Category Archives: Local News

Illinois Woman Airlifted After Crash
A northwest Illinois woman was seriously injured after a single-vehicle crash Friday afternoon. The Jo Daviess County Sheriff's Office says 57-year-old Amy McDermott of Elizabeth was air-lifted to UW ...
Jul 11, 2020

Big Ten announces conference-only competition for all fall sports
CHICAGO — Amid the coronavirus pandemic, the Big Ten Conference announced Thursday afternoon it will proceed with a conference-only schedule for all fall sports in the 2020 season “By limi...
Stephen Cohn Jul 09, 2020

Hundreds Attend Lancaster Covid Test Site
Grant County Emergency Management officials say approximately 500 coronavirus tests were administered on Thursday in Lancaster. A social media post said there were nearly 200 cars lined up at the fair...
Jul 09, 2020

Wisconsin DOT Payments To Southwest Wisconsin
Five southwest Wisconsin counties will get a combined $2.3-million dollars from the state Department of Transportation. According to a release from Governor Evers' office, the funds for local governme...
Jul 09, 2020

Prairie du Chien Drug Dealer Arrested
Prairie du Chien Police say that they've arrested a 25-year-old man on multiple drug charges after a traffic stop. A police report says officers pulled over Brandon Burdick of Prairie du Chien around ...
Jul 09, 2020

Cuba City Staff Undergoing COVID Testing
Officials in Cuba City say the municipal building will be closed now thru Sunday. According to a Cuba City Police Department notice, due to a recent uptick in area Covid-19 cases - city hall staff wil...
Jul 09, 2020

Community Dialogue Session Held in Platteville
More than 30 Platteville residents and city leaders attended a community dialogue session Tuesday at the Broske Center at Legion Park, the first of several planned events in the wake of the killing of...
Jul 08, 2020

More Heat Wednesday and Thursday
The heat wave continues through Wednesday and Thursday. A Heat Advisory is in effect for Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. for southwestern Wisconsin. High temperatures will be in the lower 90s on Wedn...
Jul 08, 2020

Senator Ron Johnson: U.S. “Overreacted” To Coronavirus Pandemic
U-S Senator Ron Johnson thinks the country closed too much of its economy when the coronavirus outbreak started. Johnson says the country "overreacted" at first. Johnson says we should have isolated t...
Jul 08, 2020

Wisconsin Among 5 States Suing Education Secretary Over CARES Act Funding For Schools
Wisconsin is among five states and the District of Columbia suing U-S Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos. The group of attorneys general is challenging the guidelines from DeVos on the way CARES Act f...
Jul 08, 2020





