Category Archives: Local News

WIAA limits the number of tickets to high school basketball tournaments
MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association is limiting attendance at the remainder of all winter tournament events in response to the novel coronavirus. The WIAA is follo...
Stephanie Fryer Mar 12, 2020

Long Investigation Yields Five Drug Arrests
Officials with the Richland-Iowa-Grant Drug Task Force report a total of 5 Grant County residents have been arrested in the last month as part of a lengthy drug investigation. The first two arrested w...
Mar 11, 2020

Valdez Trial Entering Day Four
Jurors will be back in Iowa County Circuit Court today (Wed) for day number four in the re-trial of 21-year-old Austin Valdez. This is his 2nd trial on charges related to the fatal shooting of his ste...
Mar 11, 2020

Horse and Buggy Crash
Deputies in Clayton County say a Guttenberg man drove his pick-up truck head-on into a horse and buggy - injuring three young people. Investigators say, at about 11pm Sunday, 26-year-old Alex Hyde hit...
Mar 11, 2020

Winter Farmers Market In Galena Cancelled This Weekend
Galena's winter farmers market will not be held this weekend "due to precautionary measures." The announcement was made on the farmers market's Facebook page, though no information was provided on wha...
Mar 11, 2020

Valdez Trial Ongoing
A second trial for an Iowa County man, accused of killing his stepfather, continued Monday - with a trip to the Ridgeway house where the shooting took place. The purpose of the trip was for jurors to ...
Mar 10, 2020

Spring Flooding Outlook Updates
Much of the snow may have melted over the weekend, but rain in the forecast this week has many wondering if the spring flooding outlook has changed. According to the National Weather Service, the shor...
Mar 10, 2020

Residents In Stockton To Vote On Recreational Marijuana
Village of Stockton residents can weigh in on whether the retail sale of cannabis should be allowed within municipal limits. A nonbinding advisory question will appear on the ballot during the Tuesday...
Mar 10, 2020

Dubuque Officials Discuss Coronavirus Preparation
On Monday, the coronavirus was the focus of a special event hosted by the Dubuque Area Chamber of Commerce, and it also was discussed during a work session of the Dubuque County Board of Supervisors, ...
Mar 10, 2020

Pedestrian Struck By Vehicle Near School
A pedestrian was struck by a vehicle this morning in front of George Washington Middle School in Dubuque. Police responded at about 7:10 a.m. this morning to the school at 51 North Grandview Avenue. R...
Mar 09, 2020