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  • Argyle High School presents “The Play That Goes Wrong” March 27-29

    The Play That Goes Wrong is a farcical, murder mystery, play-within-a-play, conceived and originally performed by award-winning company Mischief – now adapted specially for high school performers. This 1920s show goes from bad to utterly disastrous when the leading lady goes unconscious, a corpse won’t play dead, and the actors trip over everything (including their…

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  • Updates on water quality trading, WWTP plans

    Tim Stockman from Davy Engineering called into the Hollandale Village Board meeting Tuesday, March 3 to give the board more updates on the water quality trading portion of the upgrades needed for the wastewater treatment plant (WWTP). The village needs to be in compliance with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources restrictions on the effluent…

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  • Crafting quilts to create memories

    By Kayla Barnes Saturday, March 21 is National Quilt Day. It was established in 1991 but was first started in 1989 as Quilters Day Out by the Kentucky Heritage Quilt Society. This day encourages those who have the passion of quilting to share the craft through workshops or creating charity projects. A local organization welcomes…

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  • Questions asked, some answered about Uplands East Wind Farm

    The $1 billion Uplands Wind project is spread across central and southern Iowa County and portions of northern Lafayette County, looking to have over 50 turbines and generate around 300 megawatts of energy.

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  • NNA is disappointed with Supreme Court decision in USPS v. Konan that weakens accountability and puts newspapers at risk

    The recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling in USPS v. Konan delivers a significant setback for newspapers and other businesses that rely on the nation’s mail system, narrowing the ability to hold the United States Postal Service accountable for service failures. In its decision, the Court limited the circumstances under which plaintiffs may recover damages related…

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  • From PREP to College Report

    JAMESON JOHNSON, a former Pecatonica High School athlete, opened the season for the Rock Valley College (Ill) baseball team. Johnson, a 6-2 sophomore utility player, hammered a pair of solo home runs for the Golden Eagles; one against Lake Land College (Mo) with the other against Highland Community College (III). The Golden Eagles fell to…

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  • Legals

    JANUARY 5, 2026BLANCHARDVILLE REGULAR VILLAGE BOARD The Village of Blanchardville Board of Trustees regular meeting was called to order at 6:30 p.m. on January, 5, 2026 by Village President Lanny Gilbertson. Confirmation of compliance with the Open Meetings Law, Drake confirmed the agenda was posted at Woodford State Bank, Village Hall information board, Post Office,…

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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.netPastor Chris StrohmSaturday, March 8-8:30 a.m. in Blanchardville-10:30 a.m. Sunday School at Hollandale-10:30 a.m. in Hollandale 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, 1st…

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  • Lafayette County Historical and Genealogy Society program

    Sunday March 22 at 1 p.m. the Lafayette County Historical and Genealogy Society will host a program by Cory Ritterbusch on the Early History of Shullsburg (1818- 1850). Shullsburg is one of the oldest cities in Wisconsin, soon celebrating 200 years. Refreshments will be served after the program. There is ample parking for this free…

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  • College News: Bri Peterson of UW-Whitewater recognized at state convention

    WHITEWATER – Bri Peterson, a Communication Sciences and Disorders major from Blanchardville, was recognized on February 5-6 at the 2026 Wisconsin Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Association (WSHA) annual convention in Pewaukee. Peterson presented "Supporting Student Use and Evaluation of AI Image Generation." The convention is a gathering of speech-language pathologists, audiologists and speech, language and…

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