Category Archives: Local News

After 25 days above flood stage, the Mississippi River's water level officially fell below minor flood stage on Friday evening, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The river dipped below fl...

The newest Police Officer with the Prairie du Chien Police Department completed his 720 hour Law Enforcement Academy at Southwest Tech in Fennimore. Officer Ryley Scott began his academy in January an...

The Iowa County Communications Center received a report of a strong gas odor in the house/garage area of a residence on County Road I in Clyde Township Saturday around 1:14pm. Lone Rock Fire and EMS r...

An Iowa County Sheriff's Deputy conducted a traffic stop on US Highway 18-151 near Mile Marker 45 in Dodgeville Township Saturday around 2:45am. As a result of the traffic stop, the driver, 40 year ol...

Democratic congressional candidates - including incumbents - gathered in Platteville on Friday for the Grant County Democratic Party's annual summer picnic, where talk was urgent but optimistic. The s...

On Firday at 6:00 PM Iowa County Sheriff's Deputy conducted a traffic stop on US Highway 18-151 near Mile Marker 58 in Brigham Township. Iowa County K-9 Sam was requested at the scene. 61-year-old Joh...

Yesterday at 9:39 PM Iowa County Communications Center took a report of a motorcycle that was laying on the side of the road from an apparent crash with a deer on County Road NN, just off of State Roa...

Attorney General Josh Kaul announced a settlement with Wisconsin Whey Protein Inc. requiring it to pay $350,000 to resolve violations of Wisconsin's wastewater and stormwater laws related to its opera...

A Dubuque County jury has found a man guilty of murder in the death of his mother. 29-year-old Tyler J. Dazey of Dubuque was charged in Iowa District Court of Dubuque County with first-degree murder a...

On Thursday, July 11th the Crawford County Sheriff's Office K9 Unit, Diego, attempted to initiate a traffic stop on a pickup truck. However, the driver refused to comply, and a pursuit ensued in the V...