Category Archives: Local News

Structure Fire In Iowa County Near Mineral Point
A structure fire was reported at County Road Y and Governor Dodge Road in the Township of Mineral Point Saturday shortly before 8:00pm. Mineral Point Fire and EMS were immediately dispatched, along wi...
Oct 28, 2024 brett jordan / CC

Rollover Crash In Iowa County
Officials in Iowa County received a report of a vehicle rollover crash on Governor Dodge Road and County Road D in the Township of Mineral Point Saturday just after 7pm. Iowa County Sheriff's Deputies...
Oct 28, 2024

Two Vehicle Crash With Injury In Dodgeville
The Iowa County Communications Center received a report of a two-vehicle accident on US Highway 18-151 near mile marker 45 in Dodgeville shortly after 5pm Saturday. Iowa County Sheriff's Deputies, the...
Oct 28, 2024

Unemployment Rate Drops In Most Counties
In Wisconsin, Lafayette County's unemployment rate was 1.8% in September, the lowest in the state, according to the state's Department of Workforce Development. The county's unemployment rate was 1.9%...
Oct 28, 2024

Death Investigation in Prairie du Chien
Police say a Grant County man is in custody as a result of a continuing investigation into the death of man in Prairie du Chien. Prairie du Chien police responded at 10:18 p.m. Friday to a residence i...
Oct 28, 2024

DNR reminding residents to prevent wildfires
The Wisconsin DNR is reminding folks how to prevent wildfires after a recent rash of them. In a Facebook post, the agency said there have been 70 wildfires across Wisconsin in the past 7 days alone, w...
Courtney Chaffee Oct 25, 2024

Donald Trump campaigning in Green Bay Wednesday
Former President Donald Trump is set to return to Wisconsin next week, the Trump-Vance campaign announced Thursday. Trump is set to deliver remarks on Wednesday Oct, 30 at the Resch Center in Green Ba...
Courtney Chaffee Oct 25, 2024

Eau Claire County sees first case of West Nile Virus
Just as mosquito season is winding down, Eau Claire County has identified their first case of West Nile Virus in a human. That's according to the county's health department, who confirmed the case on ...
Courtney Chaffee Oct 25, 2024

Large turnout for absentee voting
More than 97,000 people in Wisconsin cast absentee ballots in person on the first day they could, leading to long waits at some polling sites that were made worse by an overwhelmed computer system tha...
Courtney Chaffee Oct 25, 2024 hjl / CC

Dubuque Police opening new Precision Policing Center
The Dubuque Police Department will use a new Precision Policing Center (PPC) to analyze real-time data from the city's approximately 1,300 surveillance cameras. Five civilians will staff the center, g...
Courtney Chaffee Oct 25, 2024 GotCredit / CC





