Category Archives: Local News

Property on West Business Highway 151 in Platteville which used to be a McDonald's Restaurant will used for a laundromat. The Platteville Plan Commission has recommended approval of the lot to be acqu...

Grant County authorities say a 25-year-old Fennimore man is facing multiple charges for trying to flee officers and ultimately was taken into custody after being tased repeatedly. A report from Lancas...

A Prairie du Chien man faces drunk driving charges after rear-ending another vehicle in La Crosse. Police say 31-year-old Jarrett Hemmer was driving with a BAC nearly three times the legal limit on Su...

A Belmont man will serve 15 years in prison after he was convicted on charges of neglecting his 2 young daughters. A Lafayette County judge's sentence for 25-year-old Dalton Hopper also includes five ...

A Galena native has been selected to become superintendent of Galena public schools. Tim Vincent, director of curriculum and instruction for the DeKalb school district, will start as Galena's new supe...

Three people were arrested in La Crosse County after an alleged armed robbery turned out to be a drug deal gone wrong involving a man from Grant County. 26 year old Bridget Schoenfeld and 23 year old ...

A new mobile app is being blamed for the delay in reporting the results of Iowa's 1,700 caucuses. Glitches with the mobile app caused confusion and left the caucus results unknown early Tuesday. Some ...

Classes are cancelled the next two days (Tues and Wed) for a school in southern Grant County. Officials at Holy Ghost Immaculate Conception School say several students were out sick on Monday with a v...

The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin has green-lighted a raise in water rates in the Village of Benton. According to a PSC announcement, the Benton Municipal Electric and Water Utility will incr...

Authorities with the Grant County Sheriff's Department responded to a two-vehicle crash on Highway 81 in Beetown near Laufenberg Lane shortly before noon on Saturday. Reports say a truck driven by 41 ...