Category Archives: Local News

Woman arrested after son tests positive for cocaine
Police said a Dubuque woman's 5-year-old child tested positive for cocaine. 34-year-old Chante Hightower-Burch of Dubuque was arrested at 9:18 p.m. Sunday at her residence on a charge of providing fal...
Courtney Chaffee Mar 19, 2024

Iowa Senate moves AEA bill
The Iowa Senate moved its bill to create more restrictions and oversight of the state's Area Education Agencies, and allow school districts to contract for services elsewhere, on Monday. Via the bill,...
Courtney Chaffee Mar 19, 2024

Car Strikes House in Lafayette County
A deputy with the Lafayette County Sheriff's Department responded to County Highway E in Shullsburg Township Sunday around 9am where a car crashed into a house and there were minor injuries. 83 year o...
Mar 18, 2024

Lafayette County Arrest
The Lafayette County Sheriff's department made an arrest of 43 year old Hector Ortez-Perea of Darlington Sunday around 8:30pm. Ortiz-Perea was arrested for Operating while Revoked on Highway 81 in Dar...
Mar 18, 2024

ATV Accident in Muscoda
Two people on Saturday Night were airlifted to hospitals in Madison and LaCrosse after an ATV accident in the Village of Muscoda. Witnesses state the ATV was traveling at a high rate of speed when it ...
Mar 18, 2024

Darlington Man Cited and Arrested For OWI
Lafayette County authorities arrested 20 year old Hector Fonseca-Rodriguez of Darlington Saturday around 10pm. Fonseca-Rodriguez was traveling on Highway 81 in Darlington Township. As a result, Fonsec...
Mar 18, 2024

School Referendums on Ballots
The April 2nd ballot in Wisconsin will include 91 local school referendums in 85 districts. Overall, 42 of those referendums will ask for temporary authority to increase the district's revenue limit w...
Courtney Chaffee Mar 17, 2024

Family Dollar to Close 1,000 Stores
The North Carolina based Family Dollar discount chain has announced plans to close almost 1,000 stores. Family Dollar will close 600 locations this year and 370 stores over the next several years as s...
Courtney Chaffee Mar 17, 2024 Mike Mozart / CC

Jo Daviess County Officials Warn Of Another Phone Scam
The Jo Daviess County Sheriff's Department is warning area residents against a new phone scam where the caller pretends to be a member of local law enforcement. The department has received several rec...
Mar 16, 2024

New Regional Crops and Soils Educator Hired For Grant, Green, Iowa, and Lafayette Counties
UW-Extension has hired Jordyn Sattler as the new local Regional Crops and Soils Educator for Grant, Green, Iowa, and Lafayette Counties. Sattler grew up on a small farm in Northern Illinois near Still...
Mar 16, 2024





