Category Archives: Local News

Dubuque house fire causes $20,000 in damage; no injuries reported
A residential fire in Dubuque's North End caused about $20,000 in damage Thursday morning, authorities said. The Dubuque Fire Department responded at 5:12 a.m. today to a report of a fire on Jackson S...
Courtney Chaffee Apr 18, 2025 brett jordan / CC

Task force recommends Dubuque middle school consolidation, $70 million bond proposal
In 2023, Dubuque Community School District voters narrowly rejected an up-to-$150 million bond that would have funded multiple projects, including construction of a new middle school as part of the di...
Courtney Chaffee Apr 18, 2025 GotCredit / CC

Dubuque police seek information about alleged sexual assault of child
The Dubuque Police Department seeks the public's assistance investigating a tip alleging a child was sexually assaulted. A police press release states that the Department received anonymous informatio...
Courtney Chaffee Apr 18, 2025

Avoca woman arrested for probation violation and resisting
On Thursday at 11:05 PM Avoca Police officers and Iowa County Sheriff's deputies executed an arrest warrant on behalf of the Wisconsin Department of Corrections (WI DOC). As a result, 34-year-old Logy...
Courtney Chaffee Apr 18, 2025

Cuba City School Board approves budget additions after successful ballot measure
Following voters' April 1 approval of an operating ballot measure in the Cuba City School District, officials are taking steps to add previously cut items back to the budget. The school board this wee...
Courtney Chaffee Apr 18, 2025 GotCredit / CC

Wisconsin governor can lock in 400-year school funding increase using a veto
The Democratic governor of Wisconsin's use of his veto to lock in a school funding increase for 400 years may be "attention grabbing," but it was constitutional, the state Supreme Court ruled Friday. ...
Courtney Chaffee Apr 18, 2025 Governor Tony Evers Official Portrait

Watch out for scams following severe weather
Severe weather moved across Wisconsin early Friday morning. Severe Thunderstorm Warnings and Watches were issued across our listening area including Grant, Iowa, Green County, and more. Gold ball size...
Courtney Chaffee Apr 18, 2025
Bond set at $2M for man accused of abducting Beaver Dam teen
A Dodge County Court commissioner set bond at $2 million for the man accused of abducting a pregnant Beaver Dam teen and taking her across state lines. 40-year-old Gary Day is charged with two counts ...
Courtney Chaffee Apr 17, 2025

Threat to Pecatonica Middle and High School found 'not credible'
Police have found a threat made to Pecatonica Middle and High School is not credible. A post on the school district's Facebook says, "Out of an abundance of caution, we will have a law enforcement off...
Courtney Chaffee Apr 17, 2025 GotCredit / CC

SW Tech wins 2025 Aspen prize
The Aspen Institute on Thursday announced that Southwest Wisconsin Technical College, one of 16 colleges in the Wisconsin Technical College System, is the winner of the 2025 Aspen Prize for Community ...
Courtney Chaffee Apr 17, 2025 June Dairy Month Interviews Sponsored by Southwest Wisconsin Technical College





