April 2, 2019 at 9:53 a.m.
By Mike Reilly-mreilly@thedodgevillechronicle.com
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It was Dodgeville's own Dennis Kopps' birthday Sunday, so our Saturday morning breakfast guys took him to Spring Garden in Mount Horeb on Saturday for breakfast. We always have a good meal there and Dennis ate more than I could imagine! I'm on that "yuck" diet so I had some basics, but it was good!
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We went to see Dan Roble after we ate and he's coming along slowly, but still has a long ways to go.
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I'm happy to see that Gene Dougherty is taking over the Ridgeway Lumber Company. That's a business that serves the area well.
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I stopped to talk with a couple of the Crubaughs last Friday. Terry (Olson) and Julie (Brian's wife) were outside of the Time & Again Antiques Vintage Shop. They caught me up on Brian's 3-4 hours he works each day since having two knee surgeries and a hip replacement, plus some other complications. Brian has a good crew at his back at the bakery and it hasn't missed a beat!
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Can you believe it - I must be mellowing since my trip to the hospital - I said something nice about the "Not So" Quality Bakery!
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There's a "sold" sign on the former karate building in Dodgeville at the corner of Spring and Main Streets. It's supposed to become a laundromat, but we haven't totally confirmed the type yet!
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There's also an underground cable company coming here to locate, but the work they are doing isn't right here, it's to the north and south, so they wanted a spot in the middle!
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Rumor has it the former New Concord Inn is going to become an apartment complex, possible for lower income housing or it may be still a motel - I've heard both. It was sold awhile ago by House on the Rock Properties. That's located on US 23 north across from the Don Q Inn.
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That's all that I can come up with for the moment. Hopefully I will have more information next week!