Pecatonica Valley Leader

08/20/2025

It’s that time again, Iowa County residents, to make plans to attend your 169th county fair in Mineral Point beginning Thursday August 28th and running through Monday, September 1st. This year’s Labor Day Event theme is Harvesting Memories and as always, the schedule is action-packed for the five-day event.

Check out the story for all things happening at the fair. For admission or ride tickets, you can go online to purchase at www.iowacountyfair.com.

08/01/2025

The pond opens today. Follow the page to fill out the waiver form before going. The forms can be dropped off at the pond before swimming commences.

07/31/2025

The Dodgeville Chronicle featured Argyle/Pecatonica athlete Avari Steiner in this weeks paper. In her freshman and sophomore year, she's already made it to the state tournament each in basketball and golf.

With two years left in her high school career, chances look pretty good that she could go back to state in both of her respective sports. Enjoy the story!

07/12/2025

The Car Show goes on! Check out where everyone will be situated and make sure to stop and check it out!

So many have been asking…..and yes the show is still on, although not as advertised. The grass grounds where the show usually is held is still very very wet and the river is not going down so there is no where for that water to go. Therefore the show has been moved to the adjacent parking lot, side streets and other parking areas. My team and I have worked all day planning and restructuring how the show will work this year. One thing we all agree, we need from everyone attending is PATIENCE!!! If you don’t have that, stay home.

It’s going to be a beautiful day tomorrow and we will still be a judged show but will not be parking class to class due to room constraints. Over 120 “Judges Choice” awards are up for grabs and our Best of the Best awards.

The ONLY entrance for show participants is on Mill St (as shown on the map)

Concessions and shirts will be available in the Legion Hall (see map) instead of the pavilion. Our features will be located on the basketball court. Absolutely NO pop up canopies will be allowed as we have space constraints. Blanchard Hall, the Legion and the Pavilion are available for getting out of the sun.

Hopefully this revised layout makes sense and can shed some light on our revised event.

Parking will be new for all of my volunteers so once again, I ask for everyone’s patience and a good attitude because I could have easily just cancelled the event all together.

Huge thank you to my team for coming together in making this happen!!!! 5 inches of rain fell in the park yesterday and we are fortune for the community working with us.

Thank you everyone and remember this is a “all profits go back to the community” show. So please support this community and see you all Sunday…….keep on Cruisn’w n

07/12/2025

READ ALL ABOUT IT! We are UNDER WATER!

1.). Badger State pull is CANCELLED
2.) Carnival is PULLING out - no more rides

The GOOD - the auction is still a go, cheese curds are cooking, exhibitors are around, ice cream is yummy and the floral hall is open! You can still walk on the grounds, and enjoy many fair things!

Please help us spread the word by hitting that SHARE button. Thanks to everyone helping with the crazy from the storm!

07/10/2025

We have Rooted Collective 201, info about the Crusi’n Car, Truck and Cycle show on Sunday, Hollandale Village Board, updates to Argyle’s CC Camp pillars, Wisconsin Holstein Association results, Green County Dairy Days results, Pecatonica Soccer, sports and more!

07/09/2025

County road K will be closed from Cemetery Road to Highway 39 for culvert replacement July 9, 2025 from 7 a.m. till 6 p.m.

06/27/2025

Important Traffic & Parking Info – 85th Annual Argyle Fish Fry - June 28th 2025

We’re excited to welcome you to this year’s 85th Annual Argyle Fish Fry! 🐟 With the addition of a brand-new Fish Fry Market, there will be a few temporary traffic and parking changes to help things run smoothly:

🚧 Road Closure: East Milwaukee Street
• East Milwaukee Street will be closed to through traffic between State and Broad Streets.
• However, westbound traffic will still be allowed in the right lane to access Handicap Parking, which will be located at First National Bank and Trust.

🅿️ Handicap Parking Info
• Enter from the west on East Milwaukee St (right lane only).
• All vehicles exiting Handicap Parking will leave via the alley westbound onto North State Street.

🅿️ New Angled Parking – South Broad Street
• Additional angled parking will be available on the east side of South Broad Street.
• Please enter from Monroe Street and treat South Broad as a one-way northbound during the event.
• To exit the area, continue north to East Milwaukee Street, then use side streets like Green or Lafayette to head out.

🎉 Don’t Miss:
• The Fish Fry Market
• The Kids Area
• And of course, the After Party!

Thank you for your cooperation and support in keeping this event safe and fun for everyone! See you there! 🐟🎶🍻

06/26/2025

Lafayette county aboard, Pecatonica Area School Board, Argyle School Board, Green County Dairy Queen crowned, River Bend Cafe, Argyle Fish Fry info, sports and more!

06/24/2025

Minor flooding in the forecast for the East Branch of the Pecatonica River until 3 p.m. Wednesday, June 25. At 4 p.m. the river was at 10.5 ft. Flood stage is 11 ft. The river will rise about 11.2 ft just after midnight tonight and will fall below flood stage to 6 ft on Thursday, June 26 with another slight rise around Saturday morning.

06/20/2025

For the first time ever, at the Lafayette County Board of Supervisors meeting on June 17, the Pecatonica Valley Leader was designated as the official newspaper of the county. More information on this meeting will be in the June 26 edition.

Meeting minutes, legal notices, and election information can be found in this newspaper over the next year. Meeting coverage will be printed each month. The Lafayette County Board of Supervisors don't plan on meeting in July, but if they do it will be on July 15. If not, the next meeting will be on August 19.

This editor thanks the board members for their support.

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06/20/2025

This week’s paper has info from the Hollandale Village Board, Argyle Village Board, Lafayette County Dairy Breakfast, Worship at Apple Grove one year after tornado, Naughtin’s sentencing, pictures from Chicken BBQ, Pecatonica scholarship golf outing, and more!