Baker, Barton “Bart” J.

Barton “Bart” J. Baker, age 67, passed away on Saturday October 18, 2025, at his residence with his family by his side. He was born on May 15, 1958, in Dodgeville, the son of William and Barbara (Crayton) Baker. Bart was united in marriage to Cynthia Baker on February 8, …

Reukauf-Hooks, Wanda Lee

Wanda Lee Reukauf-Hooks, age 75, passed away on Saturday morning October 18, 2025, at Upland Hills Health Nursing and Rehabilitation in Dodgeville, WI. She was born on January 10, 1950, in Prairie du Chien, the daughter of Karl and Edna (Budd) Reukauf. Wanda married John Hooks on September 28, 1968, …

Schult, Margaret M.

Margaret M. Schult, age 70, passed away on Friday October 17, 2025, at Mineral Point Health Services. She was born on September 16, 1955, the daughter of Clement and Thelma (Lee) Riley. Margaret was united in marriage to Dan Schult in Platteville on May 1, 1976.

Cowley, Carol Kathleen (Schlough)

Carol Kathleen (Schlough) Cowley Jan. 11, 1943 - Oct. 14, 2025

Ranney, David Earl

David Earl Ranney from Barneveld, Wi, age 83 passed away peacefully October 5th, 2025, at Agrace in Fitchburg. David loved the outdoors. He was an avid fisherman and hunter. He also enjoyed going to Texas in the winter to fish for the huge fish he was known to catch. He …

Smart, Clarice W.

Clarice W. Smart, age 84 of Mineral Point, peacefully passed away surrounded by her loving family at St. Mary's Hospital in Madison on Thursday, October 16, 2025. She was born on September 25, 1941, in Dodgeville to Willard and Anna Mae (Reger) Mann. She attended Seven Oak Country School until …

Panthers in big game mode vs Boscobel

Both teams ran 38 plays but the results were far different.

Cardinals are outright Six Rivers West champs w

Highland earned the number two seed in their Regional and will play the winner of Weston vs Wauzka-Steuben Thursday, October 23.

B/SM/S win makes it three in a row for Pointers

By Ronica Thousand The Mineral Point Pointers continued their midseason surge Friday night, defeating Benton/Scales Mound/Shullsburg 28–7 to notch their third consecutive win.

Despite loss, Cardinals qualify for WIAA 8-player football tourney

By John Dalton The banged-up Highland Cardinals have lost their last two games, but their overall 5-3 record was enough to make the WIAA State Tournament Bracket where they will play at North Crawford this Saturday for a 1:00 p.m. game.

Eagles take fifth set to down Vikings

Pecatonica and Barneveld had a classic Six Rivers East match-up Thursday that ended up with the Golden Eagles taking three sets for the win.

Here is how my mind works today w

by J. Patrick Reilly Random thoughts—— * Highland School District has a very good thing going for its senior students, requiring them to do senior exit projects.

Along The Ad Routes

by Mike Reilly It’s not often that there are two weddings held in the same day at the Iowa County Courthouse.

Oppose bringing National Guard to our cities

Dear Editor, The Trump Administration’s efforts to bring the National Guard to American cities must be vehemently opposed.

Local News - More Important Than You Might Think

Dear Editor, I applaud J. Patrick Reilly's editorial in last week's Chronicle listing the reasons why local newspapers are important.

Cruelty is the point

Dear Editor, A term I hear a lot regarding the Trump Administration is "Cruelty is the point." When it comes to immigrants, minorities, and LGBTQ+ that is obviously true. We see it happening day after day in the aggressive and abusive force ICE agents use and in the conditions the …

Let our rural voices be heard

Dear Editor, People living in rural communities care about Democracy as much as people living in big cities.

EV subsidies ride off into the sunset

Dear Editor, Electric vehicle (EV) subsidies have officially rode (drove?) off into the sunset.

Wisconsin Public Service Commissioners Commit a Boo-Boo

ear Editor, On Thursday, September 25, 2025, three Wisconsin Public Service commissioners (WPSC) made a grave error by rubber stamping the Whitetail and Badger Hollow industrial wind turbine (IWT) projects, which will be built in the beautiful Driftless region in southwest Wisconsin

The Ministry of Skeptics

Dear Editor, Many people believe that you shouldn't go along with your spouse or partner to church if you "aren't religious" yourself.