Category Archives: Local News

Wisconsin Deer Harvest Falls by 26 Percent on Opening Weekend
The Wisconsin DNR is reporting a 26-percent drop in the deer harvest during the opening weekend of this year's gun season. A total of 90-thousand-300 deer were taken last weekend - compared to more th...
Nov 27, 2019

Work On New Lancaster Pool Project Ahead of Schedule
Although work on the new Lancaster Municipal Pool is about 40 days ahead of schedule, brisk construction will not lead to an earlier completion date. Construction crews recently finished pouring concr...
Nov 26, 2019

Dodgeville Man Arrested For Theft
Iowa County authorities arrested 26 year old Shane Jacobson of Dodgeville for Theft, 2 counts of Misdemeanor Bail Jumping, 4 counts of Felony Bail Jumping, and 2 counts Retail Theft. The arrest took p...
Nov 26, 2019

Dubuque Man Arrested For Assault With Injury and Other Charges
Dubuque Police arrested 36 year old Willie Brown on Sunday at his residence on charges of domestic assault with injury, domestic assault with strangulation, two counts of assault, second-offense opera...
Nov 26, 2019

East Dubuque Lifts Restriction On Number of 3:30am Liquor Licenses
East Dubuque City Council members voted Monday night to lift the rule limiting the number of bars that can stay open until 3:30 a.m. The move was the latest that potentially could expand the hours of ...
Nov 26, 2019

Erratic Driver Arrested For OWI
The Grant County Sheriff's Office received a traffic complaint around 8:30pm on Friday of a truck driving erratically on Highway 80, south of Platteville. A report says the vehicle almost struck multi...
Nov 25, 2019

Drug Arrest Made By Dubuque Drug Task Force
Dubuque Police arrested 26 year old Jorden Hefel after they found nearly 3 pounds of marijuana, cocaine and drug edibles inside his home. Members of the Dubuque Drug Task Force executed a search warra...
Nov 25, 2019

Three People Arrested For Disturbance in Darlington
Darlington Police responded to a disturbance Saturday which led to the arrests of three people, while criminal charges are recommended for a fourth person. According to the Darlington Police Departmen...
Nov 25, 2019

Illinois Considers Putting An End To Daylight Saving Time
Illinois lawmakers are considering eliminating the practice of daylight saving time. Illinois Senate Bill 533 proposes that Illinois residents move their clocks forward by one hour in March 2020 and n...
Nov 25, 2019

Iowa County Teen Arrested Twice In Nine Hour Period
The Iowa County Sheriff's Department reports a 17-year-old Dodgeville man was arrested twice over a period of nine hours Wednesday. The first arrest was at about 7:30 A-M when Matthew A. Hauser was ta...
Nov 22, 2019