Category Archives: Local News

Dubuque Federation of Labor seeks volunteers for Labor Day parade
The Dubuque Federation of Labor is searching for volunteers to assist with the Labor Day parade on Monday, September 1. Volunteers are needed to help make sure spectators stay out of the street and ba...
Courtney Chaffee Aug 26, 2025

15 minors suing the state over climate change
Fifteen young people from across Wisconsin are suing the Wisconsin State Legislature and Public Service Commission over climate change. The plaintiffs, who range in age from 8 to 17, hail from across ...
Courtney Chaffee Aug 26, 2025 GotCredit / CC

Iowa County Sheriff's Department remind residents to slow down
The Iowa County Sheriff's Department is reminding residents to slow down. At 70 mph, it takes over 400 feet to stop - more than a football field. As we head into the busy holiday weekend, the Iowa Cou...
Courtney Chaffee Aug 26, 2025 Scott Davidson / CC

Iowa County 911 Communications Center call volume for August 17 - 23
The Iowa County Sheriff's Department has announced their weekly call numbers for August 17 - August 23. Over the past week, the Iowa County 911 Communication Center handled a total of 529 calls for se...
Courtney Chaffee Aug 26, 2025

UW-Madison campus victim of attempted "swatting" call
Like so many campuses in the past week, UW-Madison police had a call about an active shooter threat on campus and thanks to preparation, they were able to determine it was false, before panic spread t...
Courtney Chaffee Aug 26, 2025

Readstown man arrested in Dubuque for OWI
Early Saturday morning Dubuque police arrested 26-year-old Scott D. Coulthard of Readstown, Wis., in the 900 block of West Locust Street on charges of operating while intoxicated and person ineligible...
Courtney Chaffee Aug 25, 2025

$750 million Powerball jackpot up for grabs
Today's Powerball drawing - the 37th since the jackpot was last won - has $750 million up for grabs in the Powerball jackpot. It will be the 10th largest in the game's history, after no ticket matched...
Courtney Chaffee Aug 25, 2025

Sen. Sanders held weekend town hall in Viroqua
Senator Bernie Sanders and congressional candidate Rebecca Cooke held a town hall in Viroqua Saturday. The meeting focused on income inequality, government spending, and corporate power. Sanders urged...
Courtney Chaffee Aug 25, 2025 Sanders-021507-18335- 0004

Southwest Tech launches indoor farming partnerships
Southwest Wisconsin Technical College is launching a new initiative that places hydroponic indoor farms in 22 K-12 school districts across its five-county region. The project officially kicked off dur...
Courtney Chaffee Aug 25, 2025

No injuries following UTV crash in Willow Springs township
On Saturday shortly before 7 PM A Lafayette County deputy, Lafayette County EMS and Darlington Fire responded to the Cheese Country Trail, Willow Springs Township for an ATV accident. 42-year-old Mich...
Courtney Chaffee Aug 25, 2025 United Soybean Board / CC





