Category Archives: Local News

Big Ten officially reverses course, announces return of football season
MADISON, Wis. — The Big Ten Conference is officially announcing a return to the football field. After an August vote by the conference’s presidents and chancellors not to play fall sports,...
Jaymes Langrehr Sep 16, 2020

Schools Discussing Masks After Mandate Ends
As it stands, Governor Tony Evers' mask mandate order is set to expire on September 28. That has some school districts wondering what they should do within their buildings going forward. The topic of ...
Sep 15, 2020 GotCredit / CC

Iowa-Grant Elementary-Middle School Building Closing Over COVID
A southwest Wisconsin school will be closing for the rest of this week to help slow the spread of COVID-19. In a post from the Iowa-Grant school district, officials said the Iowa-Grant Elementary-Midd...
Sep 15, 2020 sergio santos / CC

‘Hesitantly exciting’: Regent St. business prepares for possible return of fall Badger games
MADISON, Wis. – When the pandemic is the key player, forming a game-plan isn’t easy. “It’s been tough,” said Lucas Simon-Wambach, general manager at Sconnie Bar on Regent...
Madalyn O'Neill Sep 15, 2020

COVID 19 Reports From The Tri State Area
Twenty additional cases of COVID-19 in Dubuque County were confirmed Tuesday morning, increasing the county's total to 2,418. One additional death was reported in Dubuque County during the 24-hour per...
Sep 15, 2020 sergio santos / CC

Trump Bus Tour Comes To Southwest Wisconsin
A Donald Trump re-election campaign bus tour through the Midwest included stops in Platteville and Prairie du Chien on Monday. The Team Trump Bus Tour featured high-profile speakers, including Republi...
Sep 15, 2020 Marco Verch Professional Photographer / CC

SWCAP Food Pantry Bus In Grant County This Week
The Southwestern Wisconsin Community Action Program's Pop-Up Bus Food Pantry has stops planned this week in Grant County. The bus will be in Montfort Tuesday (Sept 15) next to Rural Route One Popcorn ...
Sep 14, 2020

Most Number of COVID-19 Cases In Wisconsin Sunday
Continuing to reach record numbers, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services recorded 1,582 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases Sunday, the most the state has seen since the onset of the pandemic. Sunda...
Sep 14, 2020 sergio santos / CC

University of Wisconsin Considers Eliminating Spring Break
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is thinking about eliminating spring break next semester to curb the spread of the coronavirus. The university's Faculty Senate is expected to vote on revising the ...
Sep 14, 2020 Phil Roeder / CC

Lafayette County Indecent Exposure
A South Wayne woman is facing multiple charges after authorities were called on a complaint of threats Friday. The Lafayette County Sheriff's Office responded to West Center Street in the Village of S...
Sep 14, 2020





