Category Archives: Local News
Grand River Medical is being sold
A local medical provider is being sold, with leadership citing a challenging past year. Grand River Medical Group signed a letter of intent for the sale with an unnamed “major health care entity...
Feb 04, 2025
Grant County Master Gardeners and Friends host ‘Plant Parent 101’
The Grant County Master Gardeners and Friends group is sponsoring a free Zoom presentation Feb. 20 at 6:30 p.m. on Indoor Plants. During “Plant Parent 101” participants will learn the basi...
Feb 03, 2025
Dubuque man arrested for domestic assault with weapon
Police said a Dubuque man displayed a knife and strangled a woman in a domestic assault Friday night. 27-year-old Stanislaus J. Charlery of Dubuque was arrested at 10:24 p.m. Friday on Caledonia Place...
Feb 03, 2025
Local unemployment rates mixed
Unemployment rates were mixed in local counties in December, according to recently released reports. Dubuque County's unemployment rate was 3.2% in December, down from 3.3% in November but up from the...
Feb 03, 2025
Iowa house bans new casinos in the state for five years
Thursday afternoon, Iowa lawmakers continued with their flurry of action to pass a five-year moratorium on new casino licenses. House members, led by the Republican majority, approved the ban 68-31. C...
Jan 31, 2025
Woman charged in connection with fatal Clayton County crash
A woman has been charged in connection with a fatal crash in Clayton County last year. 63-year-old Susan Steve of Elkport, Iowa, was arrested earlier this month on charges of homicide by vehicle ̵...
Jan 31, 2025
Area man charged with reckless homicide in connection with fatal 2022 crash
An area man has been charged with homicide after authorities said his reckless driving led to the death of two passengers. 25-year-old Trey T. Thomas of Elizabeth, recently was charged in Jo Daviess C...
Jan 30, 2025
Impaired driver drank, played game on phone with 2 kids in vehicle in Dubuque
Police said a woman drove while impaired and played a game on a phone with two children in the vehicle in Dubuque. 33-year-old Montana R. Schwank of Galena, Ill., was arrested at 6:35 p.m. Tuesday in ...
Jan 30, 2025
Dubuque County under burn ban
Dubuque County is under a county-wide ban on burning effective today. The ban was ordered by proclamation of Iowa State Fire Marshal Dan Wood. The proclamation states that conditions "are such that op...
Jan 30, 2025
Man arrested for terrorist threat made to Dubuque hospital
On Wednesday at approximately 10:54 am, Dubuque Police were notified of a threat of violence toward Unity Point Finley Hospital. The caller making the threat was identified as 49-year-old Justin Keene...
Jan 29, 2025
