virginia. Authorities say Jeff Stiles - a former Editorial Director for The Weekender and columnist for the ...
Courtney Chaffee Feb 16, 2026

Shullsburg man arrested for OWI
One person was arrested for OWI in Lafayette County Friday evening. 31-year-old Dibal J. Pineda-Treso of Shullsburg was cited for Possession of Open Intoxicants in a Motor Vehicle, Operating Left of C...
Courtney Chaffee Feb 16, 2026 Scott Davidson / CC

Grant County man arrested after beating girlfriend
Grant County authorities say a rural Lancaster man is in jail without bond after allegedly beating and holding his girlfriend against her will. The sheriff's office says a woman went to a local hospit...
Courtney Chaffee Feb 16, 2026

New Auburn man arrested for drug paraphernalia in Mineral Point
A man from New Auburn was arrested for drug paraphernalia following a traffic stop. Saturday evening an Iowa County Sheriff's Deputy conducted a traffic stop on Highway 151, near mile marker 38 in Min...
Courtney Chaffee Feb 16, 2026

Dubuque man arrested for 3rd offense OWI in Grant County
A Dubuque man was arrested in Grant County after driving the wrong way drunk on the highway. Early Friday evening, the Grant County Communications Center received several reports of a wrong way driver...
Courtney Chaffee Feb 16, 2026

Montfort man arrested for 6th offense OWI
A Montfort man was arrested for 6th offense OWI Thursday evening. A Grant County Sheriff's Deputy conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle on Hwy 80 near New California Rd., in Clifton Township, after th...
Courtney Chaffee Feb 16, 2026
Juvenile that drowned at Chestnut Mountain Resort has been identified
Update: Jo Daviess County officials have identified the juvenile who drowned at Chestnut Mountain Resort in rural Galena on Friday as 17-year-old Jack Zucco of Rochester, IL. The teen lost consciousne...
Courtney Chaffee Feb 16, 2026
Names of Rigdeway homicide victim and suspect released
The Iowa County Sheriff's Department released the names involved in the Ridgeway homicide. 62-year-old Todd Nechkash of Ridgeway was the man found deceased in his house after a welfare check Thursday ...
Courtney Chaffee Feb 13, 2026





