Category Archives: Local News

An award-winning country music artist is set to take the stage this summer at a Dubuque concert venue. Jake Owen is set to perform June 19 at Q Casino + Resort's Back Waters Stage, according to an ann...

A Dubuque man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for sexually abusing a child. 64-year-old Teodoro Rubio Sr. recently received the sentence in Iowa District Court of Dubuque County after previou...

A local medical provider is being sold, with leadership citing a challenging past year. Grand River Medical Group signed a letter of intent for the sale with an unnamed “major health care entity...

The Grant County Master Gardeners and Friends group is sponsoring a free Zoom presentation Feb. 20 at 6:30 p.m. on Indoor Plants. During “Plant Parent 101” participants will learn the basi...

Unemployment rates were mixed in local counties in December, according to recently released reports. Dubuque County's unemployment rate was 3.2% in December, down from 3.3% in November but up from the...

Thursday afternoon, Iowa lawmakers continued with their flurry of action to pass a five-year moratorium on new casino licenses. House members, led by the Republican majority, approved the ban 68-31. C...

A woman has been charged in connection with a fatal crash in Clayton County last year. 63-year-old Susan Steve of Elkport, Iowa, was arrested earlier this month on charges of homicide by vehicle ̵...

An area man has been charged with homicide after authorities said his reckless driving led to the death of two passengers. 25-year-old Trey T. Thomas of Elizabeth, recently was charged in Jo Daviess C...

Police said a woman drove while impaired and played a game on a phone with two children in the vehicle in Dubuque. 33-year-old Montana R. Schwank of Galena, Ill., was arrested at 6:35 p.m. Tuesday in ...

Dubuque County is under a county-wide ban on burning effective today. The ban was ordered by proclamation of Iowa State Fire Marshal Dan Wood. The proclamation states that conditions "are such that op...