Category Archives: Local News

Galena museum grant unfrozen, matching donations sought
Galena-Jo Daviess County Historical Society officials seek the public's help to raise matching funds for a recently unfrozen federal grant. The $576,000 matching grant from the Institute of Museum and...
Courtney Chaffee May 12, 2025

British Hollow Smelter restoration near completion
About 200 years of history has ended up taking four years to restore. Potosi Township Historical Society members are wrapping up the restoration of British Hollow Smelter, a lead region relic from the...
Courtney Chaffee May 12, 2025

Fire causes extensive damage to Dubuque house
Officials said a fire caused extensive damage to a Dubuque home. First responders received a call at 4:52 a.m. Saturday from a resident reporting his deck on Hillcrest Road was on fire. Responders ext...
Courtney Chaffee May 12, 2025 cbransto / CC

Valley-to-Eastside Expansion Project receives $10,000 donation
The Valley-to-Eastside Expansion Project received a big boost this week. Caroline and Bruce Kroll donated $10,000 to a land acquisition project. The nonprofit Platteville Community Arboretum (PCA) is ...
Courtney Chaffee May 12, 2025

One arrested following domestic disturbance in Darlington
On Saturday at 9:22 PM Lafayette County Deputies responded to Main St in Darlington, for a Domestic Dispute. 22-year-old Alondra Mora-Viveros of Darlington, was arrested for Battery and Disorderly Con...
Courtney Chaffee May 12, 2025

Helicopter surveys of area high-voltage transmission lines begin this week
Local residents could see low-flying helicopters inspecting transmission lines starting this week. ITC Midwest announced that aerial patrols of "high-voltage transmission structures and lines througho...
Courtney Chaffee May 12, 2025 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District

Man sexually assaulted woman in Dubuque
Police said a man sexually assaulted a woman in Dubuque. 28-year-old Erik U Chandler Jr. of Joliet, Ill., was arrested at 5:49 p.m. Friday at Dubuque Law Enforcement Center on a warrant charging two c...
Courtney Chaffee May 12, 2025

Bond set at $20K for father of Abundant Life Christian School shooter
The father of the teenager who opened fire at Abundant Life Christian School last December made an initial court appearance on Friday. 42-year-old Jeffrey Rupnow of Madison is charged with two felony ...
Courtney Chaffee May 10, 2025 GotCredit / CC
Winneshiek County Sheriff in Iowa requests change in venue for lawsuit over ICE-related Facebook post
Winneshiek County Sheriff Dan Marx is asking a judge for a change of venue and ultimately to dismiss a lawsuit brought against him and the county by Iowa Attorney General Bird over a Facebook post abo...
Courtney Chaffee May 10, 2025

AG Kaul joins lawsuit against Trump administration over environmental reviews
Attorney General Josh Kaul announced Friday that he joined 14 other attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to stop the Trump Administration from unlawfully bypassing critical environmental reviews that...
Courtney Chaffee May 10, 2025





