Category Archives: Local News

Wednesday COVID-19 Update For Wisconsin, Iowa, and Illinois
In Wisconsin, there were 178 more confirmed cases announced. The state total is 2,756. Seven more COVID-19-related deaths were reported, and the state's total now is 99. In Iowa, 97 new confirmed case...
Apr 08, 2020

Bloomington Man Dies In Grant County Crash
A Bloomington man is dead following a crash between Lancaster and Potosi early Wednesday. The Grant County Sheriff's Office says 42-year-old James Hendrickson was ejected from his pick-up and pronounc...
Apr 08, 2020

Grant County Crash Closes Highway
The Grant County Sheriff's Department reports that a crash this morning before 7am closed Highway 35 and US Highway 61 in both directions for about 3 hours between Potosi and Lancaster. Traffic was re...
Apr 08, 2020

Can You Worship From A Parking Lot? State Says No
State Health Officials from Wisconsin say it is unsafe for worshippers to gather in a church parking lot for a worship service even if they remain inside their cars. Grant County Emergency Management ...
Apr 08, 2020

One Person Injured When Vehicle Strikes Bridge
One person was injured after a vehicle struck a bridge in Lafayette County Monday just before 11am. Darlington Fire and Green County EMS-Darlington responded to Furnace Hill Road in Willow Springs Tow...
Apr 08, 2020

Wisconsin Grocery Stores To Impose Customer Limits
Grocery customers should allow a little extra time when they go to a Pick 'N Save or Metro Market store. Cincinnati-based Kroger is limiting the number of people allowed inside its stores as a way to ...
Apr 08, 2020

Tuesday COVID-19 Update For Iowa, Wisconsin, and Illinois
In Iowa, state officials announced 102 more confirmed cases of COVID-19. The state's total now sits at 1,048 cases. Another death of a person with COVID-19 was reported. The statewide total now is 26....
Apr 07, 2020

Mount Horeb Killer Not Fit To Stand Trial
The Mount Horeb man accused of killing a man on the side of a Dane County road has been found not fit for trial and will undergo treatment. According to reports, 21-year-old Riley Berg, former UW-Plat...
Apr 07, 2020

Food Distribution Events In Platteville
There will be a pair of food distribution events in Platteville - with the first happening Wednesday, April 8. The Southwest Community Action Program Food Van will be set up in front of Platteville's ...
Apr 07, 2020

Lancaster Theatre Asks For Waiver of Rent Payments
The Lancaster Common Council has decided to defer for two months the collection of rent payments from State Theatres LLC, the tenant that rents the city's Grantland Theater to show movies. In a letter...
Apr 07, 2020





