Members of the Village of Arena Board of Trustees listen on as residents speak during public comment. From left, Village President Kate Riemann, Trustee Kathy Stoltz, Village Clerk DaNean Naeger, ...

The exterior sign at the UW-Platteville Richland campus in Richland Center. Photo via UW-Platteville Richland. Richland County and the greater community were disheartened recently when a unilateral ...

The Town of Arena Board of Supervisors is pictured at their emergency special meeting August 1. The board met to take up an extension of their joint fire/EMS agreement with the Village. Photo by ...

The cost and force reduction plan passed by the River Valley School Board on Jan. 20 as a result of the board’s decision on Jan. 9 to close the River Valley Early Learning Center, in Plain — formerly ...

At the June 7 regular board meeting of the Village of Arena Board of Trustees, the board discussed the results of a police survey, appointed a liaison to the Iowa County Sheriff’s office and made ...

Eileen Eberle’s husband, Lawrence, in the photo she is holding, came up with the idea for the River Valley School Fair 61 years ago. The fair is still going strong and is set for Sept. 27 in Spring ...

At the April 20 meeting of the Village of Arena Public Safety Committee, Chief of Police Nicolas Stroik, Sergeant Wyatt Miller and Officer Stephanie Benish of the Arena Police Department submitted ...

“This election, we’d be voting for Paul Pustina for Arena village president and Steve Wilkinson, Joseph Hipsky and Don Helt for village trustees. We encourage you to do the same. The ballot as it will ...

The new Village of Arena Board meets April 15 for a special emergency board meeting. From left: Don Helt, Steve Wilkinson, Becca Raven Uminowicz and Joe Hipsky. Absent from the meeting was trustee ...

On today’s show, we look back on 2024 by reviewing the biggest stories from our friends at small papers. First we talk to Charley Preusser and Gillian Pomplun from the Crawford County Independent & ...

At its April 8 regular board meeting, the Village of Arena Board of Trustees discussed a discrepancy in the clerk/treasurer report, voted on ordinance changes and the purchase of a new truck and heard ...

Nina’s Department Store has been in our family for four generations. My great grandfather, Harris Marcus, started the business. He was an immigrant from Russia. Like countless other Russian Jews at ...