Category Archives: Local News
Creation Of An Automated Traffic Enforcement System Coming Soon
The Dubuque City Council voted, 6-1, to approve a request for proposals for the creation of an automated traffic enforcement system in the city. Council Member David Resnick cast the lone dissenting v...
Jan 04, 2024

Special Olympics Iowa Winter Games Begin Next Week
More than 200 athletes will visit the Dubuque area next week for the 36th edition of the Special Olympics Iowa Winter Games. The two-day event will be held Monday and Tuesday, January 8th and 9th, at ...
Jan 04, 2024 zeitblohm / CC

East Dubuque Fire Department Calls Hold Steady in 2023
The East Dubuque Fire Department responded to almost an identical number of calls in 2023 as it did the year prior. The department announced online that its firefighters and EMS personnel responded to...
Jan 03, 2024 BLM Nevada / CC

Dubuque County Watersheds Secures $14 Million To Improve Water Quality
Local water quality collaborative Dubuque County Watersheds has secured a nearly $14 million federal Regional Conservation Partnership Program grant to use alongside neighboring states. The money will...
Jan 03, 2024

Dubuque Man Arrested For Domestic Abuse Assault
Dubuque Police arrested 39 year old Blake Adams of Dubuque around midnight Tuesday in the 2100 block of Central Avenue on charges of domestic abuse assault, providing false identification information ...
Jan 03, 2024

Dubuque Man Arrested For Drug Possession
Dubuque Police arrested 30 year old Christopher Puccio of Dubuque just after 11pm Sunday in the 200 block of First Street on a charge of unlawful possession of a prescription drug and publicly under t...
Jan 02, 2024

Dubuque Man Sentenced For Prostitution
A man was sentenced to 20 days in jail after he attempted to solicit sexual favors from women at a Dubuque hotel. 24 year old Luis Lopez-Lopez received the sentence from District Associate Judge Mark ...
Jan 02, 2024

Dubuque Man Arrested For Intoxication and Harassment
Dubuque Police arrested 40 year old Spencer Carter of Dubuque around 6:30 p.m. Saturday in the 200 block of Union Street on charges of second-degree harassment, public intoxication and inference with ...
Jan 02, 2024

Unemployment Rates Down In November
Unemployment rates in local Iowa counties decreased in November compared to a month earlier. Dubuque County's unemployment rate was 2.7% in November, down from the 3.1% recorded in October and up from...
Jan 02, 2024

71 Years of Marriage For Blue River Couple
A 91-year-old husband and wife near Blue River have received more than 200 cards from well-wishers across the country to mark their big day. Dick and Betty Grant married 71 years ago on New Year's Day...
Mark Evenstad Jan 02, 2024









