Category Archives: Local News

County Highway A To be Closed Wednesday
A Grant County Highway will be closed for most of the day Wednesday. According to the Grant County Highway Department, County Highway A, between Union and Lancaster, will be closed Wednesday. The high...
Jun 27, 2022 Hannah Rosen / CC

Spraying To Combat Invasive Moth In Jo Daviess County This Week
State agricultural officials will conduct aerial spraying for an invasive moth species this week in Jo Daviess County. Yellow "air tractor" airplanes will spray an organic, biodegradable mating disrup...
Jun 27, 2022

Site For Housing Project Not Being Considered
Lancaster City Administrator David Carlson did not have positive news for Common Council members during last week's meeting regarding a proposed workforce housing project. According to a report, in Ma...
Jun 27, 2022
Jo Daviess County Woman Dies From Injuries In Firepit Accident
A 28 year old woman from Stockton, Illinois has passed away from injuries received in a firepit explosion. Taylor Musser was severely burned in the incident which took place on June 18th. Musser was m...
Mark Evenstad Jun 27, 2022

Remains Of Parker Kruse's Body Found in Wisconsin River
The Grant County Sheriff's Office said Parker Kruse's body was found Saturday afternoon, nearly one year after his disappearance. Kruse was a native of Arena and was a 2018 graduate of River Valley Hi...
Jun 27, 2022

Additional Details Surface About Blue Mounds Shooting in May
A 20-year-old man who was jailed after he said he accidentally shot a friend to death in May at a Blue Mounds home was intoxicated to the point of nodding off and described the incident to police in w...
Jun 24, 2022

Police Arrest Man For Break-in and Burglary in Dodgeville
A man from Madison has been arrested for a residential burglary in Dodgeville on Wednesday along with several other charges. 20 year old Dejon Glover was arrested on multiple felony charges Thursday, ...
Jun 24, 2022

Man From Plain Arrested For Fatal Hit and Run Crash
A man from Plain was arrested Wednesday following a deadly hit-and-run west of Sauk City earlier this week. Deputies with the Sauk County Sheriff's department arrested 62 year old Patrick Nachreiner t...
Jun 24, 2022

Evers Announces Grant Funding For Workforce Development
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers has announced $2.9 million in grant funding for workforce development efforts at Southwest Wisconsin Technical College in Fennimore. Evers visited the campus Thursday to ...
Jun 24, 2022
Shooting in Galena, One Person Arrested
Authorities say a person was shot late Wednesday in Galena and the shooter has been arrested. According to the Jo Daviess County Sheriff's Department, the shooting left one person with severe injuries...
Mark Evenstad Jun 24, 2022





