Category Archives: Local News

Fire Started While Dubuque Man Assaulted Girlfriend
Dubuque Police say a fire that seriously injured two people in October started when a man assaulted his girlfriend with a container of flammable liquid, which spilled and ignited. 32 year old Randy Gr...
Feb 11, 2020

Renovation and Addition Proposed For Dubuque County Jail
Sheriff Joe Kennedy on Monday proposed an overhaul of the Dubuque County Jail to solve safety and efficiency problems with the current facility that he said will only get worse. Proposed options inclu...
Feb 11, 2020

High Speed Chase Ends In Cornfield and Squad Car Damaged
Two men from Platteville were arrested and a Grant County squad car was heavily damaged after a high speed chase Saturday night. The pursuit began in Arthur with speeds reaching 100 mph and ended with...
Feb 10, 2020

One Person Injured In Two Vehicle Accident in Dubuque
Dubuque Police say a man from Decorah was hurt in a two-vehicle crash Saturday afternoon in Dubuque. 61 year old Timothy Felton was taken to UnityPoint Health-Finley Hospital for treatment of injuries...
Feb 10, 2020

Dubuque Man Found and Arrested For Drugs in East Dubuque
A Dubuque man was arrested after Jo Daviess County Sheriff's Deputies received information he was in East Dubuque and had an active warrant. 25-year old Timothy Russett was found at a residence at aro...
Feb 10, 2020

Theft From Restaurant Results in 5 Year Prison Sentence
A man accused of stealing more than $14,000 from a Dubuque County restaurant was sentenced to five years in prison. 48 year old Jeffrey Krieger of St. Paul, Minn., pleaded guilty in Iowa District Cour...
Feb 10, 2020

Vehicle Found in Ditch, Driver gets Arrested
A deputy with the Lafayette County Sheriff's Department responded to Highway 11 in Shullsburg at around 2:45am Saturday for a vehicle in a ditch. As a result, 21 year old Reynaldo Toledo-Mancilla of B...
Feb 10, 2020

Platteville Woman Arrested on Drug Charges
A woman from Platteville was arrested in Belmont early Saturday. A deputy responded to Highland Street in Belmont to assist the Belmont Police Department with a traffic stop around 12:45am . As a resu...
Feb 10, 2020

Four Priests From Campion High School Listed For Child Abuse
Four priests who spent time at Campion High School in Prairie du Chien have been added to the Diocese of La Crosse's list of clergy with substantiated allegations of child sexual abuse. J. Michael Can...
Feb 07, 2020

Home Destroyed By Fire in Mineral Point
Iowa County officials responded to a structure fire shortly after 12:30 on Wednesday. The fire occurred at an address in the 2100 block of County Road Y, just off Highway 151 in the Town of Mineral Po...
Feb 07, 2020