Category Archives: Local News
East Dubuque Police Department Would Like To Add K9 Unit
The East Dubuque Police Department is looking to create a K-9 unit, which will require $80,000 to $110,000 to purchase and train a dog and obtain necessary equipment such as a special squad car. Jake ...
May 03, 2021
Highway 81 Project To Begin Soon
Road work will begin soon on the main highway connecting Lancaster and Platteville. Wisconsin DOT officials are shutting down Highway 81 from Ridge Avenue in Platteville to Highway 61 south of Lancast...
May 03, 2021 GotCredit / CC
Trout In Lancaster Pond
More than a thousand Rainbow and Brown trout will be placed in Lancaster's Memorial Park pond. According to an update from Lancaster City Manager David Carlson, city staff is coordinating with the Wis...
May 03, 2021 Grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella). Wild life animal.
Libraries Returning to Normal Hours
Officials with the Schreiner Memorial Library say the Lancaster facility - and its Potosi Branch - are resuming pre-pandemic hours as of Monday (5/3). The Schreiner Memorial Library will be open from ...
May 03, 2021
HIghway 23 Construction Project Continues in Darlington
Officials with the Highway 23 construction project in downtown Darlington are planning to close Louisa Street and Highway 81 access this week and it will remain closed for 3-4 weeks. Ann Street will b...
May 03, 2021
Belmont Man Arrested For Disorderly Conduct
Deputies with the Lafayette County Sheriff's department responded to North Penn Street in Belmont Sunday shortly after midnight for a disorderly conduct investigation. As a result, 27 year old Cody Do...
May 03, 2021
Report: Aaron Rodgers considering retirement unless Packers make changes to ‘his liking’
GREEN BAY, Wis. — It’s been 24 hours and Aaron Rodgers is still a Green Bay Packer. The anxiety of how long exactly that will be the case has only grown since reports first appeared Thursd...
Apr 30, 2021
Packers select Eric Stokes for first-round pick in NFL draft
GREEN BAY, Wis. — The Green Bay Packers have selected Eric Stokes as their first-round pick in the 2021 NFL draft. With the No. 29 overall pick in the 2021 @NFLDraft, the @packers select CB Eric...
Apr 29, 2021
Motor Scooter Crash in Jo Daviess County
One person was injured in a motor scooter crash Wednesday afternoon in Jo Daviess County. 52 year old Kevin Schleuning of Scales Mound was taken by ambulance to Midwest Medical Center in Galena for tr...
Apr 29, 2021
One Vehicle Rollover Accident in Lafayette County
A deputy with the Lafayette County Sheriff's department responded to a one vehicle rollover crash on Highway 11 in the Village of Gratiot Wednesday around 12:30am. 30 year old Julie Geissbuhler of Dar...
Apr 29, 2021
