Category Archives: Local News

Five Flags Vote Could Come This Fall
Any vote on building a new Five Flags Center in Dubuque won't be held until this fall - at the earliest. A referendum for the project can only be voted on certain days each year - this year those date...
Jan 19, 2022

Jo Daviess County Sheriff Running Again
A northwest Illinois sheriff will seek a 4th term when he runs for re-election this fall. Jo Daviess County Sheriff Kevin Turner recently announced that he is running again. The 51-year-old Turner was...
Jan 19, 2022

Dubuque Stopping In Person Payments
Staff shortages at City of Dubuque facilities has led to officials saying they are suspending in-person payments of bills and fines. According to a release, the staff shortage is releated to COVID-19....
Jan 19, 2022 Dirk DBQ / CC

Clayton County Highway Project
A more than $4-million-dollar highway project is being planned for Clayton County. The Iowa Department of Transportation released a statement regarding the work on Highway 13. A nearly 14-mile stretch...
Jan 19, 2022

Dubuque City Council Primary Set
Dubuque voters will have a primary this spring in the race to fill a city council vacancy. A third candidate has filed to run for the Ward 4 seat - previously held by Brad Cavanagh. Cavanagh stepped d...
Jan 18, 2022
Dubuque Police Investigating Fight
Three people - including two jeveniles - have been arrested for their part in a large fight that happened Sunday in Dubuque. Police were called to the 21-hundred block of Jackson Street around 10:40 S...
Jan 18, 2022

Clean Up Continues After Water Main Break
Officials at the Bell Tower Theater in Dubuque say their offices will remain closed today (Tues) after a water main break over the weekend. The facility had 6 to 8 inches of water in parts of the venu...
Jan 18, 2022

Drug Charge and Felon In Possession Of Firearm Charge For Dubuque Man
Dubuque Police arrested 28 year old Andrew Kelly of Dubuque on Sunday in the 1100 block of Rhomberg Avenue on charges of unlawful possession of prescription drugs and being a felon in possession of a ...
Jan 18, 2022

Judge Says Transmission Line Can’t Cross Wildlife Refuge
A federal judge has ruled that a high-voltage transmission line cannot cross a protected wildlife refuge, saying that the review process undertaken by two federal agencies that greenlighted the projec...
Mark Evenstad Jan 18, 2022

Snowmobile Racer Injured In Snocross Accident
A snowmobile racer was seriously injured in a crash during the Theisen's Snocross National snowmobile racing event Saturday at the Dubuque County Fairgrounds. 28 year old Lincoln Lemieux of St. Johnsb...
Jan 17, 2022









