Category Archives: Local News

Several officers injured, suspect airlifted after stolen car chase ends in shooting in Illinois
A police chase ended with a shots fired incident Thursday morning in Savanna. According to a media release, around 10 p.m. Wednesday Freeport police responded to a report of a stolen vehicle. When off...
Courtney Chaffee Jun 26, 2025

Coalition seeks to overturn PBM restrictions in Iowa
A coalition of businesses, labor unions and a major Iowa clinic is seeking to overturn a law that puts restrictions on companies called Pharmacy Benefit Managers that set the price of medications for ...
Courtney Chaffee Jun 24, 2025

OllieWoodStock happening Saturday in Dubuque
A local action sports venue will host a festival combining live music, BMX riders and skateboarders. The OllieWoodStock event will be held from 1 to 10 p.m. Saturday, June 28, at Olliewood Action Spor...
Courtney Chaffee Jun 24, 2025
Driver killed in Dubuque crash
Police said the driver was killed in a one-vehicle crash in Dubuque. 63-year-old Martha L. Johansen, of North Liberty, Iowa, was transported by ambulance to UnityPoint Health-Finley Hospital, where sh...
Courtney Chaffee Jun 24, 2025
Barricaded man holds woman hostage in Platteville
On Saturday at 10:01 AM, the Grant County Sheriff’s Office was notified of a male subject armed with a hammer, who was breaking a window, and had entered into a residence in the Oak Park Trailer...
Courtney Chaffee Jun 23, 2025

City of Dubuque reaches agreement with Teamsters on new contract
Teamsters Union Local 120 and the city of Dubuque have signed a new five-year collective bargaining agreement that will cover 100 to 110 employees in four departments. The new wage structure raises wa...
Courtney Chaffee Jun 23, 2025

Man exposed himself in front of children in Dubuque
Police said a man exposed himself in front of two children at a Dubuque establishment. 19-year-old Nathanael L. Harris of Dubuque was arrested at 8:50 p.m. Thursday in the 300 block of West 11th Stree...
Courtney Chaffee Jun 23, 2025

East Dubuque’s fireworks show happening this weekend
East Dubuque's annual fireworks show will return this year, thanks to the help of a local donor. East Dubuque Greater Events Foundation, or EDGE, recently announced plans for the Saturday, June 28, ce...
Courtney Chaffee Jun 23, 2025

Dupaco closing HyVee location in 2026
A local credit union will close its branch inside a downtown Dubuque grocery store. Dupaco Community Credit Union will not renew its lease at the financial cooperatives branch inside Hy-Vee at 400 S. ...
Courtney Chaffee Jun 21, 2025

Carlos O’Kelly’s closing this weekend
After over 25 years in business, Dubuque's Carlos O'Kelly's Mexican restaurant is closing for good this weekend. Dave Phillips, a marketing representative of the chain's company, Thrive Restaurant Gro...
Courtney Chaffee Jun 20, 2025