Category Archives: Local News

Budget Cuts Will Be Needed At Southwestern Schools
Southwestern Wisconsin School District leaders will have to find ways to make significant budget cuts in the upcoming school year after voters this week rejected a $3.9 million ballot measure that wou...
Mark Evenstad Apr 06, 2023

City of Dubuque Plans To Replace Lead Service Lines
The City of Dubuque seeks $32 million in a forgivable loan from the state to replace more than 3,000 private lead service lines. A report says the project is expected to begin sometime in fiscal year ...
Mark Evenstad Apr 06, 2023

Peoples State Bank Opens Location in Waukon
Peoples State Bank has opened a branch in Waukon, Iowa. The new branch location opened on Monday. This is Peoples State Bank's third branch in Iowa. Overall, Peoples State Bank currently has 20 locati...
Mark Evenstad Apr 06, 2023

Platteville City Council Retirement Reception Honoring Eileen Nickels
Eileen Nickels is retiring from the Platteville Common Council after 27 years of serving the City of Platteville. Nickels has spent countless hours at meetings, listening to residents, and advocating ...
Mark Evenstad Apr 06, 2023
Madison man charged with 4 counts of recklessly endangering safety for cords strung on bike path
Reports reveal DNA left on one of the cords strung across a bike path on Madison’s west side eventually led to the arrest of a suspect. Madison police announced Tuesday that Curtis Tessmer was a...
Mark Evenstad Apr 06, 2023

Two-Vehicle Crash in Dodgeville
The Iowa County Communications Center received a report of a crash that had occurred somewhere on US Highway 18 East of Edmund on Tuesday around 11 PM. The reporting party indicated they had received ...
Mark Evenstad Apr 06, 2023

Stockton village board seat to be decided by appointment
A seat on a Jo Daviess County village board will be filled by appointment following Tuesday’s election. No candidates filed for the two-year trustee term on the Stockton Village Board, and Jo Da...
Mark Evenstad Apr 06, 2023

Free senior resources event planned for April 27 in Jo Daviess County
A free event that will provide information on resources for older adults will be held later this month in Jo Daviess County. The Jo Daviess County Senior Expo 2023 will be held from 9a.m. to noon Apri...
Mark Evenstad Apr 06, 2023

Record Turnout for State Election Tuesday
Turnout for Tuesday's Wisconsin Supreme Court election won by Milwaukee County Judge Janet Protasiewicz is a record-breaker. Officials say 36% of eligible voters had already come to the polls with mor...
Mark Evenstad Apr 06, 2023

Dubuque County registered voters who didn’t vote to receive inactivity notices
Registered voters in Dubuque County who did not vote in the last general election in November and have not updated their voter registration information will soon receive a notice of inactivity. The no...
Mark Evenstad Apr 06, 2023