Category Archives: Local News
Two Persons Killed in Crash on Highway 20 Near Farley
Authorities have released the names of the two people who were killed when a vehicle rear-ended a sanitation vehicle Tuesday on U.S. Highway 20 near Farley. 20 year old Miranda Held and 21 year old Sa...
Aug 03, 2022
Cedar Falls Gathering Honors Family Members Killed Last Month At Maquoketa Park
Friends and neighbors of the three people killed while camping last month at Maquoketa Caves State Park gathered in Cedar Falls Tuesday night to honor Tyler and Sarah Schmidt and their six-year-old da...
Aug 03, 2022
Barn Fire In Gratiot, No Injuries
The Gratiot Fire Department responded to South Prairie Road in the Town of Gratiot for a barn fire Tuesday shortly before 5pm. According to the Lafayette County Sheriff’s department, Gratiot Fir...
Aug 03, 2022
Five Flags Recovers Funds That Would've Been Stolen By Hackers
Dubuque's Five Flags Center announced Monday that all funds targeted by foreign hackers had been recovered. A release states that the wire transfer of the targeted funds had been stopped before the tr...
Aug 02, 2022
Man From Peosta Gets Arrested on Several Charges
Dubuque County authorities arrested 31 year old Torrance Rodgers of Peosta Sunday on warrants charging first-degree burglary, domestic assault, fifth-degree criminal mischief and four counts of violat...
Aug 02, 2022
Ghost Gun Used In Maquoketa Caves State Park Murders
A published report says the suspected gunman in last month's triple-murder at Maquoketa Caves State Park used a "ghost gun." The report quotes the parents of Anthony Sherwin as saying the 23-year-old ...
Aug 02, 2022
Motorcycle Crash In Jo Daviess County
Authorities in Jo Daviess County say a man was injured Sunday in a motorcycle crash in rural Apple River. 57 year old Scott Sigler of Kenosha was taken by ambulance to Memorial Hospital of Lafayette C...
Aug 02, 2022
Dubuque Woman Arrested On Assault Charges
The Dubuque Police and Dubuque County Sheriff's departments report that 37 year old Niki Winter of Dubuque was arrested Sunday at her residence on a charge of domestic abuse assault with injury. Accor...
Aug 01, 2022
Woman Pleads Guilty To Falsely Claiming Unemployment Benefits
A woman who was arrested in Epworth and accused of falsely claiming nearly $18,000 in COVID-19 unemployment benefits has pleaded guilty in federal court. Holly Jacobi pleaded guilty in U.S. District C...
Aug 01, 2022
Dyersville and Dubuque County Get Ready For MLB Game
Major League Baseball is preparing for its trip to Dubuque County for the second time, and local businesses and officials in Dyersville are using what they learned during last year's event at the Fiel...
Aug 01, 2022
