Category Archives: Local News
Jamestown Fire receives FEMA funding
On Friday, FEMA announced that the Jamestown Fire Department will receive $112,285 in federal funding to purchase Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA). The grant will replace antiquated low-press...
Aug 17, 2024
SW Wisconsin residents rally to stop wind farm
As a major wind turbine project in southwest Wisconsin comes closer to fruition, some local residents are rallying in an attempt to stop it. Uplands Wind is comprised of two 300-megawatt wind projects...
Aug 17, 2024
Richland County Fair Addresses Lactating Cattle issues
On Thursday, the Richland County Fair announced that this year, they will NOT be hosting lactating dairy cattle at the Richland County Fair. Due to the H5N1 virus, they are choosing to limit the sprea...
Aug 16, 2024
Hazardous Materials Spill In Richland County
Hazardous materials were released from a boiler in Richland County on Tuesday. In a Facebook post, Richland County Emergency Management said chemicals were released from a boiler at an industrial plan...
Aug 16, 2024
John Deere Reports Net Income Down
John Deere has reported a net income of $1.734 billion in the third quarter of 2024 – all in the wake of mass layoffs at plants in Waterloo, Dubuque and Moline, IL in recent months. More than 1,...
Aug 16, 2024
Traffic Stop Results In Arrest For Marijuana
On Thursday around 9:40am, a Grant County Deputy was parked in a field drive along County Highway T in Hickory Grove Township, when an east bound vehicle on County Highway T, pulled to the shoulder an...
Aug 16, 2024
Two Vehicle Accident In South Wayne
A deputy with the Lafayette County Sheriff's Department responded to East Center Street in South Wayne Thursday just after 2pm for a two vehicle accident. 19 year old Jenaka Stietz of South Wayne was ...
Aug 16, 2024
No Selection Yet For Grant County Administrator
A recent meeting was held by the Grant County Administrator Selection Committee, but out of four finalists, no selection was made. This was the second time the committee interviewed finalists for the ...
Aug 16, 2024
Platteville School District To Have Referendum in November
The Platteville School Board decided to go to referendum in November to determine whether to exceed school district spending caps by $2.4 million. Increases in state aid haven't kept up with increasin...
Aug 16, 2024
Semi Slide-Off On Highway 80 in Iowa County
The Iowa County Communications Center received a report of a semi slide off on Highway 80 near County Road P in the Township of Highland Thursday around 11am. Iowa County Sheriff's Deputies, the Highl...
Aug 16, 2024
