Category Archives: Local News

Lancaster Man With 7th OWI Arrest
A Lancaster man faces his 7th offense of drunk driving after police were called to the 1000 block of 13th Street in Fennimore. In a release, Fennimore Police say officers received a complaint of a pos...
Nov 04, 2021 Scott Davidson / CC

Platteville Woman Arrested For Drugs in Iowa County
A woman from Platteville was arrested for drug possession following a traffic stop in Iowa County Wednesday night around 10pm. An Iowa County Deputy assisted a Village of Arena Police Officer with the...
Nov 04, 2021 Highway Patrol Images / CC

UW-P Foundation Receives Grant From Green Bay Packers Foundation
The UW-Platteville Foundation is the recipient of a $3,000 grant from the Green Bay Packers Foundation. The grant will help to enhance the Pioneer Leadership Institute, which will have a direct impact...
Nov 04, 2021

‘Super Bowl hopes could be dashed’: Packers fans react to Aaron Rodgers’ COVID-19 diagnosis
MADISON, Wis. — While Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers’ teammates had his back Wednesday — at least publicly — after news broke that Rodgers had tested positive for ...
McKenna Alexander Nov 03, 2021

Iowa Man Charged in Murder of Grant County Woman
A southern Iowa man is facing a murder charge related to the death and disappearance of a Grant County woman. Officials with the Polk County Sheriff's Department have charged 46-year-old James Shiloh ...
Nov 03, 2021 GotCredit / CC

Kwik Trip To Open Another Location in Platteville
Kwik Trip plans to open another location in Platteville, in addition to its two other locations. Kwik Trip intends to purchase and demolish the Mobil gas station on Ubersox Drive and construct a fuel ...
Nov 03, 2021

Prairie du Chien K9 Helps Find Suicidal Juvenile
During his first day on the job, a Prairie du Chien officer is getting credit for helping find a suicidal juvenile unharmed. According to a release from the Prairie du Chien Police Department, K9 offi...
Nov 03, 2021 GotCredit / CC

Work Still Going Ahead On Cardinal Hickory Creek Project
Even though a federal judge has issued an injunction to stop work on part of the Cardinal-Hickory Creek project, construction is going forward on other portions of the transmission line. Developers of...
Nov 03, 2021

Union Votes No On Proposal, Strike At John Deere Continues
Union members voted down a contract presented by negotiators for the United Auto Workers and John Deere. Union members cast their votes on the deal Tuesday. Nationally, the vote was 55% against the ag...
Nov 03, 2021

Report: Aaron Rodgers tests positive for COVID-19, out for Sunday’s game vs. Kansas City
GREEN BAY — Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers has tested positive for COVID-19 and will miss Sunday’s game against Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs, according to multip...
Jaymes Langrehr Nov 03, 2021





