Category Archives: Local News
Dubuque Community Schools consider closing elementary school
Dubuque Community School Board members are expected to discuss a proposal to close a district elementary school at their upcoming meeting. The board will meet at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 13, at the Foru...
Jan 13, 2025
Kalahari Resorts announces $85 million indoor waterpark expansion
America's Largest Indoor Waterpark is solidifying its title with a new $85 million expansion set to be completed next year. Kalahari Resorts waterpark will have a glass-enclosed retractable roof which...
Jan 13, 2025
New Lisbon man bond set at $5 million
The man who is accused of murdering a woman and two children in New Lisbon had his first court appearance Friday. 47-year-old Virgil Thew is being held on a $5 million cash bond and faces additional c...
Jan 11, 2025
Two vehicle accident with minor injuries in Platteville Township
On Friday at 6:38am, the Grant County Sheriff's Office was notified of a two-vehicle crash on Highway 151 at the intersection with County Highway O in Platteville. 29-year-old Steven Jantzen of Potosi...
Jan 11, 2025
Local legislatures circulate proposal to limit renewable energy
Drive through Iowa and Grant counties and you will pass dozens of solar and wind farms. The increasingly common sight has rankled some local residents. But environmentalists are pointing to the collec...
Jan 10, 2025 broker / Depositphotos.com
Barn fire in Montfort township
On Thursday just before 12:30 PM The Iowa County Communications Center received a request for mutual aid from Grant County for a barn fire near the intersection of Townline Road and Annaton Road in th...
Jan 10, 2025 Mahesh Kularatne / CC
Morgan Geyser is getting released from psychiatric hospital
A Wisconsin woman who at age 12 stabbed her sixth grade classmate nearly to death to please online horror character Slender Man is set to be released from a psychiatric hospital, a judge ordered Thurs...
Jan 10, 2025 GotCredit / CC
Investigation launched into alleged animal cruelty violations by Ridglan Farms
Dane County Judge Rhonda Lanford appointed a special prosecutor to investigate alleged animal cruelty violations by Ridglan Farms in Blue Mounds. Ridglan Farms breeds beagles for biomedical testing. T...
Jan 10, 2025
Abundant Life Christian School shooting update
Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes released a video update on the investigation into the Dec. 16 Abundant Life Christian School shooting. A 15-year-old girl opened gunfire killing a 14-year-old student,...
Jan 10, 2025 GotCredit / CC
Virgil Thew apprehended
A man charged in the killing of a Wisconsin woman and two girls more than a week ago was captured Thursday, authorities said. Virgil Thew was arrested about 30 minutes after someone reported a suspici...
Jan 10, 2025
