Category Archives: Local News

Crawford County Crimestoppers seek vehicle involved in hit and run
On Wednesday, the Crawford County Sheriff's Office investigated a hit and run traffic crash on Highway 35 north of Frenchman's Landing in Eastman. An unknown vehicle traveling southbound on Highway 35...
Courtney Chaffee May 15, 2025

Juvenile injured in motorist vs. bicyclist crash
On Wednesday at 4:08 PM A Lafayette County deputy responded to W Pleasant St in South Wayne, for a motorist vs bicyclist. 35-year-old Stephanie M Lincicum of South Wayne, struck a juvenile riding a bi...
Courtney Chaffee May 15, 2025 GotCredit / CC

New Darlington chamber director named
Darlington Chamber/Main Street has named a new executive director. Darlington native Jesse Westerman will serve in the role, according to a social media post. Westerman, a 2006 Darlington High School ...
Courtney Chaffee May 15, 2025

Milkweed named Plant of the Year
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has declared milkweed as the department's Rare Plant Monitoring Program's 2025 Plant of the Year on Wednesday, encouraging people to plant milkweed ...
Courtney Chaffee May 15, 2025 MediaMarketing / Depositphotos.com

Wisconsin judge argues prosecutors can't charge her with helping a man evade immigration agents
A Wisconsin judge charged with helping a man who is in the country illegally evade U.S. immigration agents who were trying to detain him at her courthouse filed a motion to dismiss the case Wednesday,...
Courtney Chaffee May 15, 2025 Blogtrepreneur / CC

Dubuque Community School District receives state communication awards
The Dubuque Community School District was recently recognized for its communication efforts in the 2025 Iowa School Public Relations Association (ISPRA) Communication Contest, honoring outstanding sch...
Courtney Chaffee May 15, 2025 GotCredit / CC

DATCP accepting applications for Specialty Crop Block grants
The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) is accepting applications for 2025 Specialty Crop Block Grants until 10 a.m. on June 9. Eligible projects include those t...
Courtney Chaffee May 15, 2025

Intoxicated man drove with 4 kids in Dubuque
Police said an intoxicated man drove with four children in his vehicle in Dubuque. 34-year-old Terell R. Thomas of Sauk Village, Ill., was arrested at 8:50 p.m. Tuesday in the 1400 block of Washington...
Courtney Chaffee May 15, 2025

Gov. Reynolds orders flags to half-staff for Peace Officers Memorial Day
Gov. Kim Reynolds ordered all flags in Iowa to be lowered to half-staff from sunrise tosunseton Thursday, May 15, in honor of the NationalPeaceOfficersMemorial Day.Flags will be at half-staff on the S...
Courtney Chaffee May 14, 2025 USA flag. American flag. American flag blowing in the wind.

Uplands Hills Health offering walk-in MMR vaccine clinic today
Uplands Hills Health is offering a walk-in measles, mumps, rubella vaccine clinic at their Dodgeville and Barneveld locations to keep the community safe amid rising measles cases across the nation. Th...
Courtney Chaffee May 14, 2025





