Category Archives: Local News

February Unemployment Rates Mostly Under 3%
Grant, Iowa and Lafayette counties all posted unemployment rates under three percent in February, which is in line with or slightly above the state's 2.7% unemployment rate. Grant County's unemploymen...
Apr 03, 2023

Structure Fire on County Road in Mineral Point
The Iowa County Communications Department received a report of a structure fire on County Road S in Mineral Point Sunday around 12:30am. The Mineral Point Fire Department and Mineral Point EMS respond...
Apr 03, 2023 brett jordan / CC

Voters Get Text Alerts About Supreme Court Race
Some voters in southern Wisconsin received text warnings on Friday - but the text had nothing to do with the severe weather. A report says that the texts included tones found on official emergency ale...
Apr 03, 2023

Girl Who Wandered From Home in Clayton County Found Safe
Authorities say a nearly four-hour, widespread search that involved multiple local and state agencies found a 5-year-old girl who had wandered away from her residence Saturday night in Clayton County....
Syndicated Content Apr 03, 2023

Semi Blocks Traffic On Highway 18 in Iowa County
Iowa County authorities received a report of a semi that was blocking both lanes of traffic on Highway 18 near Montfort Thursday just after 8pm. Iowa County Sheriff's Deputies responded to the scene a...
Mar 31, 2023

$30 Million in Improvements Planned For Dubuque Airport
Dubuque Regional Airport officials are planning more than $30 million in improvements to construct a hangar and taxiway in the coming years to support operations at the airport. About $5.5 million in ...
Mark Evenstad Mar 31, 2023

Dubuque man killed in Wisconsin logging accident
Authorities say a Dubuque man died Wednesday from injuries sustained while working on a log skidder in Richland County. 54 year old Joseph Abitz, was pronounced dead at Richland Hospital following the...
Mar 31, 2023

Linden Man Arrested
An officer for the Linden Police Department observed an individual driving who had an active warrant on Wednesday around 7 pm. Linden Police and an Iowa County Deputy arrested the man at his residence...
Mar 31, 2023
Wisconsin license delays improve, but agency needs more help
Wisconsin Republicans questioned the efforts of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' administration to fix lengthy delays in issuing professional licenses, even as an agency head said Thursday that wait times ...
Mar 31, 2023

Wisconsin Man Pleads Guilty To Threatening Governor Evers and Others
A Wisconsin man charged in federal court with making a threat against Gov. Tony Evers and others has pleaded guilty to making a threat against a county official under a deal with prosecutors. 52 year ...
Mar 31, 2023





