Category Archives: Local News
Thursday COVID-19 Numbers For Wisconsin and Grant County
The positive percentage of new COVID-19 tests has slightly increased to 6.4-percent. According to state health officials, the new numbers today (Thursday) confirmed 13 more people have died due to com...
May 15, 2020
Area Counties Not Issuing Orders Yet
Although the state-level Safer at Home order has been lifted following a Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling, county governments are still allowed to put other restrictions in place. As of now, Grant Count...
May 15, 2020
Spring Planting Ahead Of Schedule
Wisconsin farmers are ahead of schedule on spring planting this season thanks to favorable weather. The latest data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows corn planting in the state is 59 perce...
May 15, 2020
League Of Wisconsin Cities Says It Definitely Feels Like Chaos
Wednesday's decision by the Wisconsin Supreme Court to halt the governor's Safer at Home order has cities and villages trying to come up with some sort of plan. League of Wisconsin Municipalities Dire...
May 15, 2020
Packers 50th Hall of Fame induction banquet postponed to 2021
GREEN BAY, Wis. — The 50th Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame Inc. Induction Banquet is postponed until April 17, 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. According to a release, the banquet was going to ...
May 15, 2020
One Vehicle Crash Injures Lancaster Man
A Lancaster man suffered serious injuries after a crash late Wednesday night in Ellenboro Township. 58 year old Richard Martin was taken to Grant Regional Health Center by Lancaster EMS following a on...
May 14, 2020
Nick’s Bar in Platteville One Of First To Open After Ruling
A video showing a packed Southwest Wisconsin bar is going viral on Twitter. Nick's Bar in Platteville shared the live video of their bar less than an hour after they reopened. Not too much earlier, th...
May 14, 2020
Health Departments Asks Residents To Comply With Safer at Home
While the Supreme Court has overturned the Safer at Home order, the Grant County Health Department and Lafayette County Health Department strongly encourages all residents to voluntarily comply with t...
May 14, 2020
Pool Will Not open in Galena This Summer
Galena's pool season has been canceled this year. City Council members have voted unanimously to not open the city pool for the 2020 season. The decision was made as a result of Gov. J.B. Pritzker's f...
May 14, 2020
Townsend to Retire from Head Coaching Position at River Ridge
After 31 years at River Ridge and Bloomington, Caron Townsend has decided to retire as Head Girls Basketball Coach. Over the past 31 seasons, Townsend has achieved an overall record of 537-195. This i...
May 14, 2020
