Murphy, Carol Lynn
Carol Lynn Murphy, age 64, of Dodgeville, passed away quietly at her home in Dodgeville on Thursday, August 14, 2025.
Starvation as a weapon of war
Dear Editor, On October 2, 2024, a group of 99 US medical professionals who volunteered in Gaza sent an urgent letter to then President Joe Biden
The Useful Idiots of Hamas
Dear Editor, Anyone who does not listen to Mosab Yousef regarding Gaza is ignorant and a possible useful idiot for Hamas.
Along The Ad Routes
by Mike Reilly The Iowa County Cancer Coalition Fundraiser is this coming Saturday - August 16 - at the Comer Activity Center at Lands’ End in Dodgeville.
'Drill Baby Drill' Is Getting Stale
Dear Editor, Another day, another terrible decision by the Trump administration, a collection of individuals seemingly hell-bent on destroying our environment at all costs.
Yes it was criminal
Dear Editor, I am reaching out as a family member of three people who died because the U.S. government knowingly poisoned the water at Camp Lejeune.
I got smarter
by J. Patrick Reilly I was talking to the parent of a couple teenagers who told me her children don’t feel she does anything right.
Our Immigrant Neighbors
Dear Editor, Recently Glenn Valley Foods, a meat packing plant in Omaha Nebraska was raided by dozens of ICE agents using a battering ram to enter the plant and detai undocumented workers
My beloved grandson is moving away
Dear Editor, My beloved grandson is moving away.
Heat and rain doesn’t stop Cobb Corn Roast
It was extremely hot the first few days of the annual Cobb Corn Roast and then the rain came Sunday morning and lasted until around 1:00. Even though the free sweet corn, chicken BBQ and music went inside the Community Building/Fire Station, there was enough of a window open to …
Traffic stop leads to Felony Drug Arrest in Town of Arena
Sheriff Michael Peterson reported on Tuesday, August 12, 2025, at approximately 2:40 a.m., an Iowa County Sheriff’s Deputy conducted a traffic stop on a silver Volvo for failure to dim headlights and operating left of center on USH-14 near Baxter Road in the Town of Arena.
Iowa-Grant school fee collection back to “old school”
Issues with the vendor for fee collections has caused changes in how payments will be made to start the year at Iowa-Grant schools.
Roder (Wally), Wallace T.
Born 6-7-1935 Passed away on 7-23-2025 Wally was born in Chicago, IL to Ruth Niemeyer Roder and Theodore Roder. After his father’s death, Ruth married Clifford Tollefson, and Wally grew up on the Tollefson family farm. He graduated from Mt. Horeb High School in 1953. After that, he served in …
Hanson, Geraldine Yvonne
Dodgeville – Geraldine Yvonne Hanson, age 84, of Dodgeville, passed away on Sunday, August 10, 2025 at her home.
Massey, Amy C.
Amy C. Massey, age 95 of Dodgeville, formerly of Hollandale, peacefully passed away in the early morning hours of August 7, 2025, at Upland Hills Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Amy was born on February 24, 1930, in Dodgeville, the daughter of Howard and Goldie (Colden) Thompson. She married Neal Massey …
Arneson, Lonna Rae
Lonna Rae Arneson October 28, 1943 - August 5, 2025
Parkos, Bert
Bert Parkos, age 85, of Mineral Point, passed away on Monday, August 4, 2025 surrounded by his loving family after a battling cancer this past year. His life was based on a dedication, generosity, and deep-rooted love for the community he loved to call home; he was such a proud …
Lee, Helen L.
Helen L. Lee, age 89, passed away on Wednesday July 30, 2025, at her home. She was born on May 29, 1936, to Richard and Melva (Whitish) Peat. On June 16, 1956, Helen married the love of her life, Walter Lee at the First Methodist Church Parsonage in Platteville. They …
Larsen, Linda K.
Linda K. Larsen, age 81 of Dodgeville, passed away on her terms—peacefully, in the middle of the night—on July 29, 2025, at the Upland Hills Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Dodgeville. She was the oldest daughter of Glenwood and Dorothy Anderson.
