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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 …
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October 17, 2025

Panthers in big game mode vs Boscobel

Both teams ran 38 plays but the results were far different.
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October 17, 2025

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.
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October 17, 2025

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.
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October 17, 2025

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.
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October 17, 2025

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.
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October 17, 2025

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.
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October 17, 2025

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.
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October 17, 2025

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.
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October 17, 2025

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.
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October 17, 2025

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 …
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October 17, 2025

Let our rural voices be heard

Dear Editor, People living in rural communities care about Democracy as much as people living in big cities.
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October 17, 2025

EV subsidies ride off into the sunset

Dear Editor, Electric vehicle (EV) subsidies have officially rode (drove?) off into the sunset.
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October 17, 2025

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
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October 17, 2025

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.
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October 17, 2025

Hegseth blind to climate threat

Dear Editor, In his recent speech to hundreds of senior U.S. military leaders at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declared that the Trump administration has removed what he called "politically correct and toxic ideological garbage" from the military.
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October 17, 2025

“Talking Politics”

Dear Editor, I have so often heard, “Oh, I don’t ‘do’, ‘have any interest in’, ‘want to hear about’…’talk’…POLITICS. Today, the word (πολιτικά (politiká) in its Greek origin) carries a negative connotation.
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October 17, 2025

Health and Human Services sets grant awards

By Bruce Paull The Iowa County Health and Human Services committee met to discuss requests of the Robert G. Campbell Community Fund 2025 cycle and the Opioid Settlement Funds Grant. The Arena Meal site was the other business on the agenda.
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October 17, 2025

Highland board reviews budget for annual meeting w

The Highland School Board went over the proposed budget for 2026-27 with business director Linda Hebgen at their regular meeting Wednesday.
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October 17, 2025

Ridgeway Village addresses law enforcement needs, discussed Main Street project w

Ridgeway has what is the only Marshall in the state of Wisconsin as Michael Gorham has held the position since 2018.
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October 17, 2025
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