Category Archives: Local News

Traffic Stop Results In Arrest For Marijuana
On Thursday around 9:40am, a Grant County Deputy was parked in a field drive along County Highway T in Hickory Grove Township, when an east bound vehicle on County Highway T, pulled to the shoulder an...
Aug 16, 2024

Two Vehicle Accident In South Wayne
A deputy with the Lafayette County Sheriff's Department responded to East Center Street in South Wayne Thursday just after 2pm for a two vehicle accident. 19 year old Jenaka Stietz of South Wayne was ...
Aug 16, 2024

No Selection Yet For Grant County Administrator
A recent meeting was held by the Grant County Administrator Selection Committee, but out of four finalists, no selection was made. This was the second time the committee interviewed finalists for the ...
Aug 16, 2024

Platteville School District To Have Referendum in November
The Platteville School Board decided to go to referendum in November to determine whether to exceed school district spending caps by $2.4 million. Increases in state aid haven't kept up with increasin...
Aug 16, 2024

Semi Slide-Off On Highway 80 in Iowa County
The Iowa County Communications Center received a report of a semi slide off on Highway 80 near County Road P in the Township of Highland Thursday around 11am. Iowa County Sheriff's Deputies, the Highl...
Aug 16, 2024

Arrest made In Investigation Of Cocaine Sales in Baraboo
Deputies in Sauk County arrested a man Tuesday as part of a wider investigation into suspected sales of cocaine and other drugs. Sauk County Sheriff Chip Meister said deputies searched a home in the T...
Aug 16, 2024

Employment In Wisconsin Reaches Record High
Employment in Wisconsin reached a new record high last month, according to the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD). On Thursday, the DWD reported early estimates from the U.S. Bureau o...
Aug 16, 2024 GotCredit / CC

East Dubuque Cannabis Dispensary To Receive Forgivable Loan
A planned cannabis dispensary in East Dubuque has received a $240,000 forgivable loan financed by the state of Illinois. Bridge City Collective was one of 23 qualified, licensed social equity dispensa...
Mark Evenstad Aug 16, 2024

CEO at Memorial Hospital of Lafayette County To Retire in 2025
The CEO of Memorial Hospital of Lafayette County is retiring next year. CEO Kathy Kuepers has worked at the hospital for over 42 years, previously serving as a registered nurse, director of nursing an...
Aug 15, 2024

South Wayne Man Arrested For Battery and Disorderly Conduct
Deputies with the Lafayette County Sheriff's Department responded to South Galena Street in the Village of South Wayne for a disorderly conduct complaint Wednesday around 1pm. 53 year old Dennis Komar...
Aug 15, 2024 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC





