🌱 How WIS 80 construction near Highland will change your summer drive

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• How WIS 80 construction near Highland will change your summer drive

Today's riddle: what do you call a rabbit with fleas? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Breezy and not as warm, with a high of 66 and low of 38 degrees.
• Thursday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 69, low: 50.
• Friday: An a.m. shower; partly sunny, with a high of 81 and low of 51 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Wisconsin Highway 80 in Iowa County to be repaved (wmtv15news.com) — Drivers in Highland should prepare for major changes on WIS 80 as a $3 million project resurfaces nearly nine miles between County I in Highland and WIS 133 in Avoca, starting May 26. Traffic will be flagged but open between County I and County P, while the stretch from County P to WIS 133 will close for bridge replacement and paving through July 2026.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday May 13

• Senior Awards Night
  Iowa-Grant SD Iowa-Grant High School - IGHS Gymnasium
  5:00 pm
• MS Spring Choir Concert
  FENNIMORE COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT Fennimore, WI 53809
  5:30 pm
• HS Spring Choir Concert
  FENNIMORE COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT Fennimore, WI 53809
  7:00 pm
• Free Community Dinner →
  327 N Iowa St, Dodgeville
  10:00 pm

Thursday May 14

• Track & Field: Middle School Game vs Multiple Schools vs. Plattevi
  Iowa-Grant SD Platteville High School
  4:30 pm
• Track & Field: Middle School vs. Argyle Barneveld Belmont Darling
  FENNIMORE COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT Platteville High School
  4:30 pm
• East Dubuque Varsity Baseball @ Belmont →
  Belmont Community School District, 646 East Liberty Street, Belmont
  4:30 pm
• Baseball: Varsity (Date, Time and Location Changed from 04-14-26)
  FENNIMORE COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT Southwestern HS/MS
  4:30 pm
• Baseball: Varsity Game vs Shullsburg (Away)
  Iowa-Grant SD Benton High School
  4:30 pm
• Softball: Varsity Game vs Mineral Point (Away)
  Iowa-Grant SD Soldiers Memorial Park
  4:30 pm
• Baseball: JV Game vs Pecatonica (Home)
  Iowa-Grant SD Linden Ball Field
  4:30 pm
• Softball: Varsity vs. Cuba City (Away)
  FENNIMORE COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT Cuba City City Park
  5:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Congratulations 2026 graduates🎉!
  Graduation comes with big changes—new job, new place, new responsibilities. It’s also a good time to review your insurance coverage and make sure it… (Nextdoor )

• McDonald's posted a job opening for Janitorial Maintenance in Dodgeville. Apply here.
• Genuine Parts Company - GPC posted a job opening for Assistant Store Manager in Dodgeville. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Highland here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Platteville

• Biz Buzz: Peosta men's salon expands footprint, plans Platteville location (biztimes.biz)
• Wisconsin high school senior donates sensory kits to police department (wearegreenbay.com)
• Fatal Rollover Crash Kills 26-Year-Old Passenger in Grant County (dubuqueinpursuitnews.com)

Prairie du Chien

• Lancaster man sentenced to 40 years prison for homicide case in Prairie du Chien (wxow.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Bugs Bunny ! (Thank you bruce A. for sending it in!)
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