Category Archives: Local News

Tavern League Offering Safe Rides For New Year's
The Tavern League of Wisconsin is asking people to plan ahead and make sure they have a safe ride home after ringing in the new year. More than 2,000 Tavern League member establishments are again offe...
Dec 30, 2022

Water Damage To 8 of 14 Classrooms At Neal Wilkins Early Learning Center
With 8 of the 14 classrooms at Neal Wilkins Early Learning Center in Platteville damaged by water, it means over half of the buildings at Neal Wilkins are out of commission less than a week before stu...
Dec 29, 2022
Three COVID-19 Related Deaths Reported In Latest Report
There were three additional COVID-19-related deaths reported in the area from December 22nd to Wednesday. One additional death each was reported in Dubuque, Jones and Delaware counties in Iowa. As of ...
Mark Evenstad Dec 29, 2022

Transformer Struck in Lafayette County Accident
Lafayette County deputies responded to Ridge Avenue in Benton Wednesday around 3:45pm for a one vehicle accident. 74 year old Thomas Slater of Benton, was traveling on Ridge Avenue when he struck a tr...
Dec 29, 2022

Man Arrested For Operating Without a License, 3rd Offense
A deputy with the Lafayette County Sheriff's department conducted a traffic stop on HIghway 81 in Darlington Wednesday around 6pm. As a result, 35 year old Marcio Martinez-Medina of Darlington was arr...
Dec 29, 2022 Highway Patrol Images / CC
Guttenberg Man Arrested For Shooting at Vehicles
Authorities say a man from Guttenberg shot five vehicles parked at a Dubuque County residence, causing nearly $7,000 worth of damage. 28 year old Timothy Schmitt of Guttenberg was arrested Wednesday o...
Mark Evenstad Dec 29, 2022

Belmont Woman Arrested On Drug Charges in Dubuque
A woman from Belmont was arrested by Dubuque Police Tuesday. 28 year old Samantha Brende was arrested at around 4:30pm Tuesday in the area of East 20th and White streets on a warrant charging possessi...
Dec 29, 2022 Marco Verch Professional Photographer / CC

Darlington Man Sentenced For Trying To Kill Girlfriend
A Darlington man was sentenced Wednesday to three years in prison and 10 years of extended supervision for trying to kill a girlfriend, more than seven years after he pleaded guilty to attacking anoth...
Dec 29, 2022 Blogtrepreneur / CC

Drug Arrest Following Traffic Stop in Crawford County
A deputy with the Crawford County Sheriff's Office initiated a traffic stop on a vehicle for a registration violation Tuesday around 10:30pm. The stop was conducted on Highway 27 near the Vernon Count...
Dec 29, 2022

Southwest Wisconsin nonprofits receive $800,000 to bolster rural transportation
Several nonprofit organizations in southwest Wisconsin recently received more than $800,000 in state and federal funding to improve rural transportation options. The funding came as part of a $5 milli...
Dec 29, 2022





