Hetzel, Mark

Mark Hetzel, 77, of Hastings, MN died May 22, 2025 at home surrounded by his family, after a short illness.

McCarville, Dennis Lee

Dennis Lee McCarville, age 77, of rural Mineral Point/Hollandale, passed away Friday afternoon, May 30, 2025, after an ATV accident while doing what he always did — taking care of the land he loved (and probably muttering to himself about how nobody else could do it right).

Forseth, Terry Leigh

Terry Leigh Forseth, age 62, of Mazomanie passed away unexpectedly at home on Friday, May 30, 2025 surrounded by his family.

Drake, David Rhey

David Rhey Drake, age 74, of Mineral Point, passed away peacefully at home on May 24, 2025.

Limmex, Daniel J.

Daniel J. Limmex, age 75, of Spring Green, passed away from cancer on Saturday, May 24, 2025 at his residence. Visitation will be held on Monday, June 2, 2025 at the Richardson-Stafford Funeral Home from 5:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. Online condolences available at www.staffordfuneralhomes.com The Richardson-Stafford Funeral Home is assisting the …

Mark, Nora Weigel

Nora Mark, age 50, of Des Plaines, Illinois, formerly of Montfort, Wisconsin, passed away from Uterine Leiomyosarcoma (ULMS) on May 20, 2025. She was born April 17, 1975, in Dodgeville, Wisconsin to Anton and Ellen Weigel.

Nondorf, Kathy (White)

Kathy (White) Nondorf, age 66 of Highland, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, May 23, 2025, with her beloved dog, Lily, at her side. She was born on August 20, 1958, to James C. and Lenice White.

Avenue of Flags goes up

Boden Chambers and Emmett Collins of Mineral Point High School assist with the Avenue of Flags installation at Graceland Cemetery before Memorial Day. More than 170 flags fly at the entrance and throughout the cemetery.

Denu, Sarah

Sarah Denu age 56, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her children on Monday, May 19th from complications of heart failure. She was born to Brenda Nordstrom on March 3, 1969.

Lemanski, John “Jack” M.

COBB – John “Jack” M. Lemanski, age 85, passed away peacefully on Tuesday May 13, 2025, at Mineral Point Health Services. He was born on November 20, 1939; the son of Clyde and Mary (Winters) Lemanski.

Dodgers give Hillmen their first SWC loss

Nathan Johnson shut down Platteville Friday to give the Hillmen their first SWC loss of the season.

Eagles mound crew shuts out A/BH

A trio of Barneveld pitchers combined to strike out 13 of the 15 outs needed in a 16-0 five inning win over Argyle/Black Hawk in a Six Rivers game Monday.

Our students make a difference

This past Lenten Season, the Dodgeville St. Joseph’s Catholic school community came together with generosity and purpose raising $675 for our local EMT's. Thursday morning, May 1, the 8th grade class had the honor of hand-delivering the donation just before beginning their CPR training. It was a powerful and hands-on …

Israeli soldiers post their war crimes on social media

Dear Editor, Members of the Israeli Defense Force, who have served in Gaza, have routinely shared videos and photos on platforms like TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and Facebook that could be considered evidence of their commission of war crimes.

Along The Ad Routes

by Mike Reilly We had such a good week at the concession stand at Centennial Park for the high school baseball games last week that it took me nearly 3 hours to go to the stores, buy more product and then re-stock the stand!

Please do not leave until the situation has been resolved

Dear Editor, Warm weather, sunshine, flipflops, lemonade. Need I say more?

Global soil moisture is on a permanent decline

Dear Editor, “Man – despite his artistic pretensions, his sophistication and his many accomplishments – owes his existence to a 6-inch layer of topsoil and the fact that it rains.”

Mineral Point’s Tuttle tosses shutout win over Southwestern

Aida Tuttle had a game to remember for the Mineral Point softball team in a 10-0 win over Southwestern Thursday.

Dodgers win in five over Panthers

Dodgeville’s softball team took a 13-0 non-conference win over Iowa-Grant Friday.

It was a night of routine matters when the Iowa-Grant School Board met Monday

A routine consent agenda was approved and the board went on to accept with gratitude donations of $200 from John and Sheila Spurley to the Iowa-Grant FFA and $128 from Trinity Episcopal Church to Panther Packs.