Category Archives: Local News

Two local school districts again have been recognized for their support of music education and commitment to making music accessible for students. Dubuque Community Schools and Platteville School Dist...

A Memorial Day parade will be held later this month in Dubuque. Kicking off at noon on May 26, the parade traverses Chaplain Schmitt Island, starting in the Q Casino + Resort parking lot before headin...

State Auditor Rob Sand has announced a run for Iowa governor. The only elected Democrat statewide, Sand announced his candidacy in a press release issued this morning. In the press release Sand said, ...

Performers for the 40th annual Farm Aid concert series have been announced. The event featuring Willie Nelson & Family, Neil Young & the Chrome Hearts, John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews & Tim...

An event this weekend will support three firefighters who were injured battling a grass fire last month in Jo Daviess County. The benefit for Elizabeth Fire Protection District First Assistant Chief R...

Galena-Jo Daviess County Historical Society officials seek the public's help to raise matching funds for a recently unfrozen federal grant. The $576,000 matching grant from the Institute of Museum and...

Officials said a fire caused extensive damage to a Dubuque home. First responders received a call at 4:52 a.m. Saturday from a resident reporting his deck on Hillcrest Road was on fire. Responders ext...

Local residents could see low-flying helicopters inspecting transmission lines starting this week. ITC Midwest announced that aerial patrols of "high-voltage transmission structures and lines througho...

Police said a man sexually assaulted a woman in Dubuque. 28-year-old Erik U Chandler Jr. of Joliet, Ill., was arrested at 5:49 p.m. Friday at Dubuque Law Enforcement Center on a warrant charging two c...

Winneshiek County Sheriff Dan Marx is asking a judge for a change of venue and ultimately to dismiss a lawsuit brought against him and the county by Iowa Attorney General Bird over a Facebook post abo...