Category Archives: Local News
Semi Driver Hurt In Platteville Area Crash
A semi-driver was injured in an early morning crash on Saturday near Platteville. The Grant County Sheriff's Office says 56-year-old Maurice O'Leary of Footville was driving east on Highway 81 around ...
Mark Evenstad Oct 22, 2019
Dubuque Man Threatens Officer, Gets Arrested
Police say a Dubuque man threatened to shoot an officer while holding his hand inside his jacket in an effort to convince authorities he had a gun. 29 year old Terry Sproule was arrested late Monday n...
Mark Evenstad Oct 22, 2019
Dubuque Man Arrested For Assault on Dubuque Woman
Dubuque police arrested 25 year old Thomas Grant at about 1:45 a.m. Sunday on Getty Terrace on charges of domestic assault with injury, two counts of violation of a no-contact order, trespassing and t...
Mark Evenstad Oct 22, 2019
Richland County Explosion
Richland County deputies responded to multiple calls of an explosion around 6pm Saturday. Authorities say houses from the Allison Park area thru the Hub City area shook from the blast. A deputy travel...
Mark Evenstad Oct 21, 2019
Dubuque Man Pleads Guilty To False Imprisonment Charge
A rural Dubuque man accused of attempting to sexually assault a woman last summer has pleaded guilty to lesser charges. 19 year old Mitchel McArthur pleaded guilty in court to false imprisonment and p...
Mark Evenstad Oct 21, 2019
Shullsburg Men Arrested For Methamphetamine Possession
Three men from Shullsburg were arrested Sunday night on drug charges. The Shullsburg Police Department received a suspicious activity complaint Sunday around 7pm. Deputies with the Lafayette County Sh...
Mark Evenstad Oct 21, 2019
Hazel Green Woman Arrested For Domestic Assault in Dubuque
Dubuque Police arrested 22 year old McKenzie Burkholder of Hazel Green Friday morning on a charge of domestic assault causing injury. Police said Burkholder assaulted 23 year old Keegan Delaney Friday...
Mark Evenstad Oct 21, 2019
Wisconsin Unemployment Rate Up
Wisconsin's unemployment rate ticked up for the 4thstraight month and is up nearly half a point since May. The state Department of Workforce Development reported Thursday that unemployment in Septembe...
Mark Evenstad Oct 18, 2019
Wisconsin Ranked 9th – In Drunk Driving Arrests
Only eight states have more drunk driving arrests than Wisconsin. Long known for its drinking culture, the state is well above the national average with more than 400 arrests-per-100-thousand resident...
Mark Evenstad Oct 18, 2019
Lafayette County Supervisors OK Ban On Marijuana Businesses
As neighboring Illinois is set to adopt new laws next year to legalize marijuana, a border county has taken steps to ban any marijuana establishments - IF Wisconsin were to legalize the drug. Accordin...
Mark Evenstad Oct 18, 2019