Category Archives: Local News

Nominations For Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin Seats
The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) is accepting nominations for eight seats on the Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin (DFW) Board of Directors. There are two Southw...
Feb 28, 2024

Large Fire In Field Near Dodgeville Extinguished
In Dodgeville, the Iowa County Communication Center received a report of a large fire in a field near Munz Road in Dodgeville Township around 3pm Monday. Mineral Point Fire and EMS along with Dodgevil...
Feb 28, 2024 shaireproductions.com / CC

Brush Fire Gets Out Of Control in Iowa County
The Iowa County Communication Center received a report of a brush fire that had gotten out of control and approaching a home on Ihm Road in Dodgeville Township Monday around 5:30pm. Dodgeville Fire an...
Feb 28, 2024 cbransto / CC

Money To Fight Pollution Still Not Released
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers reiterated Tuesday that he will veto a Republican bill that would create grants to fight pollution from so-called forever chemicals and again asked GOP lawmakers to release t...
Feb 28, 2024

Dubuque Breaks Two Temperature Records on Monday
Monday's unseasonably warm weather broke Dubuque high-temperature records both for Feb. 26 and the entire month. Officials with the Quad Cities office of the National Weather Service said the temperat...
Courtney Chaffee Feb 27, 2024 jean pierre gallot / CC

Durango Man Arrested for Eluding & Excessive Speed
Authorities said a man observed driving more than 90 mph on a Dubuque street led law enforcement on a chase last week. 43-year-old Cody J. Brehm, of Durango was arrested at 8:47 a.m. Monday at the Dub...
Courtney Chaffee Feb 27, 2024

Dubuque Community School Board Names New Preschool
Dubuque Community Schools leaders have selected a name for the district's new preschool center, as design and construction work continues ahead of the facility's planned fall opening. At a strategic p...
Courtney Chaffee Feb 27, 2024

Dubuque Community Foundation Makes Largest Payout
Nonprofit organizations across the tri-state area this month will feel the impact of nearly $5 million being funneled to various programs. The Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque and its affiliate...
Courtney Chaffee Feb 27, 2024 Benjamin Sperandio / CC

Dubuque County Investigates as County Funds Appear to Have Been Stolen
Dubuque County officials said Monday that they are investigating what they believe to be the theft of $524,284 in federal dollars the county allotted to a city of Dyersville project, the payment of wh...
Courtney Chaffee Feb 27, 2024

Second Person Arrested Following UTV Hit and Run
A second man is in custody related to a UTV hit and run. Monday, Westby Police announced that 21-year-old Robert Purvis was taken into custody for 1st degree reckless endangerment as a party to a crim...
Courtney Chaffee Feb 26, 2024





