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Blanchardville Historical Society annual meeting attendees got an earful – or was that an engine full?
It is indeed a classic! That was the consensus of all in the building Sunday, March 22 in learning about the history of the Blanchardville Cruis’n Wisconsin Car, Truck and Motorcycle Show across the pastfour decades in Blanchardville’s Mckellar Park. An enthusiastic Blanchardville Historical Society (BHS) audience enjoyed a 90 minute presentation from show founder/organizer…
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Irene Virginia Baker
Irene Virginia Baker, age 91 of Blanchardville, passed away on March 14, 2026, at the Upland Hills Nursing & Rehab Center in Dodgeville, with her daughters by her side. Irene was born in Mt. Horeb, Wisconsin on March 12, 1935, to Vernell & Clara (Lehnherr) Weck. She grew up on a farm in Brigham Township…
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Elaine E. Karlen
Elaine E. Karlen, age 93, of Monroe, died on Thursday, March 12, 2026 at Aster Assisted Living. Elaine was born on July 7, 1932 in Northwood, North Dakota, the daughter of Oscar and Alice (Walgrave) Kammerud. She was a 1950 graduate of Blanchardville High School and was united in marriage to Rollie Karlen on February…
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Politicians and Journalists Ignorance
From the beginning of Epic Fury, American politicians and journalists have been willing to say and do anything, which demonstrates their ineptness and ignorance, as they try to undermine the President. Headlines read the President hasn’t a Plan for the War. After all the news conferences, if you don’t understand the Plan, you aren’t listening.…
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Where was Pattern Energy?
Dear Editor, Where were the Pattern Energy representatives last Thursday? The Town of Mineral Point reserved the conference room at the Quality Inn for an informational meeting with Pattern Energy. The representatives from Pattern canceled their attendance at this meeting. Why? According to the Pattern Energy website, “Our approach to building successful facilities is to…
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2025-2026 Ridge and Valley Wrestling All-Conference Teams
Weight Year Boys 1st TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE 106 9 Harper Salmon – North Crawford/Seneca 113 9 Layton Gruenenfelder- Pecatonica/Argyle 120 9 Charlie Krebs Pecatonica/Argyle 126 10 Evan Sigafus – Black Hawk/Shullsburg/Warren 132 12 Lukas Orloff – Pecatonica/Argyle 138 11 Blake Bingham – Ithaca/Weston 144 12 Derek Franzen – Ithaca/Weston 150 12 Will Doescher – Pecatonica/Argyle 157…
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From PREP to College Report
AIDAN GRUENENFELDER, a former Pecatonica High School athlete, concluded his first season on the Loras College men’s wrestling team last weekend. Gruenenfelder, a freshman at 125 lbs, won two matches and lost two at the NCAA Division III national championships held in Cedar Rapids, Ia. A 10-7 loss to Kurt Mokros from Ohio Northern University…
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Lafayette Hospital + Clinics named a Top 100 Critical Access Hospital
Lafayette Hospital + Clinics today announced it has been recognized as a 2026 Top 100 Critical Access Hospital by The Chartis Center for Rural Health. The Top 100 awards program celebrates outstanding performance annually among the nation’s rural hospitals based on the results of the Chartis Rural Hospital Performance INDEX®. “We are truly honored to…
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Pecatonica Volleyball team on honor roll
Pecatonica High School Volleyball program this year had a total of 28 girls in that group, 4 were on Honor Roll, 22 were on High Honor Roll and the average GPA overall was 3.69! Our Varsity squad was made up of 15 girls and 14 of them received the WVCA All-Academic Award! Back row: Brooklynn…
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