Category Archives: Local News

Former Cuba City Man Arrested For Making Threats To Donald Trump
The Cochise County Sheriff's Office in Arizona announced that a man who previously lived in Cuba City is considered to be an "investigative lead for threats to kill a presidential candidate" has been ...
Aug 23, 2024

Illinois bans corporal punishment in schools
This school year, Illinois will become just the fifth state in the nation to prohibit corporal punishment in all schools. Legislation that Gov. JB Pritzker signed into law this month bans physical pun...
Courtney Chaffee Aug 22, 2024 GotCredit / CC

NICC announces interim President
On Monday, the Northeast Iowa Community College (NICC) Board of Trustees named current Acting President and Vice President of Finance and Administration, Dave Dahms, to the position of Interim Preside...
Courtney Chaffee Aug 22, 2024

UW-Platteville introduces 'burp science' with GreenFeed
The University of Wisconsin-Platteville's Pioneer Farm is leading the way in agricultural innovation with the introduction of the GreenFeed machine, a groundbreaking technology in livestock emissions ...
Courtney Chaffee Aug 22, 2024 branex / Depositphotos.com

Shullsburg Woman Arrested For Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
Deputies with the Lafayette County Sheriff's Department conducted a traffic stop on County Highway W in the Village of Hazel Green Wednesday around 2:45am. As a result, 30 year old Alexis Smith of Shu...
Aug 22, 2024

Drug Arrest in Crawford County
Two people from Boscobel were arrested following a traffic stop on a motorcycle for displaying false license plates. The Crawford County Sheriff's Department identified the operator as 36 year old Chr...
Aug 22, 2024 Marco Verch Professional Photographer / CC

Grant County Sheriff Nate Dreckman To Become First Grant County Administrator
The details of the tentative Grant County Employment Agreement with newly hired County Administrator-Sheriff Nate Dreckman have been released. Dreckman will receive a salary of $135,000 with an increa...
Aug 22, 2024 GotCredit / CC

Monroe Man Pleads Guilty To Child Sexual Assault Charge
A Monroe man pleaded guilty to one count of felony child sex assault, while a second felony child sex assault charge against him was dismissed. Court records show Andrew Swanston, 33, entered the guil...
Aug 22, 2024
Three Vehicle Crash in Richland County
A three vehicle crash resulted in multiple injuries and road closure Monday. The Richland County Sheriff's Office received a 911 call shortly after 4pm of a crash on Highway 14 near Old Sextonville Dr...
Aug 21, 2024

Bomb Threat Received By Lancaster Police Department and Grant County Sheriff's Office
On Tuesday, just prior to 4:00 PM, the Lancaster Police Department and Grant County Sheriff's Department were notified that a message was sent to the suicide hotline that the courthouse was going to b...
Aug 21, 2024





