Category Archives: Local News

Highland voters approve referendum
Supporters of increasing the revenue limit for the Highland School District were happy with the final results. The recurring operating and maintenance referendum of $600,000 passed by a vote of 315 to...
Courtney Chaffee Apr 03, 2024

Potosi approves operating referendum
Potosi residents approved a recurring operating referendum 290 to 208. It allows the school district to exceed the revenue limit by $400 thousand in year one and increasing to $700 thousand in year (4...
Courtney Chaffee Apr 03, 2024

Southwestern School District Referendum/Board Election Results
Voters in the Southwestern School District have approved a non-recurring operating referendum with 560 supporting the measure while 430 voted against. The Southwestern School District can now exceed t...
Courtney Chaffee Apr 03, 2024

Superintendent Finalist for Southwestern
The Southwestern School District having a Community Forum later today (Wednesday-April 3rd) with the (3) three finalists for superintendent. The school board and the district leadership team will firs...
Courtney Chaffee Apr 03, 2024

Juvenile charged for alleged theft in eastern Iowa, arrested in Wisconsin
A juvenile is facing numerous charges after police said they stole from a convenience store in Monona and later stole a vehicle, crashed into a house and was later arrested in Wisconsin. In a press re...
Courtney Chaffee Apr 02, 2024

Two arrested for drugs in Grant County
On March 26th, at 3:05pm, the Grant County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a vehicle in the ditch on Wisconsin Valley Rd, in Marion Township. 41-year-old Nicole Moe of Boscobel failed ...
Courtney Chaffee Apr 02, 2024

Ridgeway woman arrested for battery and bail jumping
On Sunday at 2:47 PM Dodgeville Police made contact with an individual relating to an earlier incident. As a result of the contact 31-year-old Casey Ley of Ridgeway was arrested on charges of Bail Jum...
Courtney Chaffee Apr 02, 2024

Janesville man arrested for battery
Just before 11:30 PM on Sunday, Iowa County Communication Center received a call of a disturbance at a residence on 1st street in the Township of Mifflin. Iowa County Sheriff's Deputies responded to t...
Courtney Chaffee Apr 02, 2024

Ridgeway man violates domestic abuse order
On Sunday, just after 8:30 AM, Iowa County Communication Center received a report of a disturbance at a business in the City of Dodgeville. Dodgeville Police Officers with assistance from the Iowa Cou...
Courtney Chaffee Apr 02, 2024

Officer Suffers Minor Injury Making Arrest
Police in Dubuque arrested 31-year-old Austin Blume of Dubuque around 9:45 p.m. Sunday at his residence on charges of second offense operating while intoxicated, child endangerment and interference wi...
Courtney Chaffee Apr 02, 2024