Category Archives: Local News

Ellison Pleads Not Guilty in Shooting Death of Smothers
A man accused of a fatal shooting in July in downtown Dubuque this month has pleaded not guilty. 25 year old Deonte Ellison is charged with first-degree murder and being a felon in possession of a fir...
Aug 12, 2020

Increase In COVID-19 Cases Among Children But No Deaths
Public health officials say confirmed cases of COVID-19 are on the rise among children in Dubuque County, a development that comes as thousands of them are preparing to return to school. Less than 50 ...
Aug 12, 2020 sergio santos / CC

Highway 69 reopens following crash near Belleville
BELLEVILLE, Wis. – All lanes of Highway 69 near Belleville were closed on Wednesday morning due to a crash. It happened just before 7 a.m. According to WisDOT, all northbound and southbound lane...
Josh Spreiter Aug 12, 2020

Rollover crash briefly closes westbound lanes on Beltline near Whitney Way
MADISON, Wis. – All lanes of the westbound Beltline were closed temporarily due to a rollover crash Tuesday night. A car was seen resting on its roof in the center lane between Whitney Way and G...
Chris Verhyen Aug 11, 2020

Stolen Car Found Burned
Grant County Authorities are looking for more details about a vehicle theft near Kieler - that ended with the vehicle found burned, on the side of the road in Sauk County. According to a sheriff's off...
Aug 11, 2020

Semi Overturns During Storms
A man from western Iowa was injured when his semi overturned on Highway 151 during Monday's storms. The Lafayette County Sheriff's Department says their office was called about 1:20 Monday afternoon r...
Aug 11, 2020

Cassville Safe And Spooky Cancelled
Officials at the Stonefield Historic Site in Cassville have announced that their Safe and Spooky Halloween event has been cancelled. The event typically draws more than 2,000 visitors from around the ...
Aug 11, 2020

Woman, child nearly hit by stolen SUV moments before head-on crash, police say
MADISON, Wis. — Madison police said a mother and child were nearly hit by a stolen SUV moments before the vehicle was involved in a crash. Officers were dispatched to the intersection of Mineral...
Stephanie Fryer Aug 11, 2020

Strong winds overturn semi, driver taken to hospital, sheriff says
BELMONT TOWNSHIP, Wis. — Strong winds caused a semi to overturn Monday afternoon in Lafayette County, authorities said. Lafayette County deputies were dispatched to a Highway 151 in Belmont Town...
Stephanie Fryer Aug 11, 2020

Reports: Big Ten cancels 2020 football season, formal announcement expected Tuesday
MADISON, Wis. — The Big Ten has canceled its 2020 football season and will try to play the fall season this spring, according to the Detroit Free Press. Sources told the Detroit Free Press a for...
Stephen Cohn Aug 10, 2020