Category Archives: Local News

A former nurse accused of abusing infants in a Madison hospital neo-natal intensive care unit will spend up to 13 years in prison. Forty-four-year-old Christopher Kaphaem was sentenced Thursday after ...

Officials at Southwest Health Center in Platteville are planning on an $8.5 million, 26,000-square-foot expansion this spring. The addition at Southwest Health will provide more space for existing ser...

A man from Belmont had minor injuries as the result of a one-vehicle rollover accident in Lafayette County Wednesday morning around 6:45am. 46 year old Brent Reddington was traveling north on Highway ...

Republicans' 250-million-dollar tax cut package passed along party lines this morning in the Wisconsin Senate before heading to the Assembly for a vote. The plan would reduce income taxes for average ...

A referendum issue for the River Ridge School District has failed by a single vote. Unofficial results from Tuesday's polls shows voters in the district voted 331 against the measure - and 330 in favo...

By only a few dozen votes, the city of Dodgeville will be moving forward with a new library project. The referendum issue passed Tuesday on a 478 - 441 vote. As part of the referendum, the new public ...

Mineral Point Police made an arrest Tuesday around 4pm following an incident in Mineral Point in which Iowa County Deputies responded. As a result, 49 year old Susan Redfearn of Platteville was arrest...

There will be a new mayor in Darlington as current Mayor Dave Breunig was not elected to another term. Breunig finished third in Tuesday's primary. Former Fire Chief Mike McDermott was the top vote-ge...

The state Assembly approved a 13 bill, 10-million-dollar plan to address water quality in Wisconsin. Dodgeville Republican Todd Novak headed up the task force that developed the package. It's an issue...

Bond has been set at $1-million dollars for the man accused of killing Nicholas Day in Blue Mounds. A Dane County judge announced the cash bond on Monday afternoon for 21-year-old Riley Berg of Mount ...