Category Archives: Local News

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 ...

Two Wisconsin sheriffs have spoken out against Gov. Tony Evers' extension of the Safer at Home order and asked the governor to develop other plans for reopening Wisconsin's economy. On Thursday, Evers...

Wisconsin Republicans are planning to file lawsuits over Governor Evers' extended safer-at-home order that runs until May 26th. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says his goal is to have a legal strategy in ...

A Belmont-area man is facing drug charges following an investigation by multiple law enforcement agencies. Lafayette County Sheriff's officials say 61-year-old Theodore Charles Kieler was arrested Thu...

The Hunger Task Force is committing a million dollars to buy thousands of gallons of milk from dairy farmers to stop it from being dumped. Dairy farmers were told to dump the product earlier this mont...

The Department of Public Instruction will start sending about $5-and-a-quarter-million dollars in aid to Wisconsin schools starting May 1st. The money is to be used to help the districts with the tran...

There is another bad sign for the Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee. The 2020 Host Committee laid off half of its staff Thursday. That committee is in charge of finding volunteers and laying...

Two inmates, who escaped from the state's maximum-security prison in Portage Thursday morning, have been found in Illinois. Police were searching for 46-year-old Thomas Deering and 37-year-old James N...