Category Archives: Local News
WIAA Cancels Spring Sports Season and Tournaments
The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association is cancelling the high school spring sports season and tournaments for 2020. The W-I-A-A's Board of Control met virtually Tuesday and voted to make t...
Apr 22, 2020
Badger Bounce Back Plan
Governor Tony Evers has announced the Badger Bounce Back plan to share guidance on criteria that must be met before the state's economy can safely reopen. According to a release, the Badger Bounce Bac...
Apr 21, 2020
Legislators Trying To Kickstart Tourism
A southwest Wisconsin legislator is asking the governor to consider a plan that would re-open the state's tourism and hospitality industry before May 26th. Representative Travis Tranel has written to ...
Apr 21, 2020
City of Galena Expects Reduced Revenues For Fiscal Year
City of Galena leaders will examine cost- saving measures, after the COVID-19 pandemic and its impacts reduced revenues this fiscal year by about 30%. The city's fiscal year 2021 starts May 1st. Recen...
Apr 21, 2020
USDA Announces $19B Relief Program Which Will Benefit Dairy Farmers
A 19-billion-dollar relief program for farmers and ranchers also offers some help for Wisconsin dairy farmers. Three billion dollars will go to help the fresh produce, dairy and meat industries. Dairy...
Apr 21, 2020
Train Derailment in Grant County
Grant County officials say some railcars derailed into the Mississippi River this morning when a BNSF freight train hit a large boulder on the tracks. Reports say the derailment happened around 11am b...
Apr 20, 2020
Tavern League Wants Bars And Restaurants To Reopen May 1st
The Tavern League of Wisconsin is calling on Governor Tony Evers to allow bars and restaurants to fully reopen on May 1st, more than three weeks ahead of the end of the current stay-at-home order that...
Apr 20, 2020
UW-Platteville Professor Helping To Produce Hand Sanitizer
Dr. James Hamilton, professor of chemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, is working with the state of Wisconsin to produce tens of thousands of bottles of hand sanitizer to help protect ...
Apr 20, 2020
Dubuque Woman Arrested For Possession of Cocaine
Dubuque Police arrested 26 year old Whitaker Ingles of Dubuque Saturday evening at her residence on charges of possession of cocaine with intent to deliver, possession of marijuana, seven counts of un...
Apr 20, 2020
Grant County Reports 3rd Death Coronavirus
Grant County health officials announced that four more cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in the county on Sunday and that a third person with the virus has died. It is the second death reported si...
Apr 19, 2020
