Category Archives: Local News

Baraboo Residents Look To Oust School Board President
Some residents in Baraboo are looking to remove the president of the school district's Board of Education for what they believe to be a mishandling of resources. The 'Recall Vodak Committee' was forme...
Jun 04, 2024

Emergency Contact Can Be Added To Driver's License
The Wisconsin Department of Motor Vehicles Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) now offers an option for motorists and individuals to add emergency contact information to their drivers license or ID rec...
Jun 03, 2024

Milwaukee Woman Arrested in Belmont
Deputies with the Lafayette County Sheriff's Department responded to Flogel Lane in Belmont Township Sunday for check welfare around 2:30pm. As a result, 26 year old Shayla Wiedmer of Milwaukee was ar...
Jun 03, 2024
No Pool This Summer and Next Summer in Platteville
After the unexpected closure of Platteville's swimming pool last month, city officials have begun deliberating on the future of the facility. However, given the condition of the 80-year old facility, ...
Jun 03, 2024

One Person Injured in Accident In Iowa County
The Iowa County Communications Center received a report of a motor vehicle crash on US Highway 151 near Exit 44 in the Township of Dodgeville Friday around 5:20pm. The Dodgeville Fire Department, Dodg...
Jun 03, 2024

Motorcycle Accident in Lafayette County
Darlington Fire and Lafayette County EMS responded to County Highway F in Fayette Township Friday just after 3:30pm for a motorcycle accident. 17 year old Ephraim Fisher of Gratiot was traveling westb...
Jun 03, 2024

Vondra Ag Donates $5,000 for Platteville Fire Facility
Vondra Ag Service, LLC donated $5,000 to the New Platteville Fire Facility project! In a press release Brady Vondra said, "It was a very easy decision when I got asked to donate to the Platteville Fir...
Courtney Chaffee Jun 01, 2024

City of Platteville Purchased 29 Acres of Land
The City of Platteville announced a strategic investment in the community's housing future. On Thursday, May 30, 2024, the city successfully acquired three tracts of land through a property auction, m...
Courtney Chaffee Jun 01, 2024

Florida Man Sentenced for Platteville Stabbing
A man has been sentenced to two years in prison for a Grant County stabbing. 45-year-old Johnny Simon of Orlando, Fla., recently received the sentence in Grant County Circuit Court after pleading guil...
Courtney Chaffee Jun 01, 2024

John Deere Moving Some Production from Dubuque to Mexico
John Deere officials on Friday announced plans to shift some production from the company's Dubuque Works plant to a planned new facility in Mexico in 2026. The exact number of employees to be affected...
Courtney Chaffee Jun 01, 2024





