Category Archives: Local News
Jo Daviess County Schools Show High Graduation Rates
Jo Daviess County school districts fared better than their peers statewide on measures of student absenteeism and keeping students on track to graduate last school year. That data, along with graduati...
Nov 01, 2021
Stabbing Involving Juveniles in Downtown Dubuque
A stabbing in downtown Dubuque Thursday night. At around 7:45 p.m. Dubuque Police responded to West Locust Street and Angella Street for the report of a large disturbance involving juveniles. Officers...
Oct 29, 2021
DNR Fines Grain Company
A Nebraska-based company, with multiple locations in the area, has agreed to pay more than a quarter-million dollars in fines from the Iowa DNR. The agency announced Gavilon will pay $270-thousand dol...
Oct 29, 2021
Peosta Mayor Resigns Just Prior To Election Day
Peosta's mayor has resigned, just days before an election in which he was the only candidate on the ballot for the position. Jim Merten informed city officials that he was resigning immediately due to...
Oct 28, 2021
Man Arrested For Assault and Strangulation
Dubuque police arrested 54 year old Sonny Boose of Dubuque Wednesday in the 700 block of Main Street on charges of domestic assault with strangulation and public intoxication. Reports indicated that B...
Oct 28, 2021 Marco Verch Professional Photographer and Speaker / CC
Water Main Replacement Project Planned For Tennyson
The Village of Tennyson will host a public meeting to discuss a water main replacement project. New mains are planned for installation along U.S. Highway 61 in the summer of 2022. The public meeting w...
Oct 28, 2021
Vacancy on NICC Board of Trustees
A vacancy on Northeast Iowa Community College's Board of Trustees will be filled by appointment after the board's chairman stepped down. Ken Reimer recently marked his last day on the board after serv...
Oct 28, 2021
COVID-19 Cases On The Rise in Dubuque County
COVID-19 is surging in Dubuque County, with the daily new-case average over the past week reaching levels not seen in about nine months. Local officials note that a significant portion of the spread i...
Oct 28, 2021 EpicTop10.com / CC
Platteville Project Scrapped
A substantial increase in construction costs appears to be the reason a manufacturing plant has scrapped its plans for a new facility in Platteville. Officials with Cummins have informed city staff th...
Oct 27, 2021
City of Galena Addresses Outdoor Dining and Metered Parking
City of Galena officials will seek proposals to install a multi-meter paid parking system in hopes of mitigating parking problems, while waiting until a later date to decide whether to allow outdoor d...
Oct 27, 2021
