Category Archives: Local News

Members of a committee in Platteville are considering whether several books should be removed from shelves at the Platteville Middle School library. Some community members asked the committee to recon...

East Dubuque city officials plan to sell the city's K-9 unit and related equipment more than four months after the dog's handler was fired from the city's police department. Peacock was fired Aug. 27 ...

Officials at a longtime manufacturer in Dubuque announced Wednesday that they will expand the company's footprint in the Key City and take over an empty warehouse on Chavenelle Road for warehousing an...

John Deere has announced another round of layoffs at its Ottumwa, Iowa plant. The company says approximately 75 production employees will be placed on indefinite layoff effective February 7th. The Ott...

Police said two Dubuque parents face felony neglect charges after two children were found wandering outside in below-freezing temperatures and another child was found sleeping in an otherwise empty ap...

A man that died and a woman injured in a Dubuque County crash on Tuesday have been identified. The Dubuque County Sheriff’s Office, Iowa State Patrol and Key West Fire Department responded to th...

Word seems to have spread that Dubuque's area libraries offer much more than books - though they do still offer many of those. In 2024, library programming was a major success across the tri-state are...

A Dubuque theater will show a free screening of a film for Human Trafficking Awareness Month. Julia Verdin's "Maya" will be screened from 5:50 to 7 p.m. Jan. 22 at Phoenix Theatres. The film shows how...

University extension services in Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin will hold the 13th annual Driftless Region Beef Conference later this month in Dubuque. The event will be held Jan. 23 and 24 at Grand Riv...

Authorities said one person was killed and three others injured in a three-vehicle crash in Dubuque County Tuesday afternoon. Dubuque County Sheriff Joe Kennedy said that one driver died before being ...