Category Archives: Local News
Ride Sharing Services Now Allowed in Galena
Ride-sharing services such as Uber and Lyft could operate in Galena in the near future. City Council members this week approved the first reading for an ordinance that would allow ride-sharing compani...
Jan 31, 2020
Southwest Tech Makes Significant Economic Impact To Area
A new report says that Southwest Wisconsin Technical College in Fennimore makes a nearly $160 million economic impact annually. The data, compiled by Idaho-based analytics firm Emsi, also found that t...
Jan 31, 2020
Jogger Sought In Blue Mounds Death
Dane County deputies are looking to speak with a jogger who was near the Blue Mounds area the day of Nicholas Day's homicide this month. According to the Dane County Sheriff's Office, witnesses said t...
Jan 29, 2020
Construction of New Science Building To Begin Soon at UWP
UW-Platteville will soon begin a major renovation of a science building. The school plans a $23.7 million project to renovate laboratory and classroom space in Boebel Hall. Construction will begin in ...
Jan 29, 2020
Dubuque House and Cars Catch On Fire
Crews with the Dubuque Fire Department spent several hours Tuesday afternoon battling a blaze that damaged a home and multiple vehicles. Fire officials say that they were called to the property on Nap...
Jan 29, 2020
Sex Offender Cuts Off Ankle Bracelet, Gets Arrested
Police say a convicted sex offender who cut off his ankle bracelet in November was arrested Monday in Dubuque when he assaulted his girlfriend. 24 year old Dorien Lemon was arrested Monday on charges ...
Jan 29, 2020
Disturbance Leads To Arrest of Dodgeville Man
The Iowa County Sheriff's Office assisted the Dodgeville Police Department with a disturbance Monday around 6:30pm in the 200 block of East Chapel Street in Dodgeville. As a result, 21 year old Dylan ...
Jan 29, 2020
Superintendent Did Not Have License Before He Resigned
Former Galena public schools' superintendent Greg Herbst ran the district without a state license for months prior to his resignation, despite notices and reminders from state and regional education o...
Jan 29, 2020
No Virus Signs On UWP Campus
Although monitoring for the coronavirus continues at UW-Platteville, university officials say none of the six students who recently visited China are showing signs of the disease. Those students were ...
Jan 28, 2020
Fire at Dubuque Apartment Building
An apartment fire in downtown Dubuque sent three people to the hospital Monday afternoon. Fire officials say crews were called about 12:30 for the blaze at a complex on West 11th Street. According to ...
Jan 28, 2020
