Category Archives: Local News
Medication disposal event set for April 26 in Dubuque
The Dubuque Drug Task Force is organizing an unneeded-medication disposal event this month. The free and confidential collection will occur from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 26 at the Dubuque Fire Training...
Courtney Chaffee Apr 08, 2025

Police discover bullet in Sparta High School classroom
A bullet discovered in a Sparta High School classroom prompted a brief hold Monday. According to the Sparta School District, no firearm was discovered and there was no known threat to any students or ...
Courtney Chaffee Apr 08, 2025 GotCredit / CC

Luke Bryan's Farm Tour returns to Klondike Farms
Country music star Luke Bryan is heading back to Klondike Farms this summer. Bryan's annual Farm Tour will make a stop in Brooklyn on Sept. 18, one of three stops in the Midwest. Bryan has been runnin...
Courtney Chaffee Apr 07, 2025 Joe Bielawa / CC

Waukesha Christmas parade attacker is representing himself during appeals
The man convicted of killing six people and injuring dozens more in the 2021 Waukesha Christmas parade attack will represent himself going forward in his appeals process. Back in 2021, Darrell Brooks ...
Courtney Chaffee Apr 07, 2025 GotCredit / CC

Darlington man injured following crash
On Sunday at 6:59 PM Darlington Fire and Lafayette County EMS responded to Highway 23, Darlington Township for a one vehicle accident. 77-year-old Roger L. Sperry of Darlington was travelling on Highw...
Courtney Chaffee Apr 07, 2025

Dodgeville teen arrested for obstruction
On Sunday at 11:45 PM The Iowa County Communications Center received a report of a group of teenagers disturbing the peace in the area of Uplands Dr in the City of Dodgeville. As a result, 18-year-old...
Courtney Chaffee Apr 07, 2025

None injured from transformer explosion fire in Dodgeville
On Sunday at 10:53 PM The Iowa County Communications Center received a report of a transformer explosion causing a grass fire near the intersection of S Lindsey St and County Road B in the Township of...
Courtney Chaffee Apr 07, 2025 cbransto / CC

Unemployment rates mixed in February
Unemployment rates were mixed in February compared to January in area counties, according to recently released reports. In Wisconsin, Lafayette County's unemployment rate was 3.8% in February, compare...
Courtney Chaffee Apr 07, 2025

Johnsonville brats recalled - Wisconsin included in recall
Johnsonville, LLC has issued a recall for approximately 22,672 pounds of cheddar bratwurst products that may be contaminated with hard plastic, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Ins...
Courtney Chaffee Apr 07, 2025 outchill / Depositphotos.com

Shullsburg man arrested for 2nd offense OWI in Gratiot
On Friday at 12:59 AM 28-year-old Kevin M. Niemeyer of Shullsburg was arrested on Highway 11 in Gratiot Township for 2nd Offense OWI, Operating after Revocation, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and ...
Courtney Chaffee Apr 07, 2025





