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Carol J. Lancaster
Carol J. Lancaster, age 83, of Argyle, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, September 22, 2025, at her home. She was born April 10, 1942, in Monroe, WI, the daughter of Floyd and Dorothy (Robinson) Rolli. Carol grew up in Gratiot (“Riverside”), WI, and graduated from Gratiot High School, where she was valedictorian of her class and […]
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Thomas J. “Tom” Ellefson
Thomas J. “Tom” Ellefson, age 73, of rural Darlington, WI, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, September 14, 2025, at Lafayette Hospital and Clinics in Darlington. He was born June 3, 1952, in Freeport, IL, the son of Glen and Mary Ellefson. Tom grew up in Darlington, WI, and graduated from Darlington High School. On August […]
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Margaret Ann (Bigger) Hardyman
Margaret Ann (Bigger) Hardyman, age 86, of rural Darlington, passed away Sunday, September 21, 2025, in Mineral Point. She was born on January 12, 1939, in Mt. Horeb, the daughter of Adolf and Lillian (Gruenenfelder) Bigger. Margaret grew up in the Darlington area and attended various grade schools in rural Lafayette County. She graduated high school […]
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Vikings trim Black Hawk in SRE test
Two solid sets and one that needed some tune-up gave the Pecatonica volleyball team a sweep of Black Hawk in a Six Rivers East match-up Tuesday. The Vikings cruised to wins of 25-15 and 25-9 in the first and third sets. The second set was more of a challenge that the Vikings pulled out 25-23. “The […]
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Ryan Zimpel Memorial Night Meethighlights A/P XC run
Dodgeville-Mineral Point senior Johnny Robinson toured the cross country course at Boscobel’s Kronshage Park in 15:57 to place runner-up out of 155 runners and 21 varsity teams in the boys’ division at the Greg Bell Memorial Night Meet Thursday. Monroe senior Tre Dammen won in 15:44 and led his team to the top spot at 70 […]
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Weather ends P/A battle with WSS in Six Rivers
While the final score read 28-0 in Wauzeka/Steuben/Seneca’s favor over Pecatonica Friday the real winner was the weather. That is because the game was halted in the first quarter with lightning issues and after a two hour and 15 minute weather delay the decision was made to end it. Before the quarter ended the Hornets […]
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Orioles shake off early set loss to take SRE win over Pecatonica
It was an incredible night of volleyball between winning Six Rivers East conference leader Argyle and challenger Pecatonica. Scores Thursday were a nailbiting 29-27 Pecatonica win in the first set then three straight decisions by the Orioles. Those scores were 25-23, 25-13, 25-22. There is a saying in sports that you either win or you learn. […]
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100 Years of Pecatonica Football
From 1963 to 1970, Blanchardville played 11-man football in the State Line League. The teams were Blanchardville, Argyle, Brodhead, South Wayne, New Glarus, Belleville, Orfordville, and Juda. The only school change was in 1967 when South Wayne and Gratiot consolidated to become Blackhawk. During this period, Blanchardville had some success, finishing 3rd in 1963. They won […]
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Pecatonica Homecoming article with a musical twist
There’s 55 song titles in this article. It only took me 10 minutes to write. (It took longer to write down the song titles…lol). Are you able to find them all? I do have a list and will share with you on FB.Is it just Another Day? In this Ordinary World? Not hardly!I would highly […]
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When the morning fog lifted, everything had disappeared
To look at Darlington’s quiet and shady Veterans Park this morning you would never know that roughly 400 people occupied the park this past weekend. It’s not possible to provide an exact count because they came and went from every direction for three days (primarily Saturday). There were Civil War soldiers of the 3rd Iowa Artillery, […]