Category Archives: Local News

Dubuque celebrates kickoff of pumping station project
The City of Dubuque held a project kick-off for the Dubuque Gate and Pump Station Flood Mitigation Project Tuesday at the 16th Street Detention Basin Overlook. The project is a phase of the Bee Branch...
Courtney Chaffee May 28, 2025

Ahva Living of East Dubuque to host a fundraiser for the Veterans Freedom Center
An East Dubuque senior living center will host a parking lot party for a charitable cause. The event will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. Thursday, May 29, at Ahva Living of East Dubuque. Ron Lubbers and Bur...
Courtney Chaffee May 28, 2025

Ag-related nonprofit to hold presentation on water conservation
The Delaware and Dubuque counties chapter of the nonprofit Women, Land and Legacy will hold a free presentation on the contributions of women working on the front lines of water education, conservatio...
Courtney Chaffee May 28, 2025

Dyersville man sentenced to 10 years of supervision for lascivious conduct with minor
A Dyersville, Iowa, man was sentenced to 10 years of supervision by the Iowa Department of Corrections after authorities said he sexually abused a child younger than 12. 56-year-old Ramon A. Rojas-Gra...
Courtney Chaffee May 28, 2025

New member selected for NICC board of trustees
A former administrator of an area credit union will serve on Northeast Iowa Community College's Board of Trustees. Jason Norton will be appointed by the NICC Board of Trustees to serve District 7, whi...
Courtney Chaffee May 28, 2025

Dubuque man sentenced to prison for assaulting woman, threatening her with knife
A Dubuque man has been sentenced to two years in prison after police said he displayed a knife and strangled a woman during a domestic assault. 27-year-old Stanislaus J. Charlery recently received the...
Courtney Chaffee May 28, 2025

Ice Dinosaurs opens at the National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium
Get ready for a field trip of epic proportions at the National Mississippi River Museum at their summer exhibit Ice Dinosaurs: The Lost World of the Alaskan Artic. After the success of a dinosaur exhi...
Courtney Chaffee May 23, 2025

Family of UW-Platteville student killed Monday creates a GoFundMe
The family of Kelsie Martin has set up a GoFundMe to help them honor her. Martin, who just graduated with a psychology degree from UW-Platteville, died Monday after suffering a gunshot wound at Wilgus...
Courtney Chaffee May 23, 2025

Community response, donations allow East Dubuque pool to open
Following an announcement that an East Dubuque pool would be closed this summer due to financial concerns, community support and donations will allow the facility to open after all. Dunleith Park Dist...
Courtney Chaffee May 23, 2025

Dubuque school board approves language for petition to call for bond referendum
Dubuque Community School Board members at a meeting this week approved language for a petition calling for a referendum on a proposed $70 million bond to help fund construction of a new middle school....
Courtney Chaffee May 23, 2025









