Category Archives: Local News

More than 200 athletes will visit the Dubuque area next week for the 36th edition of the Special Olympics Iowa Winter Games. The two-day event will be held Monday and Tuesday, January 8th and 9th, at ...

Wisconsin winery owners are excited about a new state law allowing them to stay open until 2 a.m. instead of 9 p.m. Under previous law, wineries had to close by 9 p.m. in Wisconsin, but after a new al...

A deputy with the Lafayette County Sheriff's Department responded to Highway 81 in Elk Grove Township for a one vehicle accident Tuesday aroun 7am. 22 year old Xavier Ivanov of Platteville lost contro...

On Saturday at approximately 8:12am, the Grant County Sheriff's Office was notified of a two-vehicle crash on Highway 80 at the intersection with Model Road in Hazel Green Township. After an investiga...

Shortly before 3am Monday, a deputy with the Lafayette County Sheriff's department responded to Spring Street in the City of Darlington to assist Darlington Police with a check welfare. As a result, 4...

Green County EMS, Gratiot First Response, and a deputy from the Lafayette County Sheriff's Department responded to Highway 78 in Gratiot Township for a one vehicle accident around 2:30am Monday. 29 ye...

In Wisconsin, Lafayette County's unemployment rate was 1.8% in November, the lowest rate in the state, according to Wisconsin's Department of Workforce Development. The county's unemployment rate was ...

Police say a Platteville man drove drunk with a toddler in a car in Dubuque Saturday. Reports say 36 year old Julius Schaeffer of Platteville, was arrested around 9:30 p.m. Saturday in the 2600 block ...

A traveling Vietnam Veterans Memorial exhibit will be on display in Platteville from Jan. 13 to Jan. 27. The exhibit, called "Wisconsin Remembers: A Face for Every Name," is a part of the Wisconsin Ve...

A 91-year-old husband and wife near Blue River have received more than 200 cards from well-wishers across the country to mark their big day. Dick and Betty Grant married 71 years ago on New Year's Day...