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Local boy reported missing

By Jolene FarleyThe Rock County Sheriff’s Department and the Hills Fire Department were dispatched Wednesday, March 31, to help search for a missing nine-year-old Hills boy.At nearly 6 p.m. a call came in to the county dispatch office that the boy had ran away from home, according to the initial complaint report at the Sheriff’s Department.The report also noted State Patrol had dispatched a helicopter to assist with the search."He was located later on that evening," said Rock County Sheriff Mike Winkels.The boy was found about 1:30 a.m. in a dog house in Hills, according to the report.The boy was placed in foster care immediately after the incident, according to Winkels.

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