Category Archives: Local News
2 arrested after Dubuque shooting injures man
Police said a shooting in Dubuque injured a man and led to the arrest of two people. 29-year-old Excell Moore of Dubuque, was transported by private vehicle to UnityPoint Health-Finley Hospital for tr...
Courtney Chaffee May 07, 2025

Reedsburg man faces felony charges for child porn
A Reedsburg man is facing felony charges for possessing child pornography, the city's police department stated in a release on Monday. In 2023, the police department received a Cybertip through the In...
Courtney Chaffee May 07, 2025

Tommy Bartlett Show site and Exploratory sold to Ripley's Believe It or Not
The Tommy Bartlett Show site and Tommy Bartlett Exploratory in Wisconsin Dells have been sold to Ripley's Believe It or Not, the two companies announced Tuesday. The purchase marks the end of the Tomm...
Courtney Chaffee May 07, 2025

Pair of heavy-metal concerts coming to Dubuque casino
Two popular metal bands will headline separate nights of music at a Dubuque casino this summer. In This Moment is slated to play Back Waters Stage at Q Casino + Resort on Aug. 1, according to a press ...
Courtney Chaffee May 06, 2025

Cell phone crash alert leads to OWI arrest
On Sunday at 12:02 AM, the Iowa County Communicatons Center received an automated alert from a cell phone provider reporting a severe crash. Deputies from the Iowa County Sheriff's Department, along w...
Courtney Chaffee May 06, 2025

Multiple drug arrests in Crawford County
Crawford County Law Enforcement made multiple arrests in two separate traffic stops last week, both involving methamphetamine-related offenses. The first incident occurred Tuesday, April 29 at 1:11 AM...
Courtney Chaffee May 06, 2025

Wisconsin leads the nation in cranberry production
Wisconsin is the nation's top cranberry producer for the 30th straight year. According to the Wisconsin Cranberry Board's harvest report, the state produced a little more than 6 million barrels of cra...
Courtney Chaffee May 06, 2025

Spongy moth treatments begin this month
The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection is beginning its annual spongy moth treatment. Small airplanes are going to spray a natural soil bacteria that kills spongy moth ...
Courtney Chaffee May 06, 2025

Josh Schoemann announces bid for governor
Washington County Executive Josh Schoemann announced his campaign as governor of Wisconsin. Schoemann declared his campaign at a Elderberry Manor event venue near his home outside West Bend. He is a A...
Courtney Chaffee May 06, 2025

Missing Reedsburg woman found alive 62 years later
Sixty-two years ago, Audrey Backeberg disappeared from Reedsburg after reportedly hitchhiking with her family's babysitter and catching a bus to Indianapolis. Nobody ever knew where she went or what h...
Courtney Chaffee May 06, 2025 GotCredit / CC





