Category Archives: Local News

Traffic Fatality On Highway 78 in Lafayette County
The Lafayette County Sheriff's Department is investigating a traffic fatality on Highway 78 in the Town of Blanchard. 73 year old Eugene Dinger of Beloit was pronounced dead shortly after 3:50pm on We...
Dec 08, 2022
Ticket Sales For Avelo Airlines Starting Out Strong
A new airline set to fly between Dubuque and Florida starting next month has sold at least 24% of its available tickets for the first four months of flights. From November 9th to November 29th, Avelo ...
Mark Evenstad Dec 08, 2022
Winter Weather Advisory Tonight and Tomorrow
A winter weather advisory has been issued for tonight and tomorrow morning for a good portion of the Tri-State area. The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory to run from 6 p.m...
Mark Evenstad Dec 08, 2022

Grant County Task Force Considers Ways To Use Opioid Settlement Funds
A Grant County task force is focusing on how it hopes to spend up to $1.4 million from national opioid settlements as it becomes clear that local needs far outweigh available resources. The county Opi...
Dec 08, 2022

DNR gives tips to reduce, reuse and recycle this holiday season
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is encouraging Wisconsinites to give the gift of sustainability by reusing, reducing and recycling this holiday season. Every year, many things go i...
Dec 08, 2022 GotCredit / CC

Application period opens for new veteran rental assistance program
Wisconsin veterans can now apply to a new Veterans Rental Assistance Program. The program will provide $2 million to address veteran homelessness and housing insecurity by helping vets help with past ...
Dec 08, 2022

State files criminal charges against Wisconsin dairy farm
State prosecutors filed criminal charges against a Kewaunee farmer, agronomist and hauler who allegedly illegally dumped nearly 3 million gallons of excess manure that washed into tributaries of Lake ...
Dec 08, 2022

Union representing Thomson prison staff alleges rampant sexual misconduct by inmates
The union representing correctional officers and staff at a northwest Illinois prison claims that sexual assaults and misconduct against employees is rampant there. The American Federation of Governme...
Dec 08, 2022

Benton community building plans take shape as fundraising continues
Fundraising efforts are ongoing for a planned community center building in Benton that now will include space for village offices and the local Police Department. The Benton Library, Museum and Commun...
Dec 08, 2022
Leonhard leaving marks a new era of Badger football. For now.
MADISON, Wis. – If Badgers fans bleed red, it’s because Jim Leonhard has their heart. He always has. His departure from the program leaves an open wound that marks the end of an era. ...
Andrew Bandstra Dec 07, 2022





