Category Archives: Local News
West Delaware High School Goes To Virtual Learning Due To COVID-19
West Delaware Community School District announced that high school students will switch temporarily to a hybrid-learning model due to a spike in COVID-19 cases. That switch will start on Monday. Curre...
Sep 25, 2020 EpicTop10.com / CC
Number Of Marriages Down In Dubuque County
The COVID-19 pandemic and related restrictions have led to a significant decrease in the number of couples getting married in Dubuque County this year, but the figures are starting to climb. Only 332 ...
Sep 25, 2020 Stephen Durham / CC
Man Arrested After Throwing Bags Of Meth Into Mississippi River
A man from Dubuque was arrested on meth related charges after police say he threw two baggies of methamphetamine into the Mississippi River as police were pulling him over. 39 year old Jason Woods was...
Sep 25, 2020 Highway Patrol Images / CC
18 Year Old Assaults Stepfather, Gets Arrested
Dubuque Police arrested 18 year old Zachary Thill Thursday morning on charges of domestic assault and third-degree burglary, as well as probation violations. Thill reportedly assaulted his stepfather,...
Sep 25, 2020 Highway Patrol Images / CC
Officer Injured While Making Arrest
Dubuque Police arrested 32 year old Sean Kramer of Dubuque on Wednesday around 2am on charges of interference with official acts with injury and providing false identification information. A police re...
Sep 24, 2020 Crosa / CC
DOT Looking For Snowplow Drivers
The Iowa Department of Transportation is already putting out the "help wanted" sign as it tries to hire hundreds of snowplow operators to help clear the roads during the winter ahead. D-O-T winter ope...
Sep 24, 2020 retiredtowman / CC
More Cases Of Coronavirus in Eastern Iowa
Sixty-nine additional cases of COVID-19 in Dubuque County were confirmed Wednesday, increasing the county's total to 2,928. Jones County added five cases for a total of 254. Jackson County had four ca...
Sep 24, 2020 sergio santos / CC
No Trick Or Treating or Halloween Parade This Year In Asbury
Asbury officials have canceled this year's Halloween parade and trick-or-treating due to COVID-19. The city said that the decision was made following a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recom...
Sep 24, 2020 Lisa Zins / CC
Sculpture Arrives In Dubuque For Veterans Memorial Plaza
A stainless-steel tribute to military veterans arrived Wednesday in Dubuque. Standing 24 feet tall and weighing 18,000 pounds, a spiraling sculpture named "Skyward" that is a centerpiece of a project ...
Sep 24, 2020
Work On Julien Dubuque Bridge To Be Completed in October
A project on the Julien Dubuque Bridge that at one time was expected to be completed in August now will stretch into October. Hugh Holak, a resident construction engineer for the Iowa Department of Tr...
Sep 23, 2020 Dirk DBQ / CC
