Category Archives: Local News

Housing Assistance Program Coming To An End
Dubuque is ending a housing assistance program that originally was repealed by the federal government in the early 1990s. The federally funded Moderate Housing Rehabilitation Program, which provided h...
Dec 19, 2022 GotCredit / CC

Gas Price Drops To Lowest Level Since July 2021
The great gasoline spike of 2022 has completely unwound, giving consumers a major boost after a year of high inflation. The national average for regular gasoline dropped to $3.14 a gallon on Monday, a...
Dec 19, 2022 Gavin St. Ours / CC

Traffic Stop leads To Arrest For Possession of Firearms
An Iowa County Sheriff's Deputy conducted a traffic stop on Highway 18-151 near County Road YZ in Dodgeville Sunday around 2am. Upon making contact with the driver, the deputy found that the driver ha...
Dec 19, 2022

One Person Injured In Two-Vehicle Crash in Lafayette County
Authorities say one person was injured in a two-vehicle crash Saturday morning in Lafayette County. 61 year old Denise Springer of Shullsburg was taken to a hospital for treatment of minor injuries. A...
Dec 19, 2022

Open House To Honor Retiring Iowa County Officers
Two Iowa County law enforcement officers will be retiring and an open house will be held on Tuesday to honor them. An open house to honor Sheriff Steve Michek and correctional officer Amy Michek is pl...
Dec 19, 2022

Highland Mobile Food Pantry on Tuesday
The next Highland mobile food pantry will be on a different day this month. The food pantry is being held on Tuesday (Dec 20) starting at 4pm. This drive thru event takes place at Saints Anthony and P...
Dec 19, 2022

Marklein Appointed To Committees
Senator Howard Marklein of Spring Green has been re-appointed to serve as the Co-Chair on the Joint Committee on Finance, as well as a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture & Tourism, Join...
Dec 19, 2022 Howard Marklein (R-Spring Green)

Public Meeting on New Platteville Fire Station
The City of Platteville will host a public meeting to answer resident questions about the new fire station. The community meeting will be held at 6 p.m. on Tuesday at the Platteville Public Library. F...
Dec 19, 2022

Fire at Shoey's Diesel Repair in Belmont
Shoey's Diesel Repair in Belmont was damaged by a fire Thursday. Lafayette County Sheriff Reg Gill said the department received a call at about 3:50 a.m. Thursday about a fire at Shoey's Diesel Repair...
Dec 16, 2022 cbransto / CC
Tranel appointed to serve as the Chair of the Assembly Committee on Agriculture
State Representative Travis Tranel of Cuba City has been appointed to serve as the Chair of the Assembly Committee on Agriculture for the 2023-24 Legislative Session by Speaker Robin Vos. For six term...
Dec 16, 2022 Travis Tranel
(R-Cuba City)





