Category Archives: Local News
Janesville winter beer bash out $20,000 from ticket vendor
JANESVILLE, Wis. — Organizers of a Wisconsin winter beer festival known as FlannelFest have filed complaints in two states against an online ticket vendor for failing to turn over money from tic...
Oct 19, 2020
$10K cash bond set for Wisconsin Dells man charged in Michigan governor kidnapping plot
PORTAGE, Wis. — A $10,000 cash bond has been set for the Wisconsin Dells man accused of helping in the plan to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer from her vacation home. Brian Higgins, 51, ap...
Oct 19, 2020
Mental health advocates, Dane Co. leaders celebrate opening of Behavioral Health Resource Center
MADISON, Wis. — Dane County Executive Joe Parisi, community partners and mental health advocates came together Monday to celebrate the opening of Dane County’s Behavioral Health Resource C...
Oct 19, 2020
Jefferson Elementary School temporarily switches to all-virtual learning
JANESVILLE, Wis. — The School District of Janesville announced Jefferson Elementary School will pivot to all-virtual learning starting Wednesday. According to a news release Monday, a large numb...
Oct 19, 2020
7-day positivity rate for COVID-19 now at 21.1% in Wisconsin; 165 more hospitalized
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin’s seven-day average positivity rate for COVID-19 remained above 20% Monday, according to the state Department of Health Services. The percent positive for tests b...
Oct 19, 2020
Big 8 cancels conference games for winter sports season
MADISON, Wis. — The Big 8 Conference has canceled its upcoming winter sports season. Conference champions will also not be crowned this winter, according to a release from the Big 8. Distr...
Oct 19, 2020
Lafayette County Man To Serve Prison Time For Possession of Porn
A man from Darlington has been sentenced to six years in prison for possession of child pornography and forgery. 57 year old Juan Velazquez-Lopez was arrested in December on 10 counts of possession of...
Oct 19, 2020
Wisconsin Man Held In Plot Against Michigan Governor Stays Here – For Now
The Wisconsin man being held for his role in the plot against Michigan's governor will stay in this state - for now. Thirty-one-year-old Brian Higgins of Wisconsin Dells has a hearing scheduled in Col...
Oct 19, 2020
Man Gets His Nose Bitten Off During Fight
Police say a man bit off the nose of another man during a disturbance Saturday in Dubuque. 24 year old Blayre Ward of Dubuque was arrested shortly after midnight Sunday on charges of willful injury ca...
Oct 19, 2020
Two Vehicle Accident Injures One Person In Dubuque
One person was hurt in a two-vehicle crash Saturday in Dubuque. 20 year old Diya Lockett of Dubuque was taken to MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center for treatment of her injuries According to Dubuque poli...
Oct 19, 2020
