Category Archives: Local News

Armed Robbery in Platteville
A woman from Spring Hill, Florida has been arrested following an armed robbery in Platteville Thursday Afternoon. Authorities were notified about 4 pm that a suspect, later identified as 45 year old B...
Courtney Chaffee Jun 08, 2024

Alligator Found in Hazel Green
It was a scene that most people think they would only see in Florida. Instead, Sara Wagner and her friend Suzanne came across an alligator in the front yard of a Wisconsin neighborhood. At first they ...
Courtney Chaffee Jun 08, 2024 REPTILES4ALL / Depositphotos.com

Southwest Health Closing Inpatient Behavioral Health Unit
Southwest Health in Platteville is set to close its inpatient behavioral health unit for geriatric patients later this month. Southwest Health will close the unit as of June 30. A hospital-issued news...
Courtney Chaffee Jun 08, 2024

City Representatives at the Tri-State Mayors Breakfast
On Friday the Dubuque Chamber of Commerce hosted their quarterly Tri-State Area Mayors Breakfast. Representatives from Dubuque, Peosta, East Dubuque, Holy Cross, Dyersville, and Platteville were in at...
Courtney Chaffee Jun 08, 2024

Public Input This Summer For Wisconsin Consolidated Plan
The Department of Administration, Division of Energy, Housing, and Community Resources will hold public input sessions this summer in Menomonie, Stevens Point, Crandon, and Platteville for the Wiscons...
Jun 07, 2024

Arrest Following A Disturbance in Barneveld
The Iowa County Communication Center received a report of a disturbance at a residence on North Kenzie Street in Barneveld Thursday night around 11:45pm. Iowa County Sheriff's Deputies responded to th...
Jun 07, 2024

Grant County Dairy Breakfast This Sunday
The Grant County Dairy Breakfast will be held on Sunday, at Stone-Front Dairy Farm, on Highway 81 in Lancaster. The all you can eat breakfast will be served from 7:00-11:30 am. and includes pancakes, ...
Jun 07, 2024

UW-Platteville Offering Pool For City of Platteville
UW-Platteville is lending a helping hand to the city of Platteville which had to close down their community pool indefinitely. Each year, staff at Platteville Family Aquatic Center prepare their pool ...
Jun 07, 2024

Middleton Woman Arrested In Iowa County
Iowa County Sheriff's Deputies conducted a traffic stop on US Highway 18-151 near County Road Y in the Town of Dodgeville Wednesday shortly after 1:00am. As a result of the traffic stop, 27 year old P...
Jun 07, 2024

Avian Influenza Showing Up In Iowa Dairy Cattle
Iowa has its first reported case of highly pathogenic avian influenza in dairy cattle. The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship says the affected farm is a dairy herd of 4500 head in O'...
Mark Evenstad Jun 06, 2024





