Category Archives: Local News

Highway 23 Construction In Lafayette County
Motorists are being reminded of the Highway 23 construction project in Lafayette County along Main Street in Darlington. Highway 23 Flagging will be from 8am-7pm all week as necessary - so, expect del...
Apr 26, 2021

Investigation Of Sex Assault in Catholic Dioceses
First ParagraphAttorney General Josh Kaul plans to launch an investigation into clergy sex assault across Wisconsin's five Catholic dioceses. A report says Kaul wrote a letter to the dioceses informin...
Apr 23, 2021 GotCredit / CC

Wisconsin Main Street Awards For Southwest Wisconsin Recipients
Several persons and places in Southwest Wisconsin have been recognized at the Wisconsin Main Street Awards. Badger Bros. Coffee, a coffee shop in Platteville, earned the award for Best Interior Renova...
Apr 23, 2021 GotCredit / CC

Muscoda Considers Food Truck Ordinance
The Village of Muscoda's ad hoc committee held a meeting Wednesday to discuss a possible ordinance over mobile food truck operations. Recently, a business out of Baraboo held a pop-up event in Muscoda...
Apr 22, 2021 GotCredit / CC

Platteville Man Arrested For His Role In Road Rage Incident in Dubuque
A man from Platteville has now been charged for his alleged role in a road-rage incident earlier this month in Dubuque. 35 year old Steven Millage was arrested Tuesday on a warrant charging first-degr...
Apr 21, 2021 GotCredit / CC

New Administrator Hired For Jo Daviess County
The Jo Daviess County Board has voted unanimously to approve hiring Scott Toot as the new county administrator. He will start in his new job on May 1st. Toot will replace longtime County Administrator...
Apr 21, 2021 GotCredit / CC

Two Vehicle Crash on College Farm Road
Platteville Fire and Southwest Health EMS responded to a two-vehicle crash on College Farm Road in Elk Grove Township Monday shortly before 3pm. According to the Lafayette County Sheriff's Department,...
Apr 20, 2021

GRANTS AVAILABLE FROM THE LANCASTER COMMUNITY FUND
The Lancaster Community Fund, a component of the Community Foundation of Southern Wisconsin, is now accepting grant applications for its spring 2021 grant cycle. The application deadline is Saturday, ...
Apr 20, 2021 Mike Lawrence / CC

Wisconsin Gas Prices Steady After Recent Volatility
Heading into the week gas prices in Wisconsin seem to be leveling off after some volatility earlier in the spring. Gas-Buddy-dot-com says the average price for gallon of gas is two-dollars, 72-cents, ...
Apr 20, 2021 Gavin St. Ours / CC

Lafayette County Vaccinations
Memorial Hospital of Lafayette County and the Lafayette County Health Department are reporting that, as of Wednesday last week, 38.2 % of Lafayette County residents have received at least one dose of ...
Apr 19, 2021 KOMUnews / CC





