Category Archives: Local News

UW Health: Eating disorders among youth have nearly doubled since 2019
MADISON, Wis. — Eating disorders among adolescents and young adults have nearly doubled since 2019, according to UW Health experts. “This is a national trend we are seeing locally as well ...
Logan Rude Jun 15, 2021

US COVID-19 deaths hit 600,000, equal to yearly cancer toll
The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 topped 600,000 on Tuesday, even as the vaccination drive has drastically brought down daily cases and fatalities and allowed the country to emerge from the gloom and ...
Associated Press Jun 15, 2021

Kaul to seek permission to drop multistate abortion lawsuit
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul is seeking permission to from Republicans on the Legislature’s budget committee to join a multistate decision to drop a lawsuit c...
Associated Press Jun 15, 2021

Fennimore Area Man Arrested For Drugs
A rural Fennimore man is facing multiple charges after investigators with the Richland-Iowa-Grant Drug Task Force executed a search warrant at his home. According to a release from the task force, 41-...
Mark Evenstad Jun 15, 2021

Hit and Run Info Needed
Grant County authorities are asking for any help in finding a vehicle that was involved in a hit-and-run early Saturday. The sheriff’s office says the vehicle was driving north on County Highway...
Mark Evenstad Jun 15, 2021

Montfort Woman and Child Hurt In Crash
A Montfort woman and her child both received minor injuries after a rollover crash Sunday morning. The Grant County Sheriff’s Office reports that 24-year-old Irma Martinez was driving west on Hi...
Mark Evenstad Jun 15, 2021

Platteville to Buy School Property
City of Platteville officials have reached a deal to purchase property from the Platteville school district. Members of the Platteville Common Council and Platteville School Board have approved the sa...
Mark Evenstad Jun 15, 2021

Man Arrested For Felony Sexual Exploitation of a Child
Dubuque Police arrested 24 year old Gustavo Huerta Sunday on a warrant charging sexual exploitation of a child and enticing away a child, both felony counts. A mother reported to police late last year...
Mark Evenstad Jun 15, 2021

PHOTOS: Industrial fire crews work to put out Rockton chemical fire
ROCKTON, Ill. — A private industrial firefighting company is working Tuesday to put out the remaining fire at the Chemtool plant in Rockton, Illinois, more than 24 hours after the fire st...
Jaymes Langrehr Jun 15, 2021

Uhaul truck crash on Madison’s north side sends driver to hospital
MADISON, Wis. — One person was sent to the hospital after needing to be cut out of a Uhaul truck following a crash Monday. The Madison Fire Department says the crash happened at about 11:36 a.m....
Jaymes Langrehr Jun 15, 2021