Category Archives: Local News

Platteville High School Construction students hosting an open house
Platteville High School Construction students are welcoming the community to attend an open house for one of their projects. Over the past two years more than 40 h high school students helped with the...
Courtney Chaffee Oct 28, 2025

Muscoda teen arrested for OWI in Platteville
On Friday, a Deputy Sheriff for the Grant County Sheriff's Office conducted a traffic stop on Water Street Platteville after observing a truck nearly strike a vehicle while deviating from its lane of ...
Courtney Chaffee Oct 27, 2025 Scott Davidson / CC

Teen cited following Grant County crash
Friday afternoon, the Grant County Sheriff's Office received a report of a two-vehicle rollover crash at the intersection of Highway 18 and Highway 35, in Patch Grove Township. Deputies arrived on sce...
Courtney Chaffee Oct 27, 2025 GotCredit / CC

Merrill man cited following head-on collision in Crawford County
On Thursday, the Crawford County Sheriff's Office responded to a two-vehicle traffic crash on Highway 60 near Vet Lane. 47-year-old Christopher Gardner of Merrill was driving westbound on Highway 60 a...
Courtney Chaffee Oct 27, 2025

Monroe man arrested for OWI 2nd offense
Early Sunday morning Lafayette County Sheriffs arrested 26-year-old Axel R. Cayetano-Ramirez of Monroe for OWI - 2nd Offense and Operating without a Valid License - 3rd Offense. Cayetano was arrested ...
Courtney Chaffee Oct 27, 2025

Two arrested following Dodgeville domestic disturbance
Sunday evening the Iowa County Communications Center received a report of a domestic disturbance at a residence on Chimney Rock Rd, in Dodgeville Township. Following an investigation, Iowa County Depu...
Courtney Chaffee Oct 27, 2025

Dave Dahms appointed President of NICC
The interim president of Northeast Iowa Community College has been named the school's president. The NICC board of trustees voted unanimously this week to appoint Dave Dahms as president until his ant...
Courtney Chaffee Oct 27, 2025

Cedar Rapids man arrested for child sexual abuse in Dubuque
Police said a man sexually abused a child in Dubuque. 22-year-old Isaac A. Gukeisen of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was arrested at 2:10 p.m. Friday at Dubuque Law Enforcement Center on a warrant charging seco...
Courtney Chaffee Oct 27, 2025

Over 320 pounds of items collected during Dubuque drug take back event
On Saturday, the Dubuque Drug Task Force, in conjunction with the Asbury Police Department and the Area Substance Abuse Council (ASAC) participated in a nationwide drug take back event. Items collecte...
Courtney Chaffee Oct 27, 2025 Eric Hunsaker / CC

Man sentenced to prison for 2024 sexual assault in Jo Daviess County
A man has been sentenced to 18 years in prison after pleading guilty to sexual assault and sexual abuse charges in a Jo Daviess County case. 45-year-old Francisco Guinea-Delgado of Mundelein, Ill., pl...
Courtney Chaffee Oct 27, 2025





