Category Archives: Local News

USDA Announces $19B Relief Program Which Will Benefit Dairy Farmers
A 19-billion-dollar relief program for farmers and ranchers also offers some help for Wisconsin dairy farmers. Three billion dollars will go to help the fresh produce, dairy and meat industries. Dairy...
Apr 21, 2020

DNR Investigates Fish Kill In Clayton County
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is investigating a fish kill which was reported over the weekend. Environmental and field office staff responded to the location on Bloody Run Creek in Clayton...
Apr 21, 2020

Train Derailment in Grant County
Grant County officials say some railcars derailed into the Mississippi River this morning when a BNSF freight train hit a large boulder on the tracks. Reports say the derailment happened around 11am b...
Apr 20, 2020

Tavern League Wants Bars And Restaurants To Reopen May 1st
The Tavern League of Wisconsin is calling on Governor Tony Evers to allow bars and restaurants to fully reopen on May 1st, more than three weeks ahead of the end of the current stay-at-home order that...
Apr 20, 2020

Bolstad Elected Secretary-Treasurer Of WTC District Boa
Chuck Bolstad, chairperson of the Southwest Wisconsin Technical College Board of Directors, has been elected secretary/treasurer for the Wisconsin Technical Colleges District Boards Association. The o...
Apr 20, 2020

UW-Platteville Professor Helping To Produce Hand Sanitizer
Dr. James Hamilton, professor of chemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, is working with the state of Wisconsin to produce tens of thousands of bottles of hand sanitizer to help protect ...
Apr 20, 2020

Grant County Reports 3rd Death From Coronavirus
Grant County health officials announced that four more cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in the county on Sunday and that a third person with the virus has died. It is the second death reported si...
Apr 19, 2020

The Latest COVID-19 Update From Saturday
In Wisconsin, officials announced another 154 confirmed cases of COVID-19. That pushed the state total to 4,199. They also reported another six related deaths, pushing that tally to 211. There are 15 ...
Apr 18, 2020

Two Wisconsin Sheriffs Denounce Evers Safer at Home Order
Two Wisconsin sheriffs have spoken out against Gov. Tony Evers' extension of the Safer at Home order and asked the governor to develop other plans for reopening Wisconsin's economy. On Thursday, Evers...
Apr 18, 2020

Republicans Plan Legal Action Against Evers' Extended Safer-At-Home Order
Wisconsin Republicans are planning to file lawsuits over Governor Evers' extended safer-at-home order that runs until May 26th. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says his goal is to have a legal strategy in ...
Apr 18, 2020





