Category Archives: Local News

Green County Man Arrested For Making Harassing Phone Calls
A man from Green County is accused of making harassing phone calls and threatening several Green County employees. According to the Green County Sheriff's Department, deputies began investigating the ...
Jan 31, 2020

Jogger Sought In Blue Mounds Death
Dane County deputies are looking to speak with a jogger who was near the Blue Mounds area the day of Nicholas Day's homicide this month. According to the Dane County Sheriff's Office, witnesses said t...
Jan 29, 2020

Construction of New Science Building To Begin Soon at UWP
UW-Platteville will soon begin a major renovation of a science building. The school plans a $23.7 million project to renovate laboratory and classroom space in Boebel Hall. Construction will begin in ...
Jan 29, 2020

Superintendent Did Not Have License Before He Resigned
Former Galena public schools' superintendent Greg Herbst ran the district without a state license for months prior to his resignation, despite notices and reminders from state and regional education o...
Jan 29, 2020

No Virus Signs On UWP Campus
Although monitoring for the coronavirus continues at UW-Platteville, university officials say none of the six students who recently visited China are showing signs of the disease. Those students were ...
Jan 28, 2020

Subcommittee Formed For Five Flags Naming Rights
A city commission backing a $75 million reconstruction of the Five Flags Civic Center aims to lower the bond amount that city taxpayers will be asked to approve. Five Flags Civic Center Commission mem...
Jan 28, 2020

Darlington Man Arrested For 4th OWI
A man from Darlington is facing charges for his 4th offense of OWI following a traffic stop in Mineral Point. According to the Iowa County Sheriff's Department, a deputy performed a traffic stop on 36...
Jan 28, 2020

Governor Evers Won’t Welcome Vice President While He’s At Capitol
Vice President Mike Pence will be just a few feet away from the governor's office today, but won't receive a formal greeting from Governor Tony Evers. Pence is giving a speech in the rotunda of the st...
Jan 28, 2020

Truck Becomes Engulfed in Flames After Hitting Power Pole
A man from Platteville was uninjured after his truck struck a power pole and caught on fire Friday. According to the Grant County Sherrif's Department, 25 year old Brad Kruppe of Platteville was trave...
Jan 27, 2020

Mineral Point Man Arrested For Disturbance
A man from Mineral Point was arrested for a disturbance in Mineral Point on Friday. The disturbance was reported shortly after 8pm and officers with the Mineral Point Police Department along with Iowa...
Jan 27, 2020





