Category Archives: Local News

Arena Woman Dies In Iowa County Crash
A woman from Arena died in a car crash Sunday around 10:30pm.The Iowa County 911 Center received a call about a motor vehicle crash at the intersection of U.S. Highway 14 and County Highway N near Are...
Aug 19, 2024

Man Arrested For Driving Intoxicated With Passenger Under 16 Years Old
A man from Darlington was arrested for driving intoxicated with a passenger under the age of 16. According to the Lafayette County Sheriff's Department, 44 year old Fredy Colindres-Rodriguez of Darlin...
Aug 19, 2024

Local Residents Oppose Wind farm Project
Dozens of residents from Lafayette, Grant, Iowa and Dane counties gathered Thursday to discuss a proposed wind farm that would span across Southwest Wisconsin. Several people across the Driftless Area...
Aug 19, 2024 broker / Depositphotos.com

Riverview Center in Galena Receives $60,000 Donation
The Riverview Center of Galena has received $60-thousand dollars from the Fitzgerald Family Foundation following their second annual Domestic Violence Charity Golf Outing at Eagle Ridge Golf Resort. T...
Syndicated Content Aug 19, 2024

Jamestown Fire Department To Receive Federal Grant
The Jamestown Fire Department is receiving a federal grant to purchase equipment. The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced that the Jamestown Fire Department will receive $112,285 in federal ...
Aug 19, 2024

Lawsuit between former Dubuque County Attorney and County settle
Court documents show that the lawsuit between former Assistant Dubuque County Attorney Richard Kirkendall, former County Attorney C.J. May III and Dubuque County over Kirkendall's 2022 ouster recently...
Courtney Chaffee Aug 17, 2024

Dubuque woman arrested for OWI with child in vehicle
Police said a woman drove under the influence with a child in the car. 25-year-old Chelsea Schlarman of Dubuque was arrested just before 11 PM Thursday in the 100 block of Locust Street on charges of ...
Courtney Chaffee Aug 17, 2024

Jamestown Fire receives FEMA funding
On Friday, FEMA announced that the Jamestown Fire Department will receive $112,285 in federal funding to purchase Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA). The grant will replace antiquated low-press...
Courtney Chaffee Aug 17, 2024 Benjamin Sperandio / CC

Water heater fire in Mineral Point
On Friday, just after 7 AM, Iowa County Communications Center received a report of a water heater on fire near North Iowa Street and Madison Street in the City of Mineral Point. The Mineral Point Fire...
Courtney Chaffee Aug 17, 2024

SW Wisconsin residents rally to stop wind farm
As a major wind turbine project in southwest Wisconsin comes closer to fruition, some local residents are rallying in an attempt to stop it. Uplands Wind is comprised of two 300-megawatt wind projects...
Courtney Chaffee Aug 17, 2024 broker / Depositphotos.com





