Category Archives: Local News

Wheel Comes Off Vehicle, Striking Another Vehicle
No one was injured when a wheel fell off a truck and struck another vehicle Wednesday in Lafayette County. According to the Lafayette County Sheriff's Department, 20 year old Edwin Ramos-Castaneada of...
Sep 30, 2021

Contract Between UAW and John Deere About To Expire
A contract between the United Auto Workers union and John Deere Dubuque Works is on the verge of expiring without a new deal in place, raising the possibility of a strike. A handful of employees of Jo...
Mark Evenstad Sep 30, 2021

Frank Thomas Investment Group To Purchase Field of Dreams
A venture headed by a Hall of Fame baseball player Frank Thomas has purchased a controlling stake in the Field of Dreams site in Dyersville. Thomas, who played for the Chicago White Sox and the Oaklan...
Mark Evenstad Sep 30, 2021

Galena Man Charged With Defrauding Drug Screening Test
A man from Galena has been charged with defrauding a drug screening test. 54 year old Mark Herrick was charged with two counts of unlawful defrauding of a drug screening test, both Class 4 felonies. A...
Mark Evenstad Sep 30, 2021

Galena Man Charged With Abusing A Minor
A man from Galena has been charged with sexually abusing a minor. 37 year old Carlos Lopez is charged in Jo Daviess County Circuit Court with two counts of criminal sexual abuse, the first as a Class ...
Sep 29, 2021

Average Number of COVID-19 Cases Going Down
The average number of COVID-19 cases in Wisconsin has been falling for the past week. The state's COVID-19 dashboard shows that the seven-day rolling average for new cases has consistently dropped eac...
Sep 29, 2021 Jernej Furman / CC

Evers in Lancaster Tuesday
As part of Ag Tourism Week in Wisconsin, Governor Tony Evers made a visit to Grant County Tuesday. The governor spent part of the afternoon taking a tour of Vesperman Farms just outside of Lancaster. ...
Sep 29, 2021

Rollover Crash in Grant County
A woman had to be extricated from her vehicle after a rollover crash in Grant County on Monday. 32 year old Nicole Nelson of Blue River was taveling north on Highway 133 in Watterstown Township around...
Sep 28, 2021

Person Killed In Train Accident
A female is dead after being hit by a train Sunday night in Prairie du Chien. A report from the Prairie du Chien Police Department confirmed that a pedestrian was struck and killed near the railroad c...
Sep 28, 2021

Woman From Highland Arrested After Welfare Check
A woman from Highland was arrested after getting into an altercation with Iowa County Deputies Monday night. Deputies with the Iowa County Sheriff's department responded to a welfare check on 32 year ...
Sep 28, 2021 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC





