Category Archives: Local News

NICC invites public to explore their Outdoor Learning Lab
Northeast Iowa Community College (NICC) invites the public to explore and enjoy the Outdoor Learning Lab (OLL), a unique environmental education and conservation space open daily from sunrise to sunse...
Courtney Chaffee Jul 01, 2025

U.S. Supreme Court rejects Prop 12 case
Bacon and pork chops are not back on the menu at the Supreme Court. The high court on June 30 rejected another challenge to California's controversial animal-welfare law, two years after narrowly upho...
Courtney Chaffee Jul 01, 2025

Officials issue reminder that fireworks prohibited on wildlife refuge islands
The U.S Fish & Wildlife Service is issuing a reminder about fireworks on the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge Fireworks are not allowed on the Refuge due to their disturba...
Courtney Chaffee Jul 01, 2025
1 dead, sheriff’s deputy injured after shots fired during traffic stop
One man is dead and a Dubuque County Sheriff’s Deputy is hurt following a shooting during what county officials called a “high-risk traffic stop” early Tuesday morning. It happened j...
Courtney Chaffee Jul 01, 2025
1 dead, sheriff’s deputy injured after shots fired during traffic stop
One man is dead and a Dubuque County Sheriff’s Deputy is hurt following a shooting during what county officials called a “high-risk traffic stop” early Tuesday morning. It happened j...
Courtney Chaffee Jul 01, 2025

Judge dismisses charge against man in connection with Dubuque ATV crash
A judge dismissed the charge against a man who police said drove an all-terrain vehicle that crashed in Dubuque, injuring an occupant. The charge of serious injury by vehicle against 21-year-old Ayden...
Courtney Chaffee Jun 30, 2025

One person cited for underage alcohol sale during Dubuque compliance check
The Dubuque Police Department recently partnered with the Iowa Department of Revenue to conduct compliance checks aimed at reducing underage alcohol sales. Throughout this week, Dubuque police conduct...
Courtney Chaffee Jun 30, 2025

Iowa DNR hosting hunting courses
A series of Iowa Department of Natural Resources hunter education hunter education classes will be held later this summer in Clayton, Dubuque and Jackson counties. A classroom course will be held from...
Courtney Chaffee Jun 26, 2025

Dubuque man sentenced for a pair of assaults
A Dubuque man was sentenced to two years in prison for a pair of assaults. 22-year-old Taylor M. Lange, recently received the sentence in Iowa District Court of Dubuque County after pleading guilty to...
Courtney Chaffee Jun 26, 2025

Cascade man arrested for second offense OWI after crash
Authorities said an intoxicated driver was injured in a Dubuque County crash and subsequently arrested. 32-year-old Kain J. Hardin of Cascade, was taken by ambulance to UnityPoint Health-Finley Hospit...
Courtney Chaffee Jun 26, 2025