Category Archives: WGLR Local News
Union Workers at Deere & Company Go On Strike
John Deere Dubuque Works union employees are among more than 10,000 Deere & Co. workers who are now on strike after negotiators couldn't come up with a new agreement by the end of Wednesday. The U...
Oct 14, 2021
Field of Dreams Raises $215K For Dubuque Cancer Center
Memorabilia from the Field of Dreams Major League Baseball game this summer will benefit a cancer center in northeast Iowa. MercyOne announced Thursday that the memorabilia raised $215-thousand dollar...
Oct 08, 2021
Dubuque Vehicle Fire
A Cuba City man escaped injury Wednesday afternoon when his vehicle caught on fire. Officials with the Dubuque Fire Department were called to Dodge Street around 12:30 and found the vehicle engulfed i...
Oct 07, 2021
Contract Between UAW and John Deere About To Expire
A contract between the United Auto Workers union and John Deere Dubuque Works is on the verge of expiring without a new deal in place, raising the possibility of a strike. A handful of employees of Jo...
Sep 30, 2021
Frank Thomas Investment Group To Purchase Field of Dreams
A venture headed by a Hall of Fame baseball player Frank Thomas has purchased a controlling stake in the Field of Dreams site in Dyersville. Thomas, who played for the Chicago White Sox and the Oaklan...
Sep 30, 2021
Galena Man Charged With Defrauding Drug Screening Test
A man from Galena has been charged with defrauding a drug screening test. 54 year old Mark Herrick was charged with two counts of unlawful defrauding of a drug screening test, both Class 4 felonies. A...
Sep 30, 2021
Greyhound Racing Coming To An End In Dubuque
Next year will be the last year of greyhound racing at Iowa Greyhound Park in Dubuque. The park will permanently close following an abbreviated 2022 season, marking the end of racing that began more t...
Sep 16, 2021
Former Library Employee Sues Galena Public Library Board
A former employee of the Galena Public Library whose termination ignited controversy in 2019 is now suing the library board. Records indicate that Marvin Holland of Galena recently filed a lawsuit aga...
Sep 09, 2021
Turkey River Hits Crest
The National Weather Service says the Turkey River at Elkader reached its crest – topping out at 22.8-feet. The crest happened Monday and is the 4th highest river stage on record for Elkader. He...
Aug 31, 2021
Single Vehicle Crash Injures One Person Near Galena
Authorities say one person was hurt in a single-vehicle crash Saturday morning near Galena. 49 year old Blake A. Chumbler of Savanna, Ill., was taken by ambulance to Midwest Medical Center in Galena f...
Aug 23, 2021
