Category Archives: Local News

Sample Ballots For Primary Election Available
Sample ballots for the June 4 primary election are available online for Dubuque County voters. Sample ballots can be found at elections.dubuquecountyiowa.gov. In-person early voting will begin May 15 ...
Apr 26, 2024

Reynolds To Go On Trade Mission To India
Governor Kim Reynolds will embark on a trade mission to India in September with the goal of strengthening Iowa's trade and investment relationship. The trade mission will take place between September ...
Apr 26, 2024

Home Damaged by Fire in Worthington
Authorities say a house fire caused $200,000 in damages in Dubuque County. The Dubuque County Sheriff's Department and Worthington and Dyersville fire departments responded to a fire at approximately ...
Apr 25, 2024 Dominic Lockyer / CC

Dubuque Man Faces Domestic Assault Charge
Dubuque Police arrested 36 year old Shon Perkins Jr. Of Dubuque around 2:00 p.m. Tuesday at the Dubuque Law Enforcement Center on a warrant charging domestic assault with strangulation and child endan...
Apr 25, 2024

Construction Project To Close Highway 13 This Summer
A construction project on Highway 13 north of Manchester will shut down part of the highway this summer. The closure will affect the highway beginning just north of Manchester near 191st Street to jus...
Apr 25, 2024

Former Local Priest Arrested For Sexual Abuse in 1980s
Dubuque Police say a former local priest was arrested Wednesday on sexual abuse charges stemming from his time at a Dubuque parish in the 1980s. 68 year old Rev. Leo Riley of Port Charlotte, Fla., is ...
Apr 25, 2024

Lafayette County Judge Passed Away
Lafayette County Circuit Court Judge Duane M. Jorgenson has passed away at the age of 73. Judge Jorgenson died Sunday, April 21st after battling cancer. He was elected Lafayette County Circuit Judge i...
Courtney Chaffee Apr 25, 2024

Fatal Potosi Accident
A man from Potosi, 93-year-old Wilbert E. Post sustained fatal injuries following a one vehicle accident. The Grant County Sheriff’s Department was notified about 2:30 pm Tuesday of the accident...
Courtney Chaffee Apr 24, 2024

Iowa Judge Rules In Favor Of Archdiocese Of Dubuque
An Iowa district judge has ruled in favor of the Archdiocese of Dubuque on three of four counts levied against it by an individual who accuses a former priest of sexual abuse. District Court Judge Joh...
Apr 24, 2024

Semis Collide, One Person Injured
Police say one person was injured in a crash involving a semi-tractor trailer in Dubuque. 54 year old Genaro Calpito Jr. of Charles City, Iowa, was transported by ambulance to MercyOne Dubuque Medical...
Apr 24, 2024









