Category Archives: Local News
Melrose man arrested on charges tied to Jan. 6 insurrection
MADISON, Wis. — A Melrose man was arrested Tuesday on charges related to the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Investigators with the FBI used social media posts and photos from various s...
Jul 13, 2021
Slaughter To Replace Skid Row at Dubuque County Fair
The Dubuque County Fair has announced a line-up change for the Rock Concert on July 30, 2021, for the 68th Annual Dubuque County Fair. Special guest Skid Row will be unable to perform due to circumsta...
Jul 13, 2021
UTV Crash At Mines of Spain
Two people were hurt in a UTV rollover crash at the Mines of Spain early Saturday. The Dubuque County Sheriff’s Office says 19-year-old Tyler Prehm of Dubuque was intoxicated while operating the...
Jul 13, 2021
Construction To Start Within Weeks On Business Highway 151
Road work will be coming to Business Highway 151 in Platteville later this month or early in August. Reconfiguration of the roadway is part of a $2.3-million dollar highway safety project. City offici...
Jul 13, 2021
Premier Cooperative Plans To Build Fertilizer Storage Facility
A farm and consumer supply cooperative intends to construct an about-21,000-square-foot dry fertilizer shop in Lancaster. Premier Cooperative hopes to break ground on a storage and distribution facili...
Jul 13, 2021
People infected with Delta variant have 1000x more copies of virus in respiratory tracts, study shows
MADISON, Wis. — As the Delta variant of COVID-19 continues to dominate new cases in the United States, more research is being done on the virus showing how potentially dangerous and more infecti...
Jul 13, 2021
‘Everyone comes up short sometimes’: UW Credit Union to lower universal overdraft fee to $5
MADISON, Wis. — UW Credit Union, effective immediately, is reducing all overdraft and nonsufficient fund fees to just $5. UW Credit Union previously charged $30 per occurrence, according to a ne...
Jul 13, 2021
Wisconsin judge suspended for crude remarks, pulling out gun in court
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court suspended a circuit judge Tuesday for making a litany of crude remarks to defendants and attorneys and for menacing a burglary defendant with a g...
Jul 13, 2021
Wisconsin inquiry into clergy sexual abuse generates more than 100 reports in first few months
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul says the state’s Department of Justice has received more than 100 reports of clergy and faith leader abuse since opening a statewide in...
Jul 13, 2021
Police respond to apparent shooting at Wisconsin gas station
FRANKSVILLE, Wis. (AP) — Authorities in Wisconsin responded Tuesday morning to an apparent shooting at a gas station, with one witness describing a “sea of people” fleeing the...
Jul 13, 2021
