Category Archives: Local News

At 18, Kindrai on fast track to becoming a doctor
At the age of 18, Clara Kindrai from Lancaster has already graduated from high school, earned a CNA (Certified Nursing Assistant) technical diploma, and associate degree - nursing, in addition to work...
Courtney Chaffee Dec 19, 2024
Dubuque City Council approves parts of Chaplain Schitt Island plans
The Dubuque City Council on Monday moved forward two key elements in the development of Chaplain Schmitt Island. The council approved the hotly debated development plan for the island and OK'd the con...
Courtney Chaffee Dec 19, 2024

Affordable housing community expected to open in 2026 in Dubuque
A $55.1 million affordable housing community is expected to open in Dubuque in fall 2026. The Annex Group plans to build two, four-story buildings at 2660 Kerper Boulevard, called the "Union at the Ma...
Courtney Chaffee Dec 19, 2024

Dubuque gets professional arena football team
Dubuque is getting its first-ever professional arena football team. The Five Flags Civic Center General Manager Aaron Rainey said the venue will be the home of the Iowa Power. The sides reached an agr...
Courtney Chaffee Dec 19, 2024 Tom Newby / CC

Prairie du Chien Schools face drastic cuts
The Prairie du Chien school district says it will have to make drastic cuts if the community does not pass a referendum to generate more money for the school district. Prairie du Chien voters defeated...
Courtney Chaffee Dec 19, 2024 GotCredit / CC

Wisconsin Republicans cast electoral votes
The final step in the 2024 presidential election in Wisconsin is now finished. On Tuesday, 10 Republicans met at the State Capitol to cast Wisconsin's electoral votes for Donald Trump and JD Vance. On...
Courtney Chaffee Dec 19, 2024 GPA Photo Archive

Multiple arrested in Crawford County over stolen sawmill
The Crawford County Sheriff's Office has successfully recovered a stolen sawmill valued at several thousand dollars and made multiple arrests following a coordinated effort with neighboring law enforc...
Courtney Chaffee Dec 18, 2024

Iowa-Grant School District opposes Badger Hollow Wind Farm
The Iowa-Grant School District has submitted a letter to the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin in opposition to the Badger Hollow Wind Farm. At the December 9th school board meeting the Iowa-Gran...
Courtney Chaffee Dec 18, 2024 broker / Depositphotos.com

Madison police still looking for shooter's motive
The motive for a shooting that killed a teacher and a student and wounded others at a Wisconsin school appears to be a "combination of factors," a police chief said Tuesday as he appealed to the publi...
Courtney Chaffee Dec 18, 2024 GotCredit / CC

Lancaster man pleads not guilty to homicide
The man accused in a Prairie du Chien homicide has pleaded not guilty. In Crawford County Court Tuesday, 39-year-old Jessie Slaughter of Lancaster, Wisconsin pleaded not guilty to 1st degree intention...
Courtney Chaffee Dec 18, 2024





