Category Archives: Local News

Most of the area picked up some very beneficial rain Wednesday as a low pressure system moved across the Midwest. Some folks were estimated to have picked up over 2" of rain. This won't completely era...

The Platteville City Council has chosen a longtime area resident to fill an open spot on the City Council. Council members on Tuesday evening appointed Bob Gates, of Platteville, to the open District ...

The Arena Police Department attempted to make contact with a woman on Herman Street in Arena Tuesday around 5pm regarding a warrant that had been issued. The Arena Police department, with assistance f...

Officials with Iowa County Sheriff's department received a report of a disturbance in the 200 block of East Spring Street in Dodgeville Tuesday around 10:30am. The Dodgeville Police Department along w...

Iowa County authorities received a report of a suspicious vehicle on Cobb Street in Linden Tuesday just past 8am. A report states that the vehicle had been there for over an hour. Iowa County Sheriff'...

On Tuesday, a Grant County Sheriff's Deputy was on patrol on Highway 61 in Liberty Township and observed a commercial motor vehicle driving 91mph. A traffic stop was conducted on the vehicle, which wa...

City staff in McGregor are recommending people on Main Street from 3rd Street to the Riverfront boil their water before drinking, or use an alternative source, as a construction project in the area ha...

A southwest Wisconsin man has entered a plea of "No Contest" to charges of homicide by intoxicated use of a firearm in the shooting death of a woman in January. A report says 34-year old Timothy Sonti...

A professor in the University of Wisconsin-Platteville's biology department will discuss local prairie restoration this week in Lancaster. Jeff Huebschman will present "Seeds in My Genes: Musings of a...

According to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, a wildfire at Devil's Lake State Park on Monday was started by fireworks. An official said the fire happened on a steep slope on the park's ...