Category Archives: Local News

Planning Commission Seeks Information On Bike Plan
The Southwestern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission seeks resident feedback to create a pedestrian and bike plan for the City of Platteville. The commission seeks feedback on the city's pedestrian...
Mark Evenstad Oct 16, 2023

Platteville Man Pleads Guilty To High Speed Chase
A Platteville man has pleaded guilty to leading officers on a high-speed chase on a Grant County road. 25 year old Trevor Baker pleaded guilty in Grant County Circuit Court to charges of eluding an of...
Mark Evenstad Oct 16, 2023

Fire Hydrants To Be Flushed Monday and Tuesday in Lancaster
The City of Lancaster will flush its hydrants this week today and Tuesday. Residents are advised to bypass water softeners and whole home filters during this period, to limit water use while their str...
Mark Evenstad Oct 16, 2023
Jo Daviess County Missing Teen
Authorities seek the public's help in locating a teenager missing from Jo Daviess County. Tamula J. Ware, 14, of Hanover, was last seen at 4 a.m. Sunday getting into a gold or tan Chevy Impala in Hano...
Mark Evenstad Oct 12, 2023

Riedel Responds After Placed On Administrative Leave
After being placed on administrative leave earlier this week, the president of Northeast Iowa Community College, Herbert Riedel, states that he has done nothing wrong. Riedel was placed on administrat...
Mark Evenstad Oct 12, 2023

Car Collides With Tractor in Iowa County
The Iowa County Communication Center received a report of a car versus tractor crash on Highway 23 near Nelson Road in Dodgeville Township Wednesday just after 8pm. The Dodgeville Fire Department, Dod...
Mark Evenstad Oct 12, 2023

One Vehicle Accident in Elk Grove Township
Belmont Fire and EMS responded to Highway 81 in Elk Grove Township Wednesday around 2pm for a one vehicle rollover accident. 19 year old Conner Rodriguez of Freeport, Illinois was traveling east on Hi...
Mark Evenstad Oct 12, 2023

Dubuque Man Arrested For Possessing Fentanyl
Dubuque Police arrested 29 year old Derrick Moore of Dubuque Tuesday around 3pm in the 4000 block of Peru Road on charges of possession of fentanyl with intent to deliver, possession of marijuana, int...
Mark Evenstad Oct 12, 2023

Kieler Man Arrested in Dubuque
A man from Southwest Wisconsin was arrested in Dubuque Wednesday. 38 year old Matthew Ender of Kieler was arrested at 5 a.m. Wednesday at the Dubuque Law Enforcement Center on a warrant charging third...
Mark Evenstad Oct 12, 2023

Platteville Common Council Decides On New Fire Station
The Platteville Common Council voted Tuesday night on the site and design plan for a new fire station. The council approved a plan to build a one-story, 28,881-square-foot building with no basement an...
Mark Evenstad Oct 12, 2023