Category Archives: Local News

Dubuque mayor calls special council meeting to restore protections for trans residents
The Dubuque City Council recently voted on updates to the city's Code of Ordinances, specifically focusing on the Human Rights Department. However, Mayor Brad Cavanagh revealed that the updated ordina...
Courtney Chaffee Jul 10, 2025

Prairie du Chien Police moving to City Hall during remodel
The Prairie du Chien Police Department is moving into City Hall. According to city officials, the department has to move due to the replacement jail project that will include a remodel of the space cu...
Courtney Chaffee Jul 10, 2025 GotCredit / CC

Platteville Police warn of gold scam
The Platteville Police Department is alerting residents to a gold scam after two people reported being scammed out of a large amount of money. According to a Facebook post by the city's police departm...
Courtney Chaffee Jul 10, 2025 Alachua County / CC

Wisconsin Elections Commission completes investigation of uncounted ballots
The Wisconsin Elections Commission has completed its investigation into the City of Madison Clerk's Office after nearly 200 ballots went uncounted during last November's election. The Wisconsin Electi...
Courtney Chaffee Jul 10, 2025

Dodgeville man charged with 5th offense OWI
A Dodgeville man is accused of fifth offense operating while impaired after fleeing Shorewood Hills police on Saturday. The incident began on Saturday evening when officers conducing a traffic patrol ...
Courtney Chaffee Jul 10, 2025
Authorities ID man found dead following Grant County altercation
A man in Grant County has died following a bar altercation last month. 65-year-old Jeffrey Cornell of Fennimore, was transported to Crossing Rivers Health Center in Prairie Du Chien and later transfer...
Courtney Chaffee Jul 10, 2025

Driver from fatal hit-and-run pleas not guilty
A Dubuque man charged in the hit and run death of a woman last month in Dubuque has entered a plea of not guilty and is scheduled to go to trial later this summer. 26-year old Bailey Foht recently ent...
Courtney Chaffee Jul 09, 2025 GotCredit / CC

Dubuque awarded funds for AmeriCorps
The City of Dubuque AmeriCorps program has been awarded $362,250 in federal funds, just a few months after the Trump administration cancelled funding for the program in April. Starting in September, t...
Courtney Chaffee Jul 09, 2025

ROTC programs cut to improve efficiency
ROTC programs at the University of Northern Iowa (UNI) and the University of Dubuque are shutting down. An ROTC unit at Buena Vista University in western Iowa will also be eliminated. According to a r...
Courtney Chaffee Jul 09, 2025 GotCredit / CC

Southwest Tech aims to double $700K gift through matching grant program
A monetary award received by a local community college will support an endowment to help fund scholarships. Southwest Wisconsin Technical College was named the nation's top community college in April ...
Courtney Chaffee Jul 09, 2025 June Dairy Month Interviews Sponsored by Southwest Wisconsin Technical College





