Category Archives: Local News

No Injuries In Lafayette County Crash
A man from Mineral Point avoided injuries in a one-vehicle crash in Lafayette County Thursday. A deputy with the Lafayette County Sheriff's department responded to English Hollow Road in Fayette Towns...
May 28, 2021

GOP Joint Finance Committee Ends UW-System's 8-Year Tuition Freeze
Republicans on the legislature's joint finance committee are ending the UW-System's tuition freeze. That freeze had been in place for eight years. Wisconsin Democrats wanted the freeze to remain along...
May 28, 2021

Boaters Asked to Use Caution at Restoration Project Near Prairie du Chien
The Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge remind people that island restoration continues on the McGregor Lake Habitat Rehab Project in Pool 10 between Marquette and Prairie du Chi...
May 27, 2021

Platteville Looking At Site For New Fire Station
The Platteville Common Council is reviewing a proposal that would transfer ownership of a 3-acre property on West Lewis Street, the site of the O.E. Gray Early Learning Center for $1. The building has...
May 27, 2021

Wisconsin Unemployment Rate Ticks Up to 3.9% in April
Wisconsin's unemployment rate inched up a tenth to three-point-nine percent in April. The Department of Workforce Development reports total non-farm jobs rose by 93-hundred last month and private sect...
May 27, 2021

Governor Dodge State Park Ranked One Of Best To Avoid Crowds
Governor Dodge State Park in Dodgeville was ranked nationally Wednesday as one of the best state parks to avoid crowds, according to a national vacation publication. "HomeToGo" released its 2021 State...
May 27, 2021

Truck hits traffic barrel which struck 2 workers
Two Grant County highway department employees escaped injury after a truck hit a construction barrel that then struck them. According to a Grant County Sheriff's Office report, a Penske Truck - being ...
May 26, 2021

Council Member Steps Down
The Platteville Common Council is looking to fill a vacancy after Robin Cline resigned. Cline had served as an at-large member of the council and stepped down from her post Tuesday. City of Plattevill...
May 26, 2021

Darlington Bridge Work Blasting
As the Highway 23 construction project in Darlington moves forward, you can expect to hear some additional noise over the next few weeks. According to an update from the project manager, the contracto...
May 26, 2021 Hannah Rosen / CC

Prices at the Pump
A nickel may not seem like much, but gas prices have been dropping for the past two weeks. According to Gas-Buddy-dot-com, Wisconsin drivers were paying an average of $2.75 a gallon the final week of ...
May 26, 2021 Gavin St. Ours / CC





