Category Archives: Local News

Toney criticizes Kaul over backlog of Internet Crimes Against Children referrals
MADISON, Wis. — Fond du Lac County District Attorney Eric Toney on Monday again criticized Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul for backlogs within the state justice department’s Division...
Logan Reigstad Oct 31, 2022

DCI identifies Dane Co. detective involved in fatal shooting in Oregon
OREGON, Wis. — The Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation identified the Dane County Sheriff’s detective Monday who shot and killed a man in Oregon last Sunday. Officials...
Kyle Jones Oct 31, 2022

Complaint: Police saw men enter, leave alleged prostitution house
VERONA, Wis. — Verona police uncovered a prostitution house after seeing men leave and enter the building, a criminal complaint alleges. Michael Cotter, 58, is charged with keeping a place of pr...
Kyle Jones Oct 31, 2022

West side home evacuated overnight following ‘significant’ gas leak
MADISON, Wis. — A home on Madison’s west side was evacuated overnight after a resident reported a strong smell of natural gas inside their house. Fire officials said they smelled a strong ...
Logan Rude Oct 31, 2022

Sentencing scheduled for Darrell Brooks in Waukesha parade deaths
WAUKESHA, Wis. — Sentencing for Darrell Brooks, the man convicted last week of 76 counts stemming from last year’s Waukesha Christmas parade tragedy, has been scheduled for mid-November. D...
Logan Reigstad Oct 31, 2022

Making room for the river: Mississippi River communities examine nature-based solutions
By Eva Tesfaye Harvest Public Media Brittney J. Miller The Gazette of Cedar Rapids and Halle Parker WWNO-New Orleans Public Radio The western border of Atchison County, Missouri, follows the twisting ...
Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism Oct 31, 2022

Shooting Incident Results in Prison Sentence
A man has been sentenced to four years, nine months in federal prison for a charge related to a Dubuque shooting. 24 year old Diangelo Washington was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Cedar Rapids a...
Mark Evenstad Oct 31, 2022

Guilty Plea For Making Threat To Clarke University
A man has pleaded guilty to a charge related to threatening posts he made against Clarke University. 24 year old Rashaud Colbert entered the plea in Iowa District Court of Dubuque County to threat of ...
Mark Evenstad Oct 31, 2022

Prison Sentence For Man Who Exposed Toddler To Drugs
A Dubuque man been has sentenced to 15 years in prison for exposing his toddler daughter to drugs and injuring the child. 29 year old Antonio Kitch was sentenced in Iowa District Court of Dubuque Coun...
Mark Evenstad Oct 31, 2022

Absentee Voter Numbers Down in This Year’s Election
According to data from the Iowa Secretary of State's Office, the number of absentee voters in Clayton, Delaware, Dubuque and Jackson counties who have or could vote absentee - by mail or in person - h...
Mark Evenstad Oct 31, 2022