Category Archives: Local News

Witnesses Testify In Dubuque Murder Trial
A pair of Dubuque residents testified Thursday to witnessing a fatal point-blank shooting outside their Central Avenue home in the ongoing murder trial against the man accused of firing the gun. 32-ye...
Mark Evenstad May 17, 2024
One of Prairie du Chien's Wells Shut Down Due To PFAs
One of the Prairie du Chien's four wells had to be shut down because it had high levels of PFAS in the water system. PFAS, which are plastics and other chemicals that do not deteriorate in the environ...
May 16, 2024

Woman Arrested Folowing Disturbance Near Mineral Point
A woman was arrested after fleeing the scene of a loud disturbance and later driving at high rates of speed through a school parking lot while children were at practices. The Iowa County Sheriff's Off...
May 16, 2024

Two Vehicle Crash Near Mineral Point
The Iowa County Communications Center received a report of a two-vehicle crash on US Highway 151 near East Survey Road in Mineral Point Wednesday around 2:20pm. The Mineral Point Fire Department, Mine...
May 16, 2024

Platteville Family Aquatic Center Will Not Open This Summer
The City of Platteville has announced that the Platteville Family Aquatic Center will be closed this summer because of "significant structural damages" to the pool's subsurface and foundations from ye...
May 16, 2024

Republicans Vote To Override Evers Vetos
The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Senate voted Tuesday to override nine vetoes of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers in a mostly symbolic move that comes less than six months before the November election. T...
May 15, 2024

Final Segment of Cardinal-Hickory Creek Power Line Under Construction
Utility companies have started construction on a contentious power line crossing in a Mississippi River wildlife refuge. ITC Midwest and Dairyland Power Cooperative are looking to string the final mil...
May 15, 2024

Bloomington Man Pleads No Contest To Fatal Crash
A man from Bloomington has pleaded no contest to a homicide charge in relation to a fatal crash in Grant County last year. 57 year old Benjamin Steiger of Bloomington entered a plea of no contest to c...
May 15, 2024

More John Deere Layoffs
John Deere has announced another round of layoffs. This time at its Moline facility. The company is cutting 34 workers from Moline Cylinder Works effective the end of May. The facility employs about 2...
Syndicated Content May 15, 2024

$500,000 Bond Set For Former Dubuque Priest Accused Of Sexual Abuse
A $500,000 bond has been set for a former Dubuque priest accused of sexually abusing multiple boys in the 1980s. The 68-year-old Rev. Leo P. Riley, of Port Charlotte, Fla., is charged in Iowa District...
Mark Evenstad May 14, 2024





