Category Archives: Local News

Jobless Rates Drop in the Area
More people are getting back to work - that's according to data from state department of workforce development offices. The latest reports for Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin show unemployment rates drop...
Aug 31, 2020 GotCredit / CC

COVID-19 Reports From The Area on Sunday
In Iowa, 19 additional cases of COVID-19 were reported in Dubuque County Sunday, increasing the county's total to 2,027. There were no additional related deaths in Dubuque County, where the the number...
Aug 31, 2020 Yuri Samoilov / CC

Muscoda Man Found Safe
Police say that a missing Muscoda man has been found safe. 57 year old Dana Loomis was last seen leaving an assisted living facility sometime between 4 a.m. and 5 a.m. Sunday. He was located at a fami...
Aug 31, 2020

Medical examiner identifies Clinton man killed in motorcycle crash overnight
BRADFORD, Wis. — A Clinton man was killed in a motorcycle crash early Sunday morning on South Carvers Rock Road. The Rock County Sheriff’s Office and crews from the Janesville and Clinton ...
Logan Rude Aug 30, 2020

Kenosha unrest hits home for Broncos newcomer Melvin Gordon
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Nine teams canceled practice this week in light of the Kenosha police shooting and subsequent unrest. But the unrest in Wisconsin really hit home for running back Melvin Gordo...
Associated Press Aug 28, 2020

Crash In New Glarus Involves Lafayette County Man
A man from Lafayette County was uninjured after striking a utility pole with his vehicle in the Town of New Glarus Thursday shortly before 5am. Deputies with the Green County Sheriff's Department alon...
Aug 28, 2020 Rool Paap / CC

Ex Dubuque Bank VP Gets Probation For Lying About 320K in Loans
A former vice president of a Dubuque bank, whose lies led to more than $300-thousand dollars in losses, will spend 3 years on probation. Federal prosecutors say 66-year-old Dan Raduns was sentenced af...
Aug 28, 2020 Mike Cohen / CC

Platteville Schools To Hire Cirriculum Coach in Anti-Racism Effort
Platteville School District leaders are taking the latest steps to implement a district anti-racism plan by creating a staff advising position that focuses on promoting equity and diversity within the...
Aug 28, 2020 Rafael Sato / CC

Woman Arrested By Dubuque Police at Motel
Dubuque police arrested 32 year old Jennifer Towsley on Wednesday at Motel 6 on Dodge Street on charges of possession of methamphetamine, of marijuana and of drug paraphernalia, and providing false in...
Aug 28, 2020 Scott Davidson / CC

Emergency crews responding to rollover crash on Fish Hatchery Road at Beltline
MADISON, Wis. — Emergency crews are responding to a rollover crash on Fish Hatchery Road at the Beltline, according to Dane County Dispatch. Officials said the call came in at 8:38 a.m. The Madi...
Logan Rude Aug 28, 2020