Category Archives: Local News

Iowa County 911 Communication Center Receives Hundreds of Calls
The Iowa County 911 Communication Center recently reported the number of service calls they had in one particular week in February. The week was February 4th to February 10th. That week, the departmen...
Feb 19, 2024

One Vehicle Accident, Driver Abandons Vehicle
Shortly after 4pm Saturday, Deputies with the Lafayette County Sheriff's Department responded to Bethel Grove Road in Kendall Township for a one vehicle rollover accident. The driver of the vehicle st...
Feb 19, 2024

License Plate Stickers Going Out To Electric and Hybrid Vehicles
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation says it will start sending out new license plate stickers to drivers who own electric and hybrid vehicles due to a new law. The law passed last year requires...
Feb 19, 2024

Platteville Community Fund Applications Now Being Accepted
Applications now are open for the Platteville Community Fund's 2024 spring grant cycle. Interested charitable groups and nonprofits are asked to submit applications by April 1, and grants will be awar...
Feb 19, 2024

Fennimore Library Officials Looking For Public Input
Fennimore library officials seek public input on the future of their organization. Dwight T. Parker Public Library and FEH Design will hold a series of information sessions about a design project begi...
Feb 19, 2024

NAMI Offers Courses to Help with Mental Health
New programming at a Dubuque nonprofit aims to help both parents and kids understand and manage mental health struggles. The Dubuque chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness recently impleme...
Courtney Chaffee Feb 17, 2024

Dubuque City Council to Consider $25 Million Overpass Project
The merger between the Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern railroads has increased train traffic through downtown Dubuque. By 2027, the number of trains passing through the city is expected to d...
Courtney Chaffee Feb 17, 2024

New License Plate Stickers for EV and Hybrid Vehicle Owners
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation says it will start sending out new license plate stickers to drivers who own electric and hybrid vehicles due to a new law. The law passed last year requires...
Courtney Chaffee Feb 17, 2024

Two Dodgeville Men Arrested for Felony Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
On Friday at 6:28 PM Iowa County Sheriff's Deputy conducted a traffic stop on Highway 23 near Rowe Road, in Dodgeville. Iowa County K9 alerted on the vehicle and a search was conducted. As a result of...
Courtney Chaffee Feb 17, 2024

New Trial Date for Monroe Man Charged With Attempted Murder
A new trial date has been set for a Wisconsin resident charged with attempted murder after he allegedly fired a gun at another man during a Dubuque disturbance. 49-yuear-old Kenneth Moore of Monroe is...
Courtney Chaffee Feb 17, 2024





