Category Archives: Local News

Face Coverings On Local Agendas
City councils for Lancaster and Platteville will be discussing the future of face-mask mandates this week. The communities are reviewing options if the governor's state-wide mandate is not extended Se...
Sep 21, 2020 Jill Carlson (jillcarlson.org) / CC

Gordmans Store in Prairie du Chien Closing
Company officials have announced more than 700 Gordmans and Stage Stores in the US will be closing before the end of the month. Among the locations shutting down is the Gordmans department store in Pr...
Sep 21, 2020 Tony Webster / CC

Dbq Group Pushes Dropping Mask Mandate
There's a push being made by a group in Dubuque to repeal the city's mask mandate. More than 550 people have signed on to a petition that is asking the Dubuque City Council to reverse course on its ac...
Sep 21, 2020 Jill Carlson (jillcarlson.org) / CC

John Deere Plant and City Agree on Winter Road Maintenance
The Dubuque County Board of Supervisors recently approved a resolution for an agreement with the City of Dubuque for winter roadway maintenance for roads near the John Deere Dubuque Works plant. The c...
Sep 21, 2020 Stephane Mignon / CC

Domestic Assault Charges For Dubuque Woman
Dubuque police arrested 36 year old Prentice Wideman of Dubuque early Sunday on charges of domestic assault with injury, third-degree criminal mischief and obstruction of emergency communication. Wide...
Sep 21, 2020 Scott Davidson / CC

Single car rollover causes another crash, injuring 2
TOWNSHIP OF DODGEVILLE, Wis. – The Iowa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a Sunday night rollover crash along Highway 151 in the town of Dodgeville. Emergency responders arrived on ...
Josh Spreiter Sep 21, 2020

Sheriff: Head-on crash involving an intoxicated driver kills 2 in Milton
MILTON, Wis. — Two people were killed in Milton in a head-on crash involving an intoxicated driver Sunday, officials said. The Rock County Sheriff’s Office along with other first responder...
Ariana Baldassano Sep 20, 2020

1 person flown to area hospital with life-threatening injuries following Monroe Co. vehicle vs. pedestrian crash
ADRIAN, Wis. — A pedestrian was flown to a hospital with life-threatening injuries Friday night after being struck by a van while walking on Highway 16 near County Highway T. According to the Mo...
Logan Rude Sep 19, 2020

1 dead, 1 hospitalized in 2-vehicle crash
BELOIT, Wis. — Town of Beloit Police responded to a two vehicle crash in the 2600 block of Riverside Drive in the Town of Beloit early Saturday morning. The preliminary investigation revealed th...
Margarita Vinogradov Sep 19, 2020

Sheriff’s deputy hit twice on Beltline; urging people to slow down, move over
MADISON, Wis. — This has not been a good week for Dane County Sheriff’s Deputy Eric Novotny. While out clearing debris off the Beltline earlier this week, Novotny said a driver faile...
Jamie Perez Sep 18, 2020