Category Archives: Local News

Muscoda Man Sentenced To Jail For Child Pornography
A man from Muscoda has pleaded guilty to child pornography and drug charges. 41 year old Justin Lenz has been sentenced to nine months in jail after pleading guilty to three counts of possession of nu...
Oct 11, 2022

Platteville Man Arrested For Driving While Revoked
A man from Platteville was arrested by Lafayette County authorities Monday. 53 year old Lawrence Whitcher was arrested around 5pm for Operating while Revoked on West Platteville Avenue in Belmont. Whi...
Oct 11, 2022

Galena named community of year
Galena was honored with a “community of the year” award at the recent annual meeting of a local economic development group presented at Northwest Illinois Economic Development’s rece...
Mark Evenstad Oct 11, 2022

Phone outage could affect 911 service in Jo Daviess County
Jo Daviess County authorities say a reported telephone network outage could affect phone and 911 services over a wide area of the county including Apple River, Apple Canyon Lake, East Dubuque, Elizabe...
Mark Evenstad Oct 11, 2022

Alumni Association announces events for UW Homecoming
MADISON, Wis. — For the 112th year, UW alumni will return to Madison for Homecoming. This year’s celebration features a host of events beginning Wednesday, October 19. The festivities kick...
Kyle Jones Oct 10, 2022

One Vehicle Rollover Crash Near Gratiot
Gratiot Fire and First Response and Green County EMS responded to a one vehicle rollover accident on Highway 11 near Gratiot Saturday just after 2am. 20 year old Kimberly Garcia-Andrade of Gratiot was...
Oct 10, 2022

Lancaster Man Arrested By Iowa County Authorities
A man from Lancaster was arrested following a crash on Harrison Street in Rewey around 2:45am Saturday. Iowa County Sheriff's Deputies responded to the crash where someone ran into a wood pile. 25 yea...
Oct 10, 2022

Dodgeville Women arrested for Disorderly Conduct
Dodgeville Police responded to a traffic complaint with a car parked in a yard Friday. Following a brief investigation, 40 year old Katherine Jackson of Dodgeville was arrested for Disorderly Conduct ...
Oct 10, 2022 Highway Patrol Images / CC

Darlington man pleads guilty to trying to kill girlfriend
A Darlington man recently pleaded guilty to trying to kill his girlfriend last year. 43 year old Gregory Frechette entered a no-contest guilty plea in Lafayette County to a charge of attempted first-d...
Oct 10, 2022

Jo Daviess County voters to see referendum on 1% lodging tax
Jo Daviess County voters next month will be asked whether county officials should advocate for a change in state law that would let the county increase the local lodging tax. The referendum on the Nov...
Oct 10, 2022





