Category Archives: Local News
Dubuque County Reports Five More Cases of Coronavirus
Health officials have announced that five more cases of COVID-19 in Dubuque County have been confirmed Monday morning. The county only had eight confirmed cases as of Friday, but its total now stands ...
Mar 30, 2020
Two Tornadoes Reportedly Strike Tri-State Area
Two tornadoes struck areas north of Potosi and near Sherrill, Iowa, on Saturday night, causing extensive damage to at least two homes and numerous farm buildings. The National Weather Service determin...
Mar 30, 2020
Man Impersonating Officer Reported In Two Counties
The Grant County Sheriff's Office is continuing to investigate reports of a person impersonating a sheriff's deputy. A report from the sheriff's office says a Grant County citizen was pulled over betw...
Mar 26, 2020
Iowa's First COVID-19 Death From Dubuque County
The first coronavirus death reported in Iowa is a person from Dubuque County. The Public Health Incident Management Team was notified on Tuesday afternoon that the Dubuque County resident with COVID-1...
Mar 24, 2020
Film Fest Moved Back To June
Organizers of the Julien Dubuque International Film Festival say the event has been postponed, and instead will run June 17 thru 21. This year marks the 9th annual film fest, which had been scheduled ...
Mar 24, 2020
Iowa Man Drowns Near Guttenberg
A 54-year-old northeast Iowa man died after falling into the Mississippi River Saturday afternoon while fishing near Guttenberg. Officials with the Iowa DNR say Shaun Oppenheimer of Quasqueton was pro...
Mar 22, 2020
Iowa COVID-19 Update: March 22
Health department officials continue to report more confirmed cases of COVID-19, including two new cases in Dubuque County on Sunday. That brings the county total to four cases, and Iowa's state-wide ...
Mar 22, 2020
Area Colleges Going To Just Online Courses
Several college students around the area will be finishing this school year off-campus. That's the latest announcement from some schools including UW-Platteville and its two branch campuses in Richlan...
Mar 19, 2020
Governor Issues Public Health Statement
Iowa Governor Reynolds has issued a State of Public Health Disaster Emergency - which activates the public health response and recovery aspects of the State Disaster Emergency Plan. That went into eff...
Mar 17, 2020
Dubuque Mayor Announces State of Emergency
Dubuque Mayor Roy Buol declared a state of emergency in Dubuque as a response to coronavirus. As of Tuesday morning, there were no confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Dubuque County - yet the mayor went ah...
Mar 17, 2020
