Category Archives: Local News

Dubuque City Council Approves Funding To Ward Off Evictions
The Dubuque City Council has approved allocating $163,000 in state money to continue expanded rehousing services in expectation of a coming wave of evictions. A moratorium on evictions due to nonpayme...
Jul 23, 2021

Unemployment Rates Drop Compared To Last Year
Data shows lower unemployment rates around the tri-state area last month compared to pandemic-inflated rates one year prior. Dubuque County had an unemployment rate of 4.6% in June, according to Iowa ...
Jul 23, 2021 GotCredit / CC

Four Vehicles In Crash in Dubuque
A Dubuque woman was injured and cited after a multi-vehicle crash early Thursday along Highway 20. Police say 61-year-old Diane Shannon was driving west around 6:45 when traffic came to an abrupt stop...
Jul 23, 2021

Dubuque Teen Injured in Rollover Crash
A Dubuque teen was hurt in a rollover crash early Thursday on Jackson Street. Police say 18-year-old Jamari Christen was driving north at a high rate of speed around 1:30 when he struck a parked car. ...
Jul 23, 2021

Finkenauer Announces Run For U.S. Senate
Former U.S. Representative Abby Finkenauer has announced that she is running for Iowa's U.S. Senate seat up for election in 2022. The Dubuque County native served one term in Congress, representing Io...
Jul 22, 2021

One Person Injured After Causing 4-Vehicle Crash
One person was injured in a crash involving four vehicles Tuesday morning in Dubuque. 24 year old Dwayne Matthew of Dubuque, was taken by ambulance to MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center for treatment of ...
Jul 22, 2021

Simmons Pet Food Gathering
Several local officials and economic development leaders came together Wednesday to highlight completition of a new production facility in Dubuque. Company representatives led the celebration at Simmo...
Jul 22, 2021 GotCredit / CC

Delaware County Crash
A Tuesday morning crash south of Manchester sent two people to the hospital - with one of them being airlifted to Iowa City. The Iowa State Patrol reports 78-year-old Larry Fuller of Central City was ...
Jul 22, 2021

Alliant Energy Solar Battery Station in Decorah
Alliant Energy has installed a battery station in Decorah to store solar power generated in a neighborhood where several customers have solar panels that produce excess energy. Todd Paul of the Clean ...
Jul 22, 2021

Dubuque Drug Dealer Sentenced
A Dubuque man will serve more than 15 years in prison after he pled guilty to a multiple drug charges. The sentence for 44-year-old Larry Scott was handed down recently in an eastern Iowa US District ...
Jul 21, 2021









