Category Archives: Local News

Too Much Water and Too Much Ice Disrupts Business At Airport
Some flood mitigation work and a November thaw has improved conditions at the Tri-County Regional Airport in Lone Rock. Planes were grounded for about six weeks when flooding left more than six inches...
Nov 18, 2019

Unknown Driver With Unknown Injuries in Lafayette County
Lafayette County Deputies responded to a one vehicle rollover accident on County Highway M in Wiota Friday around 3pm. An unknown driver was operating a vehicle northbound on County Highway M, when th...
Nov 18, 2019

Grant County Officials Approve Budget
Grant County supervisors recently approved a $51.3 million budget for next year. County board members also approved the taxing mill rate, which will drop by 10 cents per $1,000 from this year to $3.76...
Nov 18, 2019

Representative Ron Kind To Have Reps in Southwest Wisconsin
Representatives of U.S. Representative Ron Kind of La Crosse will be available at locations throughout Wisconsin's Third Congressional District on Friday. The representatives can assist in dealing wit...
Nov 18, 2019

Dubuque Man Asked For Permission To Sexually Abuse Girl
Police say a Dubuque man asked a woman for permission to sexually abuse a girl in her care. 39 year old Douglas Buttikofer Jr. is charged in Jo Daviess County Circuit Court with three counts of unlawf...
Nov 14, 2019

Wisconsin DNR Says Watch Out For Ice While Hunting
The Wisconsin DNR is warning hunters ahead of the upcoming gun deer hunt. The agency says a tricky situation has developed with the recent snow and cold. DNR Safety Warden Darren Kuhn says the ground ...
Nov 14, 2019

Grant County Officials Say No To Appeals On Transmission Line
Officials in Grant County say the county will not be party to any appeals of a Wisconsin regulatory agency's decision to sign off on the Cardinal-Hickory Creek transmission line project. Grant County ...
Nov 13, 2019

Lafayette County Board Tables Resolution
A proposed resolution in Lafayette County - that would create a review board to oversee information released from a water quality study - has been tabled for now. After revisions and disputes about wh...
Nov 13, 2019

Get Your Flu Shot Before Holidays
Officials from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services are urging people to make sure they get their flu shots before visiting family for the holidays. According to a news release, there have alre...
Nov 13, 2019

Semi Tanker Rollover Accident In Grant County
No injuries were reported following a rollover crash involving a semi-tanker on Monday in Grant County. Just before noon, 42 year old Chad Gehrke of Lancaster was driving a semi with a tanker trailer ...
Nov 12, 2019