Category Archives: Local News

Slaughter faces criminal proceedings for Prairie du Chien homicide
A Crawford County judge rules there was enough evidence to continue criminal proceedings against a Lancaster man accused of killing a man in Prairie du Chien in October. Jessie Jay Slaughter is charge...
Courtney Chaffee Dec 4, 2024 GotCredit / CC
No injuries from aircraft emergency landing
On Sunday at approximately 6:30 p.m., the Boscobel Police Department responded to a report of an aircraft crash at the Boscobel Airport. 18-year-old Kyle Erpelding of Cary, IL was operating the aircra...
Courtney Chaffee Dec 3, 2024

Successful 2024 gun-deer season
Preliminary numbers are in for this year's nine-day gun-deer hunt. Hunters killed more deer this season compared to 2023. Preliminary numbers show hunters registered 189,622 deer for the 2024 season (...
Courtney Chaffee Dec 3, 2024 Nakae / CC

Judge strikes parts of Act 10
A Dane County Judge on Monday ruled to strike multiple parts of Wisconsin's controversial 2011 Act 10 legislation, restoring collective bargaining rights for some public-sector employees. Judge Jacob ...
Courtney Chaffee Dec 3, 2024

Hazel Green woman sentenced for Dubuque disturbances
An area woman has been sentenced to two years of probation for a pair of Dubuque disturbances. 26-year-old Amelia E. Carius, 26, of Hazel Green, Wis., recently received the sentence in Iowa District C...
Courtney Chaffee Dec 3, 2024

Mobile I-PASS event in Elizabeth
A mobile team from Illinois Tollway will hold an I-PASS event next week in Jo Daviess County. Tollway staff will help residents transfer from plastic transponders to new sticker technology from 3 to 7...
Courtney Chaffee Dec 3, 2024

Fire in rural Dubuque County
An electrical problem may be to blame for sparking a house fire in rural Dubuque County. Crews from five area departments were called out just before 12:30 Monday afternoon. The home is located along ...
Courtney Chaffee Dec 3, 2024 brett jordan / CC

Sex offender moving into Lancaster
The Lancaster Police Department is notifying the public of a sex offender being released into the community. On December 17, Matthew Jensen will be released to Community Supervision and supervised by ...
Courtney Chaffee Dec 3, 2024

Livingston woman arrested for drugs following crash
On Tuesday at approximately 7:45 AM, the Grant County Sheriff's Office was notified of a one vehicle roll over on Highway 80 just south of Splinter Lane, in the Town of Lima. 37-year-old Caley M. Edwa...
Courtney Chaffee Dec 2, 2024

One juvenile injured following crash in Paris
On Saturday around noon, the Grant County Sheriffs received a report of a crash on County O and near Elm Rd in Paris Township. When the deputy arrived on scene, and spoke to the driver, 18-year-old Wy...
Courtney Chaffee Dec 2, 2024





