Category Archives: Local News

NWS confirms tornado in Crawford County on Monday
The National Weather Service confirmed a tornado formed in Crawford County Monday afternoon. According to their preliminary survey, the EF-0 tornado was short-lived, occurring in the town of Mount Ste...
Courtney Chaffee Sep 25, 2025 isghoul / CC

State Fair exchanging Sunday tickets
Making up for a lost Sunday at the Wisconsin State Fair. The fair announced its plan Tuesday for exchange of tickets for the 2025 fair's final day August 10th, cancelled due to flooding at the fairgro...
Courtney Chaffee Sep 24, 2025

The Wave of Light at Crossing Rivers Health
The Pregnancy and Infant Loss Support Group at Crossing Rivers Health invites you to join them at their local Wave of Light event, which is part of a global movement to raise awareness and support for...
Courtney Chaffee Sep 24, 2025 GotCredit / CC

Sauk County detective honored for solving cold case
The Sauk County Sheriff's Office honored a detective on Tuesday for his work on solving a cold case that stretched more than six decades. In March, Sauk County detective Isaac Hanson was assigned a mi...
Courtney Chaffee Sep 24, 2025

Gas shut off to residence following elevated Carbon Monoxide levels
Early Tuesday morning the Iowa County Communcations Center received a report of a carbon monoxide alarm sounding at a residence on County Road K south of Barneveld in Brigham Township. Barneveld Fire ...
Courtney Chaffee Sep 24, 2025

No injuries reported from fire in Arena
Tuesday early evening the Iowa County Communications Center received a report of a structure fire on Highway 14, near County Road H in Arena Township. Arena Fire Department along with Arena EMS were d...
Courtney Chaffee Sep 24, 2025 Mahesh Kularatne / CC

Madison man sentenced for sexually assaulting infant
A Madison man will spend 70 years in prison after he was sentenced Monday for sexually assaulting an infant girl earlier this year. 22-year-old Skyler Klassen pleaded guilty to first-degree sexual ass...
Courtney Chaffee Sep 24, 2025 Blogtrepreneur / CC

Cherish Wisconsin Outdoors Fun raised over $3 million since creation
A Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources conservation fund hits a major milestone. The Cherish Wisconsin Outdoors Fund has raised over $3 million since being created by the State Legislature in 201...
Courtney Chaffee Sep 24, 2025

Bird flu confirmed in Dubuque
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is seeing a steady increase in sick and dead wild birds reported this September, including within Dubuque. H5 avian influenza or bird flu has been confirmed in...
Courtney Chaffee Sep 23, 2025 karelbock / Depositphotos.com

Rep. Tom Tiffany enters race for governor
A fierce loyalist of President Donald Trump who represents a broad swath of Wisconsin's rural north woods in Congress entered the governor's race in the battleground state on Tuesday, shaking up the R...
Courtney Chaffee Sep 23, 2025





