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Leonard, David F.

David F. Leonard, age 71, of Avoca / Highland area, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his loved ones on June 17, 2025 after a courageous battle with cancer.

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June 24, 2025

Anderson, Connie R. (Dammen)

Connie R. (Dammen) Anderson, age 70 of Dodgeville, passed away peacefully in her sleep on August 9, 2024.

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June 17, 2025

McCloud, Wade Aaron

Wade Aaron McCloud, age 51, of Spring Green, Wisconsin passed away unexpectedly on June 12, 2025. He was born September 3, 1973 in Dodgeville, Wisconsin the son of Jane McCloud.

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June 17, 2025

Murphy, Donald J.

Donald J. Murphy, age 93, of Ridgeway, passed away peacefully on Sunday, June 15, 2023 at CrestRidge Memory Care with his family by his side.

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June 17, 2025

McDonald, Ronald James

Ronald James McDonald, age 92 of Gratiot, WI passed away peacefully on Wednesday, May 28, 2025 at Vista West Care Facility in Madison, WI. He was born on November 26, 1932 to John and Hazel McDonald of Gratiot. He married Sonja Jean Gille on December 9, 1957 at St. Joseph's …

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June 17, 2025

Dietzman, Danny “Dan” Ray

Danny “Dan” Ray Dietzman, age 68, passed away on Tuesday, June 10, 2025, at his home. He was born on October 14, 1956, to Palmer and Genevieve (Paull) Dietzman in Dodgeville, WI.

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June 17, 2025

Hannah, Gary L.

Gary L. Hannah, age 75 of Portage, MI (formally of Mineral Point, WI), passed away on June 12, 2025, from an aggressive form of dementia.

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June 17, 2025

Dodgers hoping to break the CC habit soon

It is a habit the Dodgeville baseball team wants to break as soon as possible.

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June 16, 2025

Will You Stand Up For Your Country?

Dear Editor, On Saturday, June 14, a massive military parade costing 45 million dollars, ordered by President Trump, will take place in Washington. This kind of parade is more commonly staged in authoritarian countries like Russia.

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June 16, 2025

Badger Hollow Wind Public Hearing Scheduled for June 24 in Linden

Dear Editor, I strongly encourage area residents to consider attending the ONLY in-person public hearing on the proposed Badger Hollow Wind project. The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin will host sessions at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. at the Linden Community Building on June 24.

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June 16, 2025

Rally Saturday in Dodgeville

Dear Editor, We don’t have kings in America! Please join Indivisible Southwest Wisconsin at the Rural No Kings Rally in Dodgeville Saturday June 14th from noon-2 p.m. to protest the abuses of the Trump Administration.

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June 16, 2025

Anti-Palestinianism plagues US politics

Dear Editor, Anti-Palestinian racism, also referred to as anti-Palestinianism, is defined by the Arab Canadian Lawyers Association as "a form of anti-Arab racism that silences, excludes, erases, stereotypes, defames or dehumanizes Palestinians or their narratives."

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June 16, 2025

County C reconstruction meeting is important

Dear Editor, I’m writing to call the public’s attention to an important public meeting on Wednesday, June 18, 5-7 p.m. at the Frank Lloyd Wright Visitor Center, 5607 County Road C, Spring Green.

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June 16, 2025

Canadian Wildfires Signal Climate Chaos

Dear Editor, The smoky skies, hazy atmosphere, and burning orange sun are an apocalyptic preview of the climate-change induced hole we've dug for ourselves

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June 16, 2025

Public Wind Turbine Hearing in Linden

Dear Editor, Public Wind Turbine Hearing in Linden, Wisconsin, June 23, 2025, at 2 and 6 p.m.

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June 16, 2025

Waterloo no match for Pointers as they advance to WIAA Division 4 state tournament with game today

Pack your bags because the Mineral Point softball team is traveling to the WIAA State Tournament.

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June 16, 2025

Meeting dates set for Iowa-Grant School Board

If you plan to attend or watch on zoom the Iowa-Grant School Board meetings in the future you can fill in the dates for next year.

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June 16, 2025

Marklein is hypercritical

Dear Editor, Scroll Senator Marklein's Facebook feed and you'll see dozens of photos of wide-eyed students grinning up from the rotunda, holding a "Senator Marklein and Representative Novak (or Tranel) welcomes ____ school" banner. This shameless self-promotion is hypocritical, particularly when the good Senator consistently votes against adequately funding public …

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June 16, 2025

Porteous sentenced to jail for drug and neglect of a child charges

A former Cobb woman, 49-year-old Julie Porteous, was sentenced to twelve months of conditional jail with Huber in the Iowa County Jail, and a nine-year Wisconsin State Prison sentence (4 years initial confinement, 5 years extended supervision), which was imposed/stayed, for Felony possession with intent to deliver Fentanyl and a …

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June 16, 2025

Threats to officers lands Mineral Point man in jail

A Mineral Point man was arrested last week after threatening law enforcement officers, going so far as to mention murder.

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June 16, 2025

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