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  • Pecatonica shuts out Shullsburg/Benton

    Austin Enloe went 6 1/3 innings then got help from Cooper Schraepfer to shut out Shullsburg/Benton 4-0 in a Six Rivers baseball game Thursday. Enloe limited the co-op team to three hits and no runs while walking three and striking out a dozen. Schraepfer came on to the finish the final 2/3 and struck out…

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  • Warbirds edged by Shullsburg/Benton

    Argyle/Black Hawk battled but came up short in the offensive department in a 6-2 loss to Shullsburg/Benton Thursday. The game was a Six Rivers East test. The first Warbirds run scored in the sixth. Mitchell Johnsen grounded into a fielders choice and scored on a single by Jackson Berget. They added a run in the…

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  • Bullets beat Wiota on three hitter in West tilt

    Hunter Enloe and Dakota Doescher combined to three hit Wiota as the Bullets beat the Indians 11-1 in a Western Section match-up Sunday. Enloe went five scoreless frames and struck out 11. He gave up one hit and walked one. Doescher gave up two hits in his two innings. He was touched for an unearned…

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  • Argyle/Pec track teams both 4th at conference

    Both Argyle/Pecatonica boys and girls track & field teams finished 4th in the Six Rivers Conference meet held at the University of Wisconsin last Tuesday. Mikey Helfvogt was an individual winner in the high jump while the 4×100 relay team also took first place. The tri-op of Benton-Scales Mound- Shullsburg won both divisions. Top 8…

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  • Grab something from the Hearth & Hare Homestead

    This farmstand can be found on the side of Hwy 78 just south of Blanchardville in the grass of C&G Storage facility. Trying new things can be scary at first but once you actually do that new thing, it is a rush. That was something that Mia Harris of Argyle felt when she first thought…

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  • Memorial Day celebrations held on Monday, May 25 around the area

    Dobson-Johnson-Gallagher American Legion Post 142 of Blanchardville held their services on May 25 where they heard from guest speaker Bill Hustad and the one he remembers who lost their lives. Photos by Kayla Barnes The Martinson American Legion Post 510 of Hollandale welcomed everyone to Hollandale after the parade down Main Street. Tom Mitchell and…

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  • Pecatonica Area School Board

    Presentation from DataWrangler, electronic transcript services Before the regular Pecatonica Area School Board meeting on Monday, May 18, the board met for a special meeting where they discussed rules and requirements for board members and reorganized their board as they added three new members, Marsha Crooks, Megan Leonard and Steve Acheson. Megan Reading was reelected…

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  • Lafayette County Board of Supervisors

    Pecatonica Valley Leader keeps ‘The Official Newspaper of the Lafayette County’ title one more year At the Lafayette County Board of Supervisors regular meeting on Tuesday, May 19, the board approved the Pecatonica Valley Leader as the official newspaper for the county for one more year, with a vote of 10-6. Both the Pecatonica Valley…

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  • Valley Leader’s Church News

    New Hope Lutheran Church Blanchardville and Hollandale Churches of the ELCA .;Office Phone: 608-523-4239; Newhopeoffice@tds.net Pastor Chris StrohmSunday, May 24 -8:30 a.m. in Hollandale -10:30 a.m. in Blanchardville St. John’s Church, South Wayne, Rev. Fr. Christopher Gernetzke: -8:00 a.m. Mass, 2nd and 4th Sundays St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Gratiot, Rev. Fr. Christopher Gernetzke:-8:00 a.m. Mass,…

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  • Lois Jane (Ula) Gifford

    Lois Jane (Ula) Gifford, age 86 of Blanchardville died on Tuesday, May 12, 2026 at her home in Blanchardville. Lois was born on May 13, 1939, the daughter of James Erland & Lillian Adelaide (Kittleson) Ula, and was raised on a farm 5 miles east of Blanchardville on Hay Hollow Road. She went to grade…

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