University of Illinois Extension is launching a Fishing Spin Club for youth entering grades 6 through 12. The program is designed to introduce youth to the fundamentals of fishing while encouraging outdoor exploration and environmental awareness, according to a press release. The release states that the club will be le...

Internet provider CenturyLink will pay Wisconsin $450,000 to settle allegations that it misrepresented its monthly prices, the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) announced Thursday. The Department alleged that, between April 2015 and December 2017, CenturyLink advertised a promotion to &qu...

Despite a restructuring of the Aging and Disability Resource Center of Southwest Wisconsin, the agency's county-level leaders are not anticipating an impact to services. Green County recently announced its desire to depart from the Southwest Wisconsin region, of which Grant, Lafayette and Iowa were also part. This spar...

On Wednesday at 6:51 pm the Iowa County Communications Center received a report of a disturbance that had taken place at a residence on County Road F in Moscow Township. Iowa County Sheriff's Deputies responded to the residence. Following an investigation, 32-year-old Brooke Ashlee Marie Schmidt of Hollandale was arres...

Forecasters have issued an extreme heat watch for a large swath of the tri-state area this weekend as temperatures are expected to soar. The extreme heat watch is effective from noon Saturday, June 21, through 9 p.m. Sunday, June 22, in Clayton, Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson and Jones counties in Iowa and Grant and Crawfo...

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources will mark Invasive Species Awareness Weekend with a pair of events in Grant County. Volunteers will remove two invasive species, honeysuckle and burdock, along a stretch of the David Canny Rountree Branch Trail from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, June 21, in Platteville. Accordi...

Southwest Wisconsin leaders say weather was largely to blame for a slight dip in tourism economic impact last year that bucked the statewide trend of continued growth. Wisconsin's total economic impact generated by the tourism industry increased from $25 billion in 2023 to $25.8 billion in 2024, marking a third consecu...

Police said a man threatened another with the sharpened end of a broomstick during a disturbance in Dubuque. 19-year-old Adriel M. Wheeless of Dubuque was arrested at 11:13 p.m. Monday at his residence on charges of domestic assault while displaying a weapon, two counts of assault on persons in certain occupations with...

Police said a Wisconsin man withdrew tens of thousands of dollars from a bank account of a person with dementia living in Dubuque. 58-year-old Kenneth P. Klaas of Sun Prairie was arrested at 7:10 a.m. Tuesday at Dubuque Law Enforcement Center on a warrant charging first-degree theft, financial exploitation of an older ...

An annual car show will raise funds for local organizations and scholarships. Jerry's Automotive 10th annual Cruisin' For a Cause Class Car Show will be held from 3 to 7 p.m. Saturday, June 21, at the Lafayette County Fairgrounds in Darlington. A one-hour backroad cruise begins at 6:45 p.m. The show is open to cars, tr...