Category Archives: Local News

Another Delay in Attempted Murder Trial
There will be another delay in the start of an attempted murder trial in Dubuque for a man from Monroe. 49 year old Kenneth Moore is charged with attempted murder in connection with a shooting inciden...
Mark Evenstad Feb 20, 2024

Informational Meeting at Potosi Schools
The Potosi School District will host an informational meeting next week on the district's operational referendum question that will appear on the spring election ballot. The meeting will be held at 7 ...
Feb 20, 2024

New Maps Change Southwest Wisconsin Voting Districts
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers on Monday signed into law new state legislative maps that he proposed and that the Republican-led Legislature passed. Democrats call the maps fairer than the current ones. Th...
Feb 20, 2024 Howard Marklein (R-Spring Green)

Two People Arrested For Drugs Near Dodgeville
On Friday around 6:30pm, an Iowa County Sheriff's Deputy conducted a traffic stop on Highway 23 near Rowe Road in Dodgeville Township. An Iowa County K9 alerted officers about the vehicle and a search...
Feb 19, 2024

Man Arrested Following Medical Emergency
Around 3am Sunday, Mineral Point EMS responded to County Highway G in the Town of Willow Springs for a medical emergency. Deputies assisted at the scene. As a result, Geontae Gillespie-Murray was arre...
Feb 19, 2024 Highway Patrol Images / CC
Hovde To Announce Candidacy For U.S. Senator
Eric Hovde, a former Republican Senate candidate, will announce a run for the U.S. Senate this week for a chance to oppose Democrat Tammy Baldwin. Hovde ran and lost in a Republican primary in 2012 to...
Feb 19, 2024

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





