Category Archives: Local News

A southwest Wisconsin legislator is asking the governor to consider a plan that would re-open the state's tourism and hospitality industry before May 26th. Representative Travis Tranel has written to ...

City of Galena leaders will examine cost- saving measures, after the COVID-19 pandemic and its impacts reduced revenues this fiscal year by about 30%. The city's fiscal year 2021 starts May 1st. Recen...

A 19-billion-dollar relief program for farmers and ranchers also offers some help for Wisconsin dairy farmers. Three billion dollars will go to help the fresh produce, dairy and meat industries. Dairy...

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is investigating a fish kill which was reported over the weekend. Environmental and field office staff responded to the location on Bloody Run Creek in Clayton...

Grant County officials say some railcars derailed into the Mississippi River this morning when a BNSF freight train hit a large boulder on the tracks. Reports say the derailment happened around 11am b...

The Tavern League of Wisconsin is calling on Governor Tony Evers to allow bars and restaurants to fully reopen on May 1st, more than three weeks ahead of the end of the current stay-at-home order that...

Chuck Bolstad, chairperson of the Southwest Wisconsin Technical College Board of Directors, has been elected secretary/treasurer for the Wisconsin Technical Colleges District Boards Association. The o...

Dr. James Hamilton, professor of chemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, is working with the state of Wisconsin to produce tens of thousands of bottles of hand sanitizer to help protect ...

Grant County health officials announced that four more cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in the county on Sunday and that a third person with the virus has died. It is the second death reported si...

In Wisconsin, officials announced another 154 confirmed cases of COVID-19. That pushed the state total to 4,199. They also reported another six related deaths, pushing that tally to 211. There are 15 ...