Category Archives: Local News

East Dubuque To Get Office Trailer For Police Department Office
East Dubuque City Council members on Tuesday voted to approve purchasing a 20-foot-by-24-foot triple-wide office trailer from A-1 Mobile Storage Service in Manchester to be used temporarily by the Eas...
Jan 05, 2023

Colorado Woman Arrested After Driving on Lafayette County Courthouse Lawn
A Colorado woman was arrested Tuesday evening after driving onto the Lafayette County Courthouse lawn. According to the Darlington Police Department, officers responded to a report of a truck parked o...
Jan 05, 2023

Platteville Woman Arrested in Darlington
A woman from Platteville was arrested by Darlington Police. According to a release, 28 year old Jessica Felker of Platteville was arrested Friday shortly after 8:15 PM for operating after revocation f...
Jan 05, 2023

Red Cross assisting residents displaced by Dodgeville fire
The Red Cross is assisting multiple Dodgeville residents and pets after they were displaced by an apartment fire Tuesday morning. At around 9:50 a.m., the Dodgeville Fire Department was dispatched fol...
Jan 05, 2023

Platteville to hold farewell ceremony for outgoing city manager
The City of Platteville is planning a farewell reception for outgoing City Manager Adam Ruechel. The ceremony will take place at 5:15 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 10, at City Hall. Cake and refreshments will be...
Jan 05, 2023

Not guilty pleas entered for men accused of killing Dodgeville woman over inheritance
Not guilty pleas were entered Tuesday for two men accused of killing a woman over an inheritance. 51 year old Aric Way and 28 year old Philip Schmidt-Way are both charged with one count of first-degre...
Jan 04, 2023

Monroe woman accused of poisoning husband, putting him into coma
A Monroe woman is accused of poisoning her husband last year, temporarily sending him into a coma. 50 year old Amanda Chapin is charged with attempted first-degree intentional homicide. According to a...
Jan 04, 2023
Authorities ID injured driver after semi rolls into pond in Guttenberg
Authorities said a semi-tractor trailer rolled over Monday in Guttenberg, injuring the driver and leaking the milk it was carrying into a pond. The driver, 56 year old William Burgin of Wadena, was ta...
Mark Evenstad Jan 04, 2023

No Injuries in Single Vehicle Crash
No one was injured in a one vehicle crash in Lafayette County Tuesday around 6:30am. A deputy with the Lafayette County Sheriff's department responded to County Highway O in Kendall Township where 33 ...
Jan 04, 2023

Fire At Dodgeville Apartment Building
A fire at an apartment building in Dodgeville Tuesday morning displaced seven people and numerous pets. The Dodgeville Fire Department said firefighters were called to the building on North Douglas St...
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