Category Archives: Local News
Police investigate Dubuque Hempstead employee for sexual exploitation
Dubuque Police are investigating a sexual exploitation case involving a Dubuque County resident that worked at Hempstead High School. On April 4, 2025 the Dubuque Police Department received a notifica...
Courtney Chaffee Jun 12, 2025
Dubuque County man killed in Grant County motorcycle crash
Authorities said a Dubuque County man was killed in a motorcycle crash in Grant County. 43-year-old Ryan Phillips of Peosta, Iowa, was transported by ambulance to Crossing Rivers Health in Prairie du ...
Courtney Chaffee Jun 11, 2025

Widespread repairs continue nearly 2 months after Platteville hailstorm
Contractors in Platteville continue to hammer away at repairs necessitated by a spring hailstorm. On April 18, many community residents woke up to damage and debris. Hailstones, some of which were bas...
Courtney Chaffee Jun 11, 2025

2nd Iowa measles case of the year is eastern Iowa man
The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services Tuesday confirmed the state's second case of measles in 2025. The person is a man from Eastern Iowa and is vaccinated against measles. The Iowa HHS say...
Courtney Chaffee Jun 11, 2025 GotCredit / CC

Woman Med-flighted following Sauk County UTV crash
A woman who was driving a Utility Task Vehicle was transported to a hospital in Madison via MedFlight Tuesday morning, the Sauk County Sheriff's Office said Wednesday. The Sauk County Dispatch Center ...
Courtney Chaffee Jun 11, 2025

Vernon County decommissioning 14 dams
Vernon County recently decommissioned the Mlsna Dam located in the Town of Clinton. It is the first of 14 dams in the county that will be shut down. Last year, the Natural Resource Conservation Servic...
Courtney Chaffee Jun 11, 2025

Juvenile transported following rollover crash
On Tuesday at 3:04 PM a Lafayette County deputy, Argyle EMS and Argyle Fire responded to Highway 81 in Argyle Township for a one vehicle rollover. A juvenile male from Darlington was traveling on High...
Courtney Chaffee Jun 11, 2025

Mineral Point man arrested for meth in Belmont
On Tuesday at 1:06 AM 56-year-old Tim E. Apuzzo of Mineral Point was arrested for Possession of Methamphetamine and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia on Highway 151 in Belmont Township. Apuzzo was tran...
Courtney Chaffee Jun 11, 2025

One Med-Flighted following Clyde motorcycle crash
On Tuesday at 1:40 PM The Iowa County Communications Center received a report of a motorcycle crash on Clyde Rd in the Township of Clyde. Lone Rock Fire Department, Lone Rock EMS and Iowa County Sheri...
Courtney Chaffee Jun 11, 2025

Man set small fire outside Dubuque building
Police said a man deliberately set a small fire outside a building in downtown Dubuque. 23-year-old Naiche N. Jacobs was arrested at 10:24 a.m. Monday at Dubuque Law Enforcement Center on a warrant ch...
Courtney Chaffee Jun 11, 2025 brett jordan / CC





