Category Archives: Local News

No Injuries Reported in Two-Vehicle Crash
A two vehicle crash was reported by the Lafayette County Sheriff's department Tuesday shortly after 9:15pm. A deputy from the Lafayette County Sheriff's department responded to HIghway 23 in Willow Sp...
Aug 16, 2023

Woman on Curb Struck By Vehicle
Officers from the Darlington Police Department responded to a report of a child bicyclist being struck by a car near the intersection of Madison Street and East North Street on Tuesday around 7:30pm. ...
Aug 16, 2023 GotCredit / CC

Car Plunges Into Mississippi River At East Dubuque
Authorities say an individual died after a vehicle drove into the Mississippi River in East Dubuque Tuesday morning. An East Dubuque Police Department press release states that a "red minivan was extr...
Aug 16, 2023

South Wayne Woman Facing OWI Charges
A woman from South Wayne is facing charges for her second offense of OWI. 64 year old Kathleen Kay of South Wayne was arrested on Tuesday, August 8th, around 9:55 AM, for second offense operating whil...
Aug 16, 2023

Crawford County Emergency Management Secures Grant Funding
The Crawford County Emergency Management Office has successfully secured grant funding from the Region 4 Healthcare Emergency Readiness Coalition. The grant, amounting to approximately $10,000, is ear...
Aug 16, 2023

City of Lancaster Making Trees Available To Residents
The City of Lancaster received a $10,000 grant from the Merlet Family Fund and the Lancaster Community Fund of the Community Foundation of Southern Wisconsin, Inc. for a residential Ash tree replaceme...
Aug 16, 2023

Arrest on Department of Corrections Warrant
Lafayette County authorities arrested 70 year old Carl Knapp of Darlington Monday around 11:30pm . Knapp was arrested on a valid Department of Corrections warrant on County Highway F in Darlington Tow...
Aug 15, 2023

OWI Arrest on Highway 151 in Mineral Point
The Iowa County Sheriff's Department received a report of a motor vehicle accident near exit 37 on Highway 151 in Mineral Point Sunday around 7:30pm. The Mineral Point Police Department and Iowa Count...
Aug 15, 2023

Platteville Chalk & Cheese Festival Coming Next Weekend
An annual arts fair is set to return to Platteville this month. The Platteville Chalk & Cheese Festival will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday August 26th at Platteville's City Park. Fest...
Aug 15, 2023

Murder-Suicide Investigated in Richland County
The Richland County Sheriff's Office and Madison Police Department are investigating what officials are calling an apparent murder-suicide. Madison police said a 60-year-old woman and a 25-year-old wo...
Aug 14, 2023