Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest and crime counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
Iowa County, Wisconsin, has about 24,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Iowa County depends on where the incident happened: the Iowa County Sheriff's Office for the unincorporated county, the agency that reports for the city inside a city. This guide names each agency, where its records page is and what the Wisconsin Public Records Law requires of it.
This guide covers which agency, the sheriff's reports, the cities' reports, how many reports, what the law requires and common questions.
Related guides: Iowa County public records, Iowa County arrest records, Iowa County warrants, Iowa County inmate search, Iowa County criminal records, Wisconsin arrest records and Wisconsin inmate search.
Which Agency Holds a Report from Iowa County
The report of an incident is released by the agency that took it; the court and the jail hold their own records of the same event, but not the report.
In Iowa County that is the Iowa County Sheriff's Office for the unincorporated county and for any city that contracts with it for police service, and the agency that reports for a city where the city has one of its own.
The Muscoda Police Department and the Blanchardville Police Department are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Iowa County, so their arrests are not broken out for Iowa County here.
Reports from the Iowa County Sheriff's Office
The Iowa County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 9 violent and 13 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 158 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit, reached through the office at 608-930-9500. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its jail page, at iowacountywi.gov/departments/lecjail (page title: Welcome to the Official Website of Iowa County, WI | Law Enforcement Center | Jail), phone 608-930-9500, 911 Location 109 East Leffler Street Dodgeville, WI 53533, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
Reports from the City Agencies in Iowa County
The six cities the FBI lists in Iowa County with a reporting agency of their own:
- Dodgeville: 82 arrests reported for 2025.
- Mineral Point: 1 violent and 16 property crimes reported for 2025; 56 arrests reported for 2025.
- Barneveld: 2 arrests reported for 2022.
- Highland: 5 arrests reported for 2020.
- Avoca: 7 arrests reported for 2023.
- Linden: 0 violent and 0 property crimes reported for 2025; 1 arrests reported for 2025.
A city on that list is reported separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
How Many Reports: Iowa County in 2025
The three agencies in Iowa County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 10 violent and 29 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the four agencies in Iowa County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 297 arrests to the FBI that year, and each arrest is a report of its own.
What the Wisconsin Public Records Law Requires
The Wisconsin Public Records Law sets the rules: an answer as soon as practicable and without delay; the law sets no number of days, at a charge of the actual cost of copying and locating, with no charge for the first $50 of locating, from the agency that holds the report.
Any other county record goes through the county records request page SearchSystems verified, at iowacountywi.gov/OpenRecordsRequestForm (page title: Welcome to the Official Website of Iowa County, WI | Open Records Request Form).
A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, (608) 935-0393, handles discovery for pending cases.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Iowa County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Iowa County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Wisconsin Public Records Law the answer is due as soon as practicable and without delay; the law sets no number of days.
How long does an agency in Iowa County have to answer?
Under the Wisconsin Public Records Law, as soon as practicable and without delay; the law sets no number of days. It may charge the actual cost of copying and locating, with no charge for the first $50 of locating.
How do I get a report from the Iowa County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit, reached through the office at 608-930-9500. Under the Wisconsin Public Records Law the answer is due as soon as practicable and without delay; the law sets no number of days.
Is this the official Iowa County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.