Category Archives: Local News

Attempted Bank Robbery in Apple River
Multiple law enforcement agencies responded to an attempted robbery on Wednesday in Apple River, Illinois. Officials with the Jo Daviess County Sheriff's Department confirmed the attempted robbery hap...
Oct 31, 2019

Drug Arrests in Belmont
The Lafayette County Sheriff's Office executed search warrants on two separate Belmont homes Tuesday. According to a report, one warrant was for a home on South Mound Avenue. The search led to the arr...
Oct 31, 2019

Richland Center Police Chief Facing Charges
Richland Center's police chief is facing sexual assault and theft charges - months after he was put on paid leave during an investigation. Charges against 40-year-old Lucas Clements were filed Tuesday...
Oct 30, 2019

Prairie du Chien High School Prinicipal Receives Honor
A Prairie du Chien principal has received statewide recognition from the Wisconsin Rural Schools Alliance. Andy Banasik, Prinicpal at Prairie du Chien High School and a UW-Platteville graduate, was na...
Oct 30, 2019

Students Return To Neal Wilkins Elementary School After Gas Leak
Classes are resuming today at Neal Wilkins Early Learning Center in Platteville after a gas leak was discovered, forcing an evacuation of the school building. The gas leak was discovered outside of th...
Oct 30, 2019

Gas Leak At Neal Wilkins School Causes Evacuation
Platteville students at Neal Wilkins Early Learning Center were evacuated from the school building this morning after a gas leak was discovered outside the facility. District Superintendent Jim Boebel...
Oct 29, 2019

Two Vehicle Crash With No Injuries In Grant County
The Grant County Sheriff's Department responded to a two-vehicle crash between a van and a pickup on Highway 35/61 near Dickeyville Monday around 6:30am. 43 year old Eric Mook of Potosi was driving th...
Oct 29, 2019

First Significant Snowfall Strikes The Tri-States
Most spots picked up around 1-3 inches of wet snow, with some slush on the roads early Tuesday morning.Dubuque recorded 3 inches of snow as of 1 a.m. at Dubuque Regional Airport,.Snowfall totals varie...
Oct 29, 2019

Drug Arrest in Dickeyville
Deputies from the Richland-Iowa-Grant Drug Task Force and Dickeyville Police department arrested two men from Dubuque Thursday at a motel in Dickeyville. The Deputies were aware that the men had arres...
Oct 28, 2019

Platteville Police Officer Arrested For OWI, Resigns
A Platteville police officer was arrested for driving while intoxicated. Reports say that a deputy arrested Platteville Police Officer Devin Malott on October 23rd on an operating while intoxicated ch...
Oct 28, 2019





