Category Archives: Local News
Western Dubuque School District Approves Slight Increase in Tax Levy
Western Dubuque Community School Board members have approved a slight increase in the district's tax levy for the coming fiscal year. Board members unanimously approved a $52.68 million certified budg...
Apr 14, 2021 Mike Licht / CC
East Dubuque Acquires Two Properties With Intent To Sell Them
East Dubuque officials are looking to sell two properties they recently acquired through condemnation. City Council members this week voted, 5-0, to direct city staff to adopt paperwork that would dec...
Apr 14, 2021 GotCredit / CC
Dubuque County Fair To Be Held As Planned
The Dubuque County Fair is scheduled for July 27th to August 1st and fair organizers are anticipating a more typical fair season this summer, following a year of cancellations due to the COVID-19 pand...
Apr 14, 2021 Daniel X. O'Neil / CC
Man Who Threatened Women At UD Sentenced
A man who threatened to shoot two women in a University of Dubuque residence hall has been sentenced to five years in prison. 28 year old Demetrius Woods-McKissick of Dubuque, was sentenced to the pri...
Apr 14, 2021 Patrick Feller / CC
Platteville Man Suffers Skull Fracture In Dubuque Road Rage Incident
A man from Platteville suffered a fractured skull in a road-rage incident Sunday in Dubuque. Police say 40 year old Sharod James of Dubuque was arrested Sunday at his residence on charges of assault w...
Apr 13, 2021 GotCredit / CC
Dubuque County Arrests For Drug Possession
Dubuque County authorities arrested 21 year old Bailey Valentine of Epworth and 33 year old Richard Grimstad of Bellevue on Sunday in Peosta on charges of possession of marijuana, possession of metham...
Apr 13, 2021 Highway Patrol Images / CC
Tax Levy Rate For Dubuque Schools Being Reduced
Dubuque Community Schools leaders are reducing their tax levy rate for the coming fiscal year, though residential property owners still will see the district portion of their tax bills rise. School bo...
Apr 13, 2021 Bill Smith / CC
Accused Anamosa Penitentiary Attacker To Be Arraigned
One of the two suspects charged with killing a corrections officer and a nurse during an escape attempt last month at the State Penitentiary in Anamosa is being arraigned today in Jones County Court. ...
Apr 12, 2021
Charges Dismissed Against Woman Accused of Stabbing
Charges have been dismissed for a 67 year old Dubuque woman who allegedly tried to stab her fiance. Prosecutors recently requested that the charges against Kathryn Green be dismissed, saying Green "ha...
Apr 12, 2021 GotCredit / CC
COVID-19 Cases and One Death Reported On Sunday
Twenty-two additional Dubuque County residents were confirmed to have COVID-19, during a 24-hour span, from Saturday to Sunday raising the county's total to 13,024. There were 12 cases reported in Jon...
Apr 12, 2021 sergio santos / CC
