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City of Dubuque Offices Closed July 3rd for 4th of July Holiday
City of Dubuque offices will be closed Friday, July 3rd for Independence Day and several regularly scheduled services will be altered. Jule Transit will not operate any routes on Saturday, July 4th. T...
Jun 30, 2020

Dubuque Teen Sentenced To Probation For Shooting Incident
A Dubuque teen involved in a shooting in May 2019 was sentenced Monday to probation. 17 year old Emmanuel Fountain was given a suspended sentence for a charge of felony going armed with intent and a d...
Jun 30, 2020

Fatal Crash Near Lone Rock
A 21-year-old Lone Rock man is dead after crashing his vehicle into the Wisconsin River early Sunday. The Richland County sheriff's department says their office was called about 5:40a regarding a vehi...
Jun 29, 2020

Stape Trooper Saves Man From Edge Of Bridge
A Wisconsin State Trooper pulled an intoxicated man from the edge of the Highway 61 Wisconsin River Bridge near Boscobel early Saturday, a potentially life-saving grasp caught on the trooper's dashcom...
Jun 29, 2020

More Information On Saturday Night Crash in Lafayette County
The Lafayette County Sheriff's Department has released more information on a crash Saturday west of Darlington. A northbound vehicle collided with a southbound vehicle on County Highway O around 11:15...
Jun 29, 2020

Construction To Close Jo Daviess County Road At Times This Week
Construction work will close a stretch of a Jo Daviess County road this week. Blackjack Road will be closed from South Girot Hill to South Rocky Hill roads starting today. It will be closed from 7 a.m...
Jun 29, 2020

Man Swipes At 2 Other Men in Bar With Razor Blade
Police say a man swung a razor blade at two other men Saturday evening in a Dubuque bar. 42 year old Karl Warnecke was arrested Saturday in the area of West Third and Main streets on charges of two co...
Jun 29, 2020

Man Dies More Than A Week After Motorcycle Crash
A Bagley man, who was in a motorcycle accident earlier this month, has died from injuries sustained in the crash. According to reports, 54-year-old Craig Homuth passed away Tuesday at UW Hospital in M...
Jun 26, 2020

City of Platteville and Walmart Settle on Assessed Value
Platteville Common Council members have approved an agreement with Walmart, reducing the assessed value of the store's Platteville property by more than $3.5 million. Big-box retailers like Lowe's, Ta...
Jun 26, 2020

New Cases of COVID 19 Reported in Three Area Counties
Eighteen additional cases of COVID-19 in Dubuque County were confirmed Thursday, pushing the county total to 478 cases. No additional related deaths were reported and there have been 22 deaths since t...
Jun 26, 2020