Category Archives: Local News

Arrow Ridge Business Park Selected As Site For Housing Project
The Lancaster Common Council has approved using the Arrow Ridge Business Park site for an $8 million workforce housing project which will create two 20-unit apartment complexes. City Administrator Dav...
Oct 20, 2022

Lancaster Police Department Seeking Help From Cameras
The Lancaster Police Department is looking for help from the community to assist in solving incidents when they occur. The department is asking for community members to let them know if they have a ho...
Oct 20, 2022

Richland Center and Highland Men Arrested
An Iowa County Sheriff's Deputy conducted a traffic stop in Arena on Tuesday and requested the use of a K9 officer. As a result, 37 year old Dustin Haas of Richland Center was charged with Possession ...
Oct 20, 2022

No COVID-19 Related Deaths In The Area in Latest Report
There were no additional COVID-19-related deaths reported in the area from October 12th to Wednesday in the latest report. There were seven people with COVID-19 hospitalized Wednesday at UnityPoint He...
Mark Evenstad Oct 20, 2022

UWPD investigating after photos, video of UW volleyball team members shared without consent
MADISON, Wis. — The University of Wisconsin athletic department says it has contacted UW-Madison police to investigate who may have leaked private photos and video of members of the women’...
Jaymes Langrehr Oct 19, 2022

One Vehicle Crash With Injury Near Boscobel
A man from Blue River has been charged with Operating with a Restricted Controlled Substance-1st Offense Causing Injury after a crash in Grant County Tuesday just after 9pm. According to the Grant Cou...
Oct 19, 2022

Proposal Would Turn Soccer Field in Humane Society and Daycare
Lancaster Common Council members have expressed support for a multimillion-dollar proposal that would turn a city soccer field into the location for a new humane society and child care center. A repor...
Oct 19, 2022

Mountain lion struck, killed along Illinois highway
A mountain lion that was struck and killed last weekend along a northern Illinois highway will be analyzed to uncover the rare animal's origins. The Illinois DNR believe it is the same animal spotted ...
Oct 19, 2022 GotCredit / CC

USDA announces $1 billion debt relief for 36,000 farmers
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced on Tuesday a program that will provide $1.3 billion in debt relief for about 36,000 farmers who have fallen behind on loan payments or face foreclosure. Th...
Oct 19, 2022

Truck Crashes In Richland County, One Person Injured
Authorities in Richland County responded to a one-vehicle crash in which a truck went off the road and the driver was injured. The crash happened Sunday around 5:45am on County Highway V near Cazenovi...
Oct 18, 2022





