Category Archives: Local News

Grant County Prison Inmate Gets Third Life Sentence
A man already serving time for murder in a Grant County prison received his third life sentence at a hearing Thursday afternoon. 47 year old Dexter Ewing pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted firs...
Sep 18, 2020 Steve Mays / CC

US Senator Ron Johnson Quarantined After Exposure To COVID-19
Even though he isn't experiencing any symptoms, U-S Senator Ron Johnson wasn't at President Trump's appearance in Mosinee Thursday. The Wisconsin Republican was told he had been exposed to someone wit...
Sep 18, 2020 Estonian Foreign Ministry / CC

Argyle School District Closed Friday
A Lafayette County school district will be closed Friday after a staff member tested positive for COVID-19. The Argyle School District will not have any in-person or virtual instruction September 18. ...
Sep 17, 2020 sergio santos / CC

Iowa Grant School Open Again
About 24 hours after announcing the Elementary-Middle School would be closed the rest of this week, Iowa-Grant officials say they've gotten the green light to re-open. A post Wednesday thanked the Iow...
Sep 17, 2020 Mike Licht / CC

Coronavirus Cases Reported On Wednesday
Fifty-five additional cases of COVID-19 in Dubuque County were confirmed Wednesday, pushing the county's total to 2,474. Eight more cases were reported in Delaware County; one more in Clayton County; ...
Sep 17, 2020 Jernej Furman / CC

New Glarus Man Arrested For Incident in Lafayette County
Lafayette County authorities arrested a man from New Glarus for an incident shortly after 8:30pm Wednesday in Blanchard Township. A deputy assisted the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources with t...
Sep 17, 2020

Surge In COVID19 Cases A Result Of Return Of College Students
Grant County has seen a recent surge in COVID-19 cases and Health Department Director Jeff Kindrai thinks the spread may be coming from college students. On Wednesday, officials at UW-Platteville repo...
Sep 17, 2020 EpicTop10.com / CC

Lawmaker Says “Nothing Is Getting Done” About Unemployment Benefit Backup
A Wisconsin state lawmaker says "nothing is getting done" about the state's unemployment benefit backup. Some people have been waiting six months for their checks. Republican State Senator Chris Kapen...
Sep 17, 2020

42 Badger players, staff test positive for coronavirus
MADISON, Wis. — Health officials say 42 players and staff with the Wisconsin football team have tested positive for COVID-19 as the Big Ten makes plans to get the season started. Public Health M...
Associated Press Sep 17, 2020

Iowa-Grant Closing One School This Week
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 16, 2020 Clover Autrey / CC





