Category Archives: Local News
No Injuries In Dubuque School Fire
Firefighters were called to Dubuque Senior High School late Tuesday afternoon for a small fire in a classroom. According to fire officials, the blaze was reported in a foods room on a cook top in the ...
Feb 05, 2020
Iowa Supreme Court Will Not Review More Evidence in Tibbetts case
The Iowa Supreme Court will not review additional evidence in the trial of a man accused in the murder of Mollie Tibbetts. The state's high court also denied a stay in the trial of Cristhian Rivera wh...
Feb 05, 2020
Superintendent Selected For Galena Public Schools
A Galena native has been selected to become superintendent of Galena public schools. Tim Vincent, director of curriculum and instruction for the DeKalb school district, will start as Galena's new supe...
Feb 05, 2020
Iowa Caucus Results Delayed
A new mobile app is being blamed for the delay in reporting the results of Iowa's 1,700 caucuses. Glitches with the mobile app caused confusion and left the caucus results unknown early Tuesday. Some ...
Feb 04, 2020
Two Schools Closing Due To Illness
Classes are cancelled the next two days (Tues and Wed) for a school in southern Grant County. Officials at Holy Ghost Immaculate Conception School say several students were out sick on Monday with a v...
Feb 04, 2020
Tax Increase Needed In East Dubuque To Avoid Shortfall
East Dubuque's city manager said the city will have a budget shortfall of about $80,000 next fiscal year if a tax increase isn't approved by voters in March. Loras Herrig said that would continue a wo...
Feb 04, 2020
Late Night Grocery Shoppers Facing Big Changes
People who do their grocery shopping late at night will have to start a little earlier. In Iowa and several other states, Hy-Vee stores will start closing at midnight next week. Those stores are open ...
Feb 04, 2020
Dubuque Man Pleads Guilty To Check Fraud
A Dubuque man has pleaded guilty to three charges related to check fraud. 26 year old Nicholas Hanten entered the pleas in Iowa District Court for Dubuque County to three counts of second-degree theft...
Feb 03, 2020
Iowa Caucus Voting Time Is Finally Here
The eyes of the nation and the world will be on Iowa today (Monday) as the presidential selection process gets underway with the Caucuses. After months and months of campaigning and dozens of politica...
Feb 03, 2020
New Superintendent To Be Chosen In Galena
Galena public school board members could select the district's next superintendent on Tuesday. School board members interviewed three finalists on Saturday. They were Tim Vincent, the director of curr...
Feb 03, 2020
