Category Archives: Local News
Mineral Point man arrested following traffic stop
On Saturday at 6:32 PM an Iowa County Sheriff's Deputy conducted a traffic stop near the intersection of Highway 18 and County Road J in the Township of Linden. As a result of the stop, 43-year-old Ad...
Apr 28, 2025
Jury finds Platteville man not guilty of false imprisonment
A Grant County jury recently found a Platteville man not guilty on two charges after police said he engaged in a standoff with them. 50-year-old Gerald Moon was found not guilty at his trial in Grant ...
Apr 28, 2025 Blogtrepreneur / CC
Platteville woman arrested in Dubuque
28-year-old Kayla Pearson of Platteville was arrested at 12:09 a.m. Saturday in the 1600 block of Asbury Road in Dubuque on charges of assault on persons in certain occupations with bodily injury, sec...
Apr 28, 2025
Platteville trail expansion project seeks donations, additional state funds
Organizers say a fundraising initiative to expand Platteville's trail system is making good strides despite a recent need for additional state funding. The Valley-to-Eastside Expansion Project adds ap...
Apr 28, 2025
Dubuque man sexually abused minor, provided minors with drugs, alcohol
Police said a Dubuque man sexually abused a minor and provided minors with drugs and alcohol. 31-year-old Jaquille J. Williams of Dubuque was arrested at 11:11 p.m. Thursday at his residence on a warr...
Apr 28, 2025
Fire damages Dubuque rental home, kills dog
No one was injured in a fire Saturday afternoon at a rental home in Dubuque, though a dog died from apparent smoke inhalation, according to officials. Dubuque Fire Department crews were called to a re...
Apr 28, 2025 brett jordan / CC
Spencer man arrested for operating after revocation
On Friday at 7:11 PM an Iowa County Sheriff's Deputy assisted a Mineral Point officer on a traffic stop near the intersection of Highway 151 and E Barreltown Road in the Township of Mineral Point. As ...
Apr 28, 2025
AG Kaul sues Department of Education for threats to withhold funding
On Friday, Attorney General Josh Kaul and 19 attorneys general, filed a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Department of Education's threat to withhold federal funding from state and local agencies that ref...
Apr 26, 2025
High school athletes will be allowed to use NIL opportunities
Wisconsin high school student athletes will soon be able to enter the name, image and likeness game. The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association on Friday approved an rule change that will allo...
Apr 26, 2025
Two Grant County Deputies testify for federal homicide case in Oklahoma
Two Grant County Sheriffs testified in Oklahoma for a federal case they assisted on. On the evening of July 24, 2023 The Grant County Sheriff's Office received an attempt to locate vehicle request fro...
Apr 26, 2025
