Category Archives: Local News
Illinois officials launch multi-year road project near Stockton
Illinois officials announced the launch of a multimillion-dollar, multi-year road project in Jo Daviess County. The $31.6 million project includes the construction of a new alignment of U.S. 20 north ...
Aug 28, 2025
River Museum and Ham House offer $5 admission for SNAP recipients
The Dubuque County Historical Society (DCHS) has been awarded local grant funding to support their Museums for All low-cost-admission program. Funding from Dubuque County, McDonough Foundation, and Ca...
Aug 27, 2025
Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsin ordered to change sex ed information
Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsin are three of the 46 states and U.S. territories ordered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to remove references to gender ideology from federally funded ...
Aug 27, 2025
Additional details released on UW-Platteville murder suicide
The woman who brought a gun to Wilgus Hall at UW-Platteville in May and shot and killed another student, then herself, had a pattern of concerning behaviors and writings, including Google searches abo...
Aug 27, 2025
City of Dubuque changing process to hire police and firefighters
The city of Dubuque is changing how it processes applications for police officers, cutting out the Civil Service Commission and allowing qualified applicants to interview faster. The city also modifie...
Aug 26, 2025
Dubuque County voters can submit absentee ballot request
Dubuque County voters can submit a request for an absentee ballot for the Nov. 4 city and school election beginning this week, while requests for absentee ballots for the Oct. 4 primary election will ...
Aug 26, 2025
Dubuque man arrested for assault after woman hospitalized
Police said a man headbutted a woman during a Dubuque disturbance and left her hospitalized. 29-year-old Robert C. Robey of Dubuque was arrested early Monday morning at his residence on charges of wil...
Aug 26, 2025
Maryland resident is diagnosed with New World screwworm
A rare case of travel-related New World screwworm was identified in Maryland in a patient who traveled from El Salvador, a spokesperson from the US Department of Health and Human Services said. The US...
Aug 26, 2025
Dubuque Federation of Labor seeks volunteers for Labor Day parade
The Dubuque Federation of Labor is searching for volunteers to assist with the Labor Day parade on Monday, September 1. Volunteers are needed to help make sure spectators stay out of the street and ba...
Aug 26, 2025
Readstown man arrested in Dubuque for OWI
Early Saturday morning Dubuque police arrested 26-year-old Scott D. Coulthard of Readstown, Wis., in the 900 block of West Locust Street on charges of operating while intoxicated and person ineligible...
Aug 25, 2025
