Sheriff’s Department Activity
April 8, (11:19 a.m.), The Iowa County Communication Center received a report of an odor complaint in the 4100 block of Harris Rd. Mineral Point Fire…
Crime & Public Safety
Sheriff’s Department Activity
Dodgeville Police Activity
From March 1st through March 31st, 2026, Dodgeville Police Department Officers responded to 255 calls for service. The following Criminal Complaints were also filed by the…
Sheriff’s Department Activity
March 31, (2:52 a.m.), The Iowa County Communications Center received a request for mutual aid from Lafayette County regarding a structure fire at a location in…
Not guilty plea entered for Kelli Nechkash accused of murdering her estranged husband
At her arraignment on Monday, April 6th, Kelli Nechkash stood mute and a not guilty plea was entered by the Court and the matter was set…
Sheriff’s Department Activity
March 24, (1:00 p.m.), The Iowa County Communications Center received a report of a smoke detector alarming at a residence near Church Street and East Main…
Sheriff’s Department Activity By Sheriff Michael Peterson
March 17, (4:28 a.m.), An Iowa County Sheriff’s Deputy conducted a traffic stop with a vehicle in the 1100 block of North Bequette Street in the…
Iowa County Correctional Officer arrested, initial appearance scheduled for April
Adam Rice, a former Iowa County Correctional Officer, has been arrested and faces two felony Class I charges for Misconduct in Public Office, as well as…
Rural Wisconsinites are standing up
Join Wisconsinites from throughout Southwest Wisconsin for a Rural No Kings Rally on March 28, 2026, 10 a.m. to noon. NO KINGS is a nonviolent national…
Sheriff’s Department Activity
March 10, (12:09 p.m.), The Iowa County Communications Center received a report of an odor of gas at the Dollar General in Arena. The Arena Fire…
Nechkash bound over for trial for stabbing death of her husband
At her preliminary hearing on March 17 in Iowa County Court, Judge Matthew Allen heard sufficient testimony from the prosecution to show probable cause that 67-year-old…
Peace group witness to West Bank violence
BY FELIX WIECZOREXFor five weeks-from the end of September through October, 2025- Brenna Cussen Anglada and a team of five members of the Meta Peace Team…
Criminal Complaints filed by The Iowa County District Attorney’s Office
Dodgeville Police Activity By Chief Brandon E. WilhelmFrom February 1st, 2026 through February 28th , 2026, Dodgeville Police Department Officers responded to 229 calls for service….