Category Archives: Local News

Dubuque City Council requesting contract proposals for Five Flags management
The Dubuque City Council voted, 7-0, to approve a request for proposal for Five Flags Civic Center operations management services. The Five Flags Civic Center has been privately managed by ASM Global ...
Courtney Chaffee Jan 22, 2025
Cuba City Schools go to referendum
After measures failed to win approval in two operating referendums in 2024, Cuba City School District is going to voters once again. An operating referendum will be on district ballots for the April 1...
Courtney Chaffee Jan 22, 2025

Grant County horticultural group hopes to expand membership
A horticultural group in Grant County is entering the new year with hopes for expanded membership. To show the group's willingness to accept all levels of gardeners, Grant County Master Gardener Assoc...
Courtney Chaffee Jan 22, 2025

Semi fire in South Lancaster closed highway
On Tuesday at approximately 12:30 p.m., the Grant County Sheriff's Office was notified of a semi-tractor trailer on fire just south of Airport Road on Highway 61, in South Lancaster. 58-year-old Micha...
Courtney Chaffee Jan 22, 2025 Mahesh Kularatne / CC

Two arrested following bar fight in Bloomington
On Monday, at 6:30 p.m., deputies from the Grant County Sheriff's Office were dispatched to Blue Jays Bar in Bloomington, for a report of two men fighting. As a result of the investigation, 59-year-ol...
Courtney Chaffee Jan 22, 2025 Scott Davidson / CC
Dubuque woman dead following Sauk County crash
One person died and another was Medflighted to the hospital after a crash in Sauk Co. Sunday. The Sauk County Sheriff's Office said there was a single vehicle crash on Hwy. 12 at Groth Rd. in the Town...
Courtney Chaffee Jan 21, 2025

No injuries following fire sparked by semi
On Monday at 5:40 PM The Iowa County Communications Center received multiple reports of a fire in the ditch next to US Highway 18-151 near County Road HHH in the Township of Ridgeway. According to the...
Courtney Chaffee Jan 21, 2025

Jon Turbett to Deliver the Spring 2025 Michael Lester Wendt Character Lecture
Jon Turbett, a special agent with the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, will deliver the Spring 2025 Michael Lester Wendt Character Lecture at 7:00 p.m. Monday, February 3, 2025, in John and Al...
Courtney Chaffee Jan 21, 2025

No injuries following one vehicle accident in Argyle
On Saturday just after 1 AM, A Lafayette County deputy responded to Lake Rd in Argyle Township for a one vehicle accident. 21-year-old Morgan C. Schneeberger of Monroe lost control of her vehicle, cau...
Courtney Chaffee Jan 21, 2025 GotCredit / CC
Black River Falls man arrested in Blanchard for OWI
On Saturday just after 1 PM Lafayette County Deputies responded to Couty Highway F in Blanchard Township for a one vehicle rollover. 23-year-old Logan J. McCook of Black River Falls lost control of hi...
Courtney Chaffee Jan 21, 2025





