Dubuque Businesses Agree To Pay Fines For Violations

One Dubuque business recently agreed to pay a $500 fine for selling alcohol to a minor, while another will pay $300 for selling tobacco to someone who was underage. An employee at EZ Stop II, on Rhomberg Avenue, sold alcohol to underage youth compliance monitors working with the Dubuque Police Department in November. The offense was considered a first-time violation for the business, whose representatives chose the fine rather than a 14-day suspension of their liquor license. Meanwhile, an employee at Vapor City Outlet sold tobacco to underage compliance monitors in February. The business agreed to pay a $300 fine. City Council members approved the violation-settlement agreements at their meeting this week.