Mineral Point man arrested for OWI after crashing a vehicle then stealing another
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Farm Worker Suffers Critical Injuries In Richland County
A farmworker hurt on the job Wednesday in Richland County is said to be in critical condition at U-W Hospital in Madison. The accident happened when the 43-year-old man from Plain got stuck in a road ...
Nov 01, 2019

Platteville Driver Arrested, Passenger Cited
A deputy with the Lafayette County Sheriff's Department responded to Mitchell Hollow Road in Belmont Township Thursday shortly after 5am for a vehicle in the ditch. As a result, 24 year old Cheyenne B...
Nov 01, 2019

Power Line Companies Will Pay Municipalities
The communities that a proposed high-voltage transmission line would run thru could see a combined $14-million dollars coming their way. A recent report shows the companies behind the Cardinal-Hickory...
Nov 01, 2019

Record Snowfall For Month of October
Dubuque has already surpassed the previous record for October snowfall. Dubuque has received 8.4 inches of snow this month as of 7 a.m. today, according to the National Weather Service. The previous s...
Oct 31, 2019

Attempted Bank Robbery in Apple River
Multiple law enforcement agencies responded to an attempted robbery on Wednesday in Apple River, Illinois. Officials with the Jo Daviess County Sheriff's Department confirmed the attempted robbery hap...
Oct 31, 2019

Drug Arrests in Belmont
The Lafayette County Sheriff's Office executed search warrants on two separate Belmont homes Tuesday. According to a report, one warrant was for a home on South Mound Avenue. The search led to the arr...
Oct 31, 2019

Richland Center Police Chief Facing Charges
Richland Center's police chief is facing sexual assault and theft charges - months after he was put on paid leave during an investigation. Charges against 40-year-old Lucas Clements were filed Tuesday...
Oct 30, 2019

Prairie du Chien High School Prinicipal Receives Honor
A Prairie du Chien principal has received statewide recognition from the Wisconsin Rural Schools Alliance. Andy Banasik, Prinicpal at Prairie du Chien High School and a UW-Platteville graduate, was na...
Oct 30, 2019

Students Return To Neal Wilkins Elementary School After Gas Leak
Classes are resuming today at Neal Wilkins Early Learning Center in Platteville after a gas leak was discovered, forcing an evacuation of the school building. The gas leak was discovered outside of th...
Oct 30, 2019

Gas Leak At Neal Wilkins School Causes Evacuation
Platteville students at Neal Wilkins Early Learning Center were evacuated from the school building this morning after a gas leak was discovered outside the facility. District Superintendent Jim Boebel...
Oct 29, 2019