Category Archives: Local News

Chamber data indicates tourism in Platteville simmered down in 2024 after a record year in 2023. Platteville Regional Chamber Executive Director Wayne Wodarz this week presented an annual tourism repo...

On Wednesday at 5:41 PM 5:41 PM A Lafayette County deputy responded to Buncombe Rd in Benton Township for a hit and run. As a result, 38-year-old Kelly A. Mitchell of East Dubuque was cited for Failur...

On Wednesday at 6:53 AM the Iowa County Communications Center received a report of a disturbance on Twin Court in the Village of Ridgeway. As a result, 18-year-old Quinn C. Napier of Ridgeway, was arr...

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is now accepting artwork entries for the Wild Turkey, Pheasant and Waterfowl Stamp Design Contests. The winning designs will appear on the 2026 coll...

Faculty and students of UW-Platteville will participate in the Dairy Innovation Hub exhibition at the State Capitol. The Dairy Innovation Hub will host an informational research poster session at the ...

A 69-year-old drunk driver was arrested for his 14th OWI Monday night, the Columbia County Sheriff's Office said Tuesday. A deputy pulled over Robert Dolgner, from Pardeeville, in the Town of Lowville...

On Tuesday, U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) introduced the Farmland Security Act of 2025 to build on their work to safeguard rural communities and protect American farmlan...

On Friday at 1:22 P.M., 51-year-old James Birchman of Fennimore, was driving east on Green River Rd in Mt. Ida Township, when he met another vehicle on a curve. The other driver was 17-year-old Hunter...

On Friday at 8:51 A.M., the Grant County Sheriff's Office responded to a one vehicle crash on Studenberg Rd in Watterstown Township. During the course of the investigation, the driver, 26-year-old Col...

The University of Dubuque has purchased a building in downtown Dubuque to locate its proposed John and Alice Butler College of Osteopathic Medicine. The site at 500 Main Street signals an ongoing comm...