Category Archives: Local News

Illinois man arrested for OWI and speeding
On Sunday at approximately 3:38pm a Grant County Deputy came across a motorcycle traveling westbound at 105 MPH on Hwy 81 near Bluff Rd in Ellenboro. Other Grant County Deputies and Lancaster PD were ...
Courtney Chaffee Mar 19, 2024

Elevated fire risk this week
Wisconsin officials ask residents statewide to avoid burning this week due to an elevated risk of out-of-control fires. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources predicts elevated fire weather con...
Courtney Chaffee Mar 19, 2024

Another delay in demotion of Dubuque building
Crews were set to begin demolishing a portion of the Dubuque Brewing and Malting Co. building this week, but that work has been delayed. Alliant Energy was prevented from removing overhead power lines...
Courtney Chaffee Mar 19, 2024

Cassville car ferry announces beginning of season
The Cassville Car Ferry is set to launch for the season in early May. The ferry will begin its 2024 operations on May 3, according to an online announcement. The Pride of Cassville transports individu...
Courtney Chaffee Mar 19, 2024

Woman arrested after son tests positive for cocaine
Police said a Dubuque woman's 5-year-old child tested positive for cocaine. 34-year-old Chante Hightower-Burch of Dubuque was arrested at 9:18 p.m. Sunday at her residence on a charge of providing fal...
Courtney Chaffee Mar 19, 2024

Iowa Senate moves AEA bill
The Iowa Senate moved its bill to create more restrictions and oversight of the state's Area Education Agencies, and allow school districts to contract for services elsewhere, on Monday. Via the bill,...
Courtney Chaffee Mar 19, 2024

Car Strikes House in Lafayette County
A deputy with the Lafayette County Sheriff's Department responded to County Highway E in Shullsburg Township Sunday around 9am where a car crashed into a house and there were minor injuries. 83 year o...
Mar 18, 2024

Lafayette County Arrest
The Lafayette County Sheriff's department made an arrest of 43 year old Hector Ortez-Perea of Darlington Sunday around 8:30pm. Ortiz-Perea was arrested for Operating while Revoked on Highway 81 in Dar...
Mar 18, 2024

ATV Accident in Muscoda
Two people on Saturday Night were airlifted to hospitals in Madison and LaCrosse after an ATV accident in the Village of Muscoda. Witnesses state the ATV was traveling at a high rate of speed when it ...
Mar 18, 2024

Darlington Man Cited and Arrested For OWI
Lafayette County authorities arrested 20 year old Hector Fonseca-Rodriguez of Darlington Saturday around 10pm. Fonseca-Rodriguez was traveling on Highway 81 in Darlington Township. As a result, Fonsec...
Mar 18, 2024