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A welfare check leads to an arrest in the Village of Avoca

A welfare check leads to an arrest in the Village of Avoca

Feb 18, 2026, 9:49 AM CST

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The Iowa County Communications Center received a request for a welfare check at a home in the 400 block of North Seventh Street in the Village of Avoca Tuesday morning around 4:40.

Deputies responded to the location and conducted the check and a subsequent investigation.

As a result, Kevin L Ellenson, age 47, was arrested on criminal charges of Battery, Strangulation/Suffocation, False Imprisonment, and Disorderly Conduct.


Adam Hess

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 [email protected].

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