Category Archives: Local News

12-year-old Belleville student charged with making terroristic threats
A 12-year-old Belleville student who police said made plans to harm school staff is facing charges. Belleville police were alerted of the threat by Belleville School District officials just before 3:3...
Courtney Chaffee Dec 20, 2024 GotCredit / CC

River Ridge won't go to referendum again
For the voters of the River Ridge School District, there will be no referendum question on the ballot for 2025. Believing the outcome for the question will be similar to failed referenda questions the...
Courtney Chaffee Dec 20, 2024 Jesper Sehested Pluslexia.com / CC

One injured in accident with garbage truck and school bus
On Friday [December 20] at 7:10 a.m., 37 year old Andrew McQuirk of Boscobel, was traveling south on Highway 61 near the intersection of Hy-Point Rd, in North Lancaster in a Town and Country Sanitatio...
Courtney Chaffee Dec 20, 2024 Johannes Thiel / CC

Field of Dreams receives $500,000 grant
An area nonprofit has received a $500,000 grant to support all seasons programming at the iconic Field of Dreams movie site. The funding comes from Google and will go toward educational youth programm...
Courtney Chaffee Dec 20, 2024

NICC interim president's contract extended
The interim president of Northeast Iowa Community College will continue to lead the school for the next 2 years. Following a closed session at a meeting this week, the NICC board of trustees voted to ...
Courtney Chaffee Dec 20, 2024

Winneshiek County sees increase of "grandparent scam"
Authorities in Winneshiek County are warning the public of a "grandparent scam" in which at least one elderly couple has lost $15,000 dollars. The Winneshiek County Sheriff's Office says scammers pres...
Courtney Chaffee Dec 20, 2024 Alachua County / CC

Wisconsin man sentenced for high-speed chase in Dubuque
A Wisconsin man has been sentenced to 90 days in jail for leading officers on a high-speed chase. 46-year-old Corey L. Rinehart of Colby, Wis., recently received the sentence in Iowa District Court of...
Courtney Chaffee Dec 20, 2024

Jo Daviess County deer hunt totals remain steady
Hunters in Jo Daviess County killed 1,378 deer during the seven-day Illinois firearm deer season that wrapped up Dec. 8, according to preliminary state figures. That total was up 10 deer from the 2023...
Courtney Chaffee Dec 20, 2024 Nakae / CC

Madison shooter was in first semester at school
The Wisconsin 15-year-old who shot and killed a teacher and a fellow student Monday was only in her first semester at the school but seemed to be settling in, a school official said Thursday. Barbara ...
Courtney Chaffee Dec 20, 2024 GotCredit / CC
Judge places temporary hold on collective bargaining ruling
A Wisconsin judge on Wednesday temporarily put on hold his recent ruling that restored collective bargaining rights to teachers and most other public workers that were lost under a 2011 state law that...
Courtney Chaffee Dec 20, 2024





