Category Archives: Local News

Iowa County calls numbers for July 27 - August 2
Over the past week from July 27 through August 2, the Iowa County 911 Communication Center handled a total of 472 calls for service. The top calls for service were 100 traffic stops, 7 disturbances, 1...
Courtney Chaffee Aug 5, 2025

Sex offender moving into Lancaster
The Lancaster Police Department is advising the public of a sex offender moving into the area. On Sunday, August 10, Timothy Howen will be residing in Lancaster and living in the 300 block of W. Elm S...
Courtney Chaffee Aug 5, 2025
UWPD clears scene after 'grenade-like' device was spotted on UW Arboretum boardwalk
The University of Wisconsin Police Department was on the scene of an active police incident Monday on the east side of the UW Arboretum. The police urged the public to avoid the area, as it was deemed...
Courtney Chaffee Aug 4, 2025

Coca-Cola adding cane sugar option
Starting this fall, consumers in the U.S. will have the option to buy Coca-Cola sweetened with domestic cane sugar instead of high-fructose corn syrup. Some Nutritionist have indicated switching from ...
Courtney Chaffee Aug 4, 2025
Battery company loses energy, likely abandons Wisconsin facilities plan
More than a year after startup Wisconsin Battery Co. swooped into Fennimore with plans to fill a gap left by a shuttering Energizer facility, the company has dropped off the map. Grant County Economic...
Courtney Chaffee Aug 4, 2025

Reeves Wealth Management at Edward Jones donates $10,000 to the Valley-to-Eastside Expansion Project
The Valley-to-Eastside Expansion Project received a funding boost from Reeves Wealth Management at Edward Jones. Their generous $10,000 donation supports the land acquisition project. The nonprofit Pl...
Courtney Chaffee Aug 4, 2025 In Photo (L-R): Amanda Kroll (PCA member), Alyson Reeves, Ben Reeves, Elizabeth Reeves, Alaina Reeves, and Jeffrey McDonald

New auto shop coming to Dubuque
An auto shop chain is building a new location in Dubuque, city planning and development officials confirmed. A Brakes Plus location will be located on Northwest Arterial, between Starbucks and Tidal W...
Courtney Chaffee Aug 4, 2025
Two dead following Delaware County crash
Authorities said two people were killed in a two-vehicle head-on crash in Delaware County. 33-year-old Anthony N. Mentzer of Monticello and 44-year-old Bobbi J. Bauers of Delhi, both were killed in th...
Courtney Chaffee Aug 4, 2025

192,369 voters removed from voter registration log
The Wisconsin Elections Commission announced it has deactivated 192,369 voter registrations through the Four-Year Maintenance process required by law. The individuals deactivated by the Wisconsin Elec...
Courtney Chaffee Aug 4, 2025 GotCredit / CC

Platteville pool project moving along
About four months after Platteville voters signaled their support for the construction of a new municipal pool, city leaders are chipping away at the project. Several elements of the project are in th...
Courtney Chaffee Aug 4, 2025





