Category Archives: Local News

73 Year Old Woman in One Vehicle Crash
On Monday around 4:20pm, the Grant County Sheriff's Office was notified of a one vehicle crash with injury at the intersection of Ipswitch Road and Center Drive Road. 73 year old Mary Olson of Belmont...
Nov 21, 2023

UW-Platteville Athletic Director and Assistant Chancellor Dies
UW-Platteville Athletic Director and Assistant Chancellor Dr. Kristina Navarro-Krupka passed away suddenly over the weekend. UW-Platteville did not provide immediate details about Navarro-Krupka's dea...
Nov 20, 2023

Avalon Cinema To Show "The Polar Express" For Free This Friday
The Avalon Cinema in Platteville will offer a free holiday movie this week to any viewer who brings in a donation for the local food pantry. The Avalon will show "The Polar Express" at 10 a.m. this Fr...
Nov 20, 2023

OWI Arrest of Man From Browntown
Deputies with the Green County Sheriff's Department conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle on Highway 11 in the Town of Monroe Saturday around 11:30pm for operating left of center. An investigation res...
Nov 20, 2023

New Twist on an Old Scam
A new twist on an old phone scam aims to find new ways to make you say one simple word: "yes." The Better Business Bureau says the "can you hear me?" phone call scam has been around for a long time. T...
Mark Evenstad Nov 20, 2023

Former Applebee’s Manager Sentenced For Theft From Safe
An Illinois man has been sentenced to two to five years of probation for a 2021 burglary from a Dubuque restaurant. 51 year old Todd Lazio of Sterling, Ill., received the sentence from Iowa District C...
Mark Evenstad Nov 20, 2023

Dubuque mother arrested for assaulting child
A Dubuque woman has been sentenced to two years of probation for beating a boy with a metal floor lamp pole. 32-year-old Ty'Teanna Williams of Dubuque has pleaded guilty to assault causing bodily inju...
Courtney Chaffee Nov 18, 2023

Dubuque Earns Highest Possible Score on Municipal Equality Index
Friday the City of Dubuque announced that it has earned 100 out of 100 points, the highest possible score, on the newly released Municipal Equality Index (MEI) from the Human Rights Campaign (HRC). Ea...
Courtney Chaffee Nov 18, 2023

Skillet and Theory of a Deadman to return to Dubuque
A pair of rock bands with multiple Top 10 hits will perform at the Dubuque County Fair next summer after severe weather canceled their planned appearance at the fair in July. According to an online an...
Courtney Chaffee Nov 18, 2023

Bus Vs. Car in Iowa County
Iowa County Communications Center received a report of a bus versus motor vehicle crash on Roaster Road near County Road J in the Township of Linden just after 4 PM Thursday. Cobb Fire Department, Cob...
Courtney Chaffee Nov 18, 2023





