Category Archives: Local News
COVID-19 Reports From Past Week
Four more COVID-19-related deaths were reported in the area from May 11th to Wednesday. During the seven-day period, two more COVID-19-related deaths were reported in Dubuque County, as well as one mo...
May 19, 2022
Clayton County Abuse
An Elkader man is facing multiple charges of sexual abuse related to an incident that happened last winter in St Olaf. Authorities have charged 51-year-old Darwin Miller with two counts of 3rd-degree ...
May 19, 2022
Early Voting In Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsin
Early voting is already underway in Iowa, and voting gets underway today (Thurs) across Illinois for next month’s primaries. In Iowa, early voting goes thru June 6th with ballots needed to be re...
May 19, 2022
City of East Dubuque Facebook Page Suspended
The City of East Dubuque's Facebook page has been suspended. City Manager Loras Herrig says every video post of past City Council meetings streamed on the city's Facebook page recently was reported wi...
May 18, 2022
Gas Prices Going Up, Up, Up
Gas prices continued hitting record highs this week, as the average gallon of gas now costs at least $4 in all 50 states for the first time ever, according to the auto club AAA. Just three states - Ge...
May 18, 2022
Facebook Election Case
A judge on Tuesday voiced skepticism about a lawsuit challenging the legality of private grant money to help run the 2020 election. The lawsuit argues that grants given to Madison from a group funded ...
May 18, 2022
FBI Investigates Case In Benton
Multiple local law enforcement agencies assisted the FBI during an investigation in southwest Wisconsin on Tuesday. According to an update from Benton Police Chief Brian Hammill, FBI officials were wo...
May 17, 2022
Shooting Victim In Blue Mounds Identified
The Dane County Medical Examiner's Office has identified a man who police say was shot and killed in the Village of Blue Mounds Sunday. 19 year old Marshall Iverson of Mount Horeb was pronounced dead ...
May 17, 2022
Nine Fire Departments Respond To Fire in Edmund
Iowa County authorities received a report of a structure fire on Hancock Street in Edmund Monday just after 3pm. It was reported that flames were showing in the attic. The Cobb Fire Department, Cobb F...
May 17, 2022 cbransto / CC
Moth Traps Being Set
The Wisconsin Department of Ag, Trade and Consumer Protection plans to start setting thousands of spongy moth traps around the state to help monitor the species' population. In a release, DATCP said i...
May 17, 2022
