Category Archives: Local News
Pothoff remains board chairman
Four days after failing to do so last week, the Dubuque County Board of Supervisors succeeded in electing its officers - retaining Supervisor Harley Pothoff as board chairman. Pothoff will again chair...
Jan 08, 2025
Libraries see program numbers increasing
Word seems to have spread that Dubuque's area libraries offer much more than books - though they do still offer many of those. In 2024, library programming was a major success across the tri-state are...
Jan 08, 2025
Human Trafficking Awareness Month movie screening in Dubuque
A Dubuque theater will show a free screening of a film for Human Trafficking Awareness Month. Julia Verdin's "Maya" will be screened from 5:50 to 7 p.m. Jan. 22 at Phoenix Theatres. The film shows how...
Jan 08, 2025
Driftless Region Beef Conference in Dubuque
University extension services in Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin will hold the 13th annual Driftless Region Beef Conference later this month in Dubuque. The event will be held Jan. 23 and 24 at Grand Riv...
Jan 08, 2025
1 person killed, 3 injured, in Dubuque County crash
Authorities said one person was killed and three others injured in a three-vehicle crash in Dubuque County Tuesday afternoon. Dubuque County Sheriff Joe Kennedy said that one driver died before being ...
Jan 08, 2025
Iowa man arrest for 3rd OWI in Benton
On Monday at 11:01 PM Benton Fire, Benton First Response, and Hazel Green EMS responded to County Highway H in Benton Township for a one vehicle accident. 65-year-old Charles R. House of Protivin IA w...
Jan 07, 2025
Dubuque man arrested for indecent contact with a child
Police said a Dubuque man inappropriately touched a girl younger than 14. 41-year-old Kentha Thomas of Dubuque was arrested at 9:48 a.m. Friday at Dubuque Law Enforcement Center on a charge of indecen...
Jan 06, 2025
Grant Regional Health fundraiser to be held Jan. 18
Grant Regional Health Center's Winter Spectacular Fundraising Event is slated for later this month in Potosi. The event will be held at 5 p.m. Jan. 18 at Holiday Gardens Event Center. Intended as a fu...
Jan 06, 2025
Wisconsin woman arrested for drugs in Dubuque
44-year-old Danielle M. Chambers of Taylor, Wis., was arrested by Dubuque Police at 5:07 p.m. Friday near the intersection of Highway 61 and Southwest Arterial on charges of possession of marijuana, p...
Jan 06, 2025
GasBuddy predicts price drop in 2025
Gas prices are expected to drop in 2025 for the third straight year. Gas Buddy expects the national average for regular gas to fall to $3.22 per gallon in 2025. That's about 10 cents less than in 2024...
Jan 04, 2025
