Category Archives: Local News
Overdose deaths decreased for the first time since 2018
After years of continuously rising opioid overdoses, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that overdose deaths decreased 3% in 2023, the first annual decrease since 2018. A new s...
Oct 15, 2024
Drought conditions in Iowa worsening
After last month turned out to be Iowa's driest September on record, October's shaping up to be just as dry and the drought conditions are worsening. The new map from the U.S. Drought Monitor shows th...
Oct 15, 2024
Farmers stopped hay bale fire in Dubuque County
Authorities said farmers used field equipment to halt a fire in Dubuque County. A group of hay bales caught fire at approximately 3:30 p.m. Sunday on N. Cascade Road. According to Dubuque County Sheri...
Oct 15, 2024
Burn permits required in 13 Wisconsin counties
Wisconsin officials are requiring people in 13 counties to obtain burning permits as dry conditions continue. The state Department of Natural Resources announced Monday that permit requirements will g...
Oct 15, 2024
DNR Reports Say Deer Populations Are Stable and Increasing
A new report from the Iowa Department of Natural resources details county-level deer population densities across the state and reports East Central Iowa counties' densities are at a relatively stable ...
Oct 15, 2024
Asbury Man Sentenced For Assault
An Asbury man has been sentenced for his role in a violent assault in downtown Dubuque in June. 21-year old Charles Tyler, who originally was charged with first degree robbery following his arrest ent...
Oct 15, 2024
Man Arrested On Domestic Assault With Injury Charge
Dubuque Police arrested 20 year old Deonte Luckett around 11:15 a.m. Sunday in the 100 block of East 24th Street on a charge of domestic assault with injury and a warrant charging failure to appear in...
Oct 15, 2024
Medication Disposal Event This Month
The Dubuque Drug Task Force is organizing an unneeded-medication disposal event this month. The free and confidential collection will occur from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on October 26 at the Dubuque Fire Tra...
Oct 14, 2024
Man Charged With Theft From a Motor Vehicle
The Dubuque Police Department says an arrest was made on 21 year old Tristen Smith Saturday at 11:30 a.m. at the Dubuque Law Enforcement Center on a warrant charging three counts of third-degree burgl...
Oct 14, 2024
Dubuque Man Arrested For Domestic Assault
Police in Dubuque arrested 38 year old Andrew Potter of Dubuque on Saturday around 4:25pm at the Dubuque Law Enforcement Center on a warrant charging domestic assault and obstruction of emergency comm...
Oct 14, 2024
