Iowa County officials respond to multiple calls on Friday
Oct 18, 2026, 8:31 PM CT
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The Iowa County Sheriff’s Office reports that on Friday morning (October 16) the Iowa County Communications Center received a report of a two-vehicle crash in the area of U.S. Highway 151 and County Road YZ. The Dodgeville Fire Department, Dodgeville EMS, an Iowa County Deputy, and a Warden with the Wisconsin DNR responded to the scene. Two individuals were transported to a local hospital for further evaluation.
Then during the evening hours, the Iowa County Communications Center received a report of a Disturbance in the 400 block of Main Street in the Village of Rewey. Iowa County Deputies and Mineral Point Police responded to the scene. As a result of the investigation Gaven Merrison, age 22, was arrested for Disorderly Conduct with a Domestic enhancer and Battery with a Domestic enhancer. Merrison was transported to the Iowa County Jail and booked on the charges.
Adam Hess has been involved in radio broadcasting since 1990, with many of those years spent on the air at WRCO FM in Richland Center. Currently, Adam hosts the Weekend Wake-up and Prime Mover Saturdays on WRCO FM, jumps in and helps out with news duties, handles Social Media duties for WRCO and WRCE, and is the Director of Technology at a Southwest Wisconsin School District. Reach him at adam.hess@civicmedia.us.
Tim Thiede is a Muscoda native who earned a degree in Radio/TV/Film from UW-Oshkosh where he decided to return to school as a non-traditional student. Since graduating in 2013 Tim has been working in radio previously in Reedsburg before being hired at WRCO in 2021. Besides being an on-air personality Tim also assists in the news department, engineers sports broadcasts and helps out wherever needed.
