Category Archives: Local News

Lafayette County Conservation is accepting tree and shrub orders
Lafayette County Land Conservation Department is accepting orders for its annual tree and shrub sale. Orders will be accepted through Nov. 1. A variety of species of conifers, deciduous trees and shru...
Courtney Chaffee Sep 30, 2025 GotCredit / CC

'A Day on the Farm' scheduled this month
Area residents are invited to 'A Day on the Farm' in southwest Wisconsin. The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Oct. 18 at University of Wisconsin-Platteville's Pioneer Farm. The open house...
Courtney Chaffee Sep 30, 2025

Popular Dubuque bar and venue closing
A popular Dubuque bar and club went up for sale Monday, with plans to close its doors at the end of the year. Smokestack owners Scott Cornwell and Susan Price said there are a number of factors in the...
Courtney Chaffee Sep 30, 2025

Alliant Energy Foundation raises $550,000 for local food banks
The Alliant Energy Foundation raised$550,000to support programs that fight hunger and food insecurity in Iowa and Wisconsin. The amount is the largest on record in the company's 19 years of hosting th...
Courtney Chaffee Sep 30, 2025

No injuries from combine fire near Iowa Grant High School
Monday evening, the Iowa County Communications Center received a report of a combine on fire in a field east of the Iowa Grant High School. Livingston Fire Department, Montfort EMS, Cobb Fire Departme...
Courtney Chaffee Sep 30, 2025 cbransto / CC

Emergency officials respond to diesel leak in Dodgeville
Monday afternoon the Iowa County Communcations Center received a report of a vehicle leaking diesel on Highway 18 and N. Bequette Street in Dodgeville. Dodgeville Fire Department, Dodgeville EMS, Dodg...
Courtney Chaffee Sep 30, 2025

Historical Society receives grant for a survey of the William M Black
The Dubuque County Historical Society was recently awarded a $50,000 Historic Resource Development Program (HRDP) grant from the State Historical Society of Iowa. Funding will support conducting a Rep...
Courtney Chaffee Sep 30, 2025

Pair of Honor Flights scheduled for May
Organizers have scheduled a pair of flights next year to take military veterans on a daylong visit to memorials in to Washington, D.C. Honor Flight of Dubuque and the Tri-States announced it is planni...
Courtney Chaffee Sep 30, 2025 USA flag. American flag. American flag blowing in the wind.

Iowa County 911 call volume for Sept. 21 - 27, 2025
The Iowa County 911 Communication Center is reporting their call volume for last week, September 21 - September 27. Over the past week, the Iowa County 911 Communication Center handled a total of 522 ...
Courtney Chaffee Sep 30, 2025

Female whooping crane dies of bird flu
The International Crane Foundation announced Monday that Ducky, an endangered female whooping crane the foundation planned to release into the wilds of Wisconsin this fall, died on Thursday after beco...
Courtney Chaffee Sep 30, 2025 ginosphotos1 / Depositphotos.com





