Category Archives: Local News

School safety threat at Platteville High School
Parents of Platteville School District students received an email today notifying them of a school safety incident at the high school. According to the email, on Thursday, December 5 multiple students...
Courtney Chaffee Dec 05, 2024

Denver Air marks one month of service in Dubuque
As of Wednesday, Denver Air Connection has completed a month's worth of flights from DBQ to O'Hare without a cancellation. Afternoon flights are available to and from Chicago now seven days a week, wi...
Courtney Chaffee Dec 05, 2024

East Dubuque welcoming two new dispensaries
The city of East Dubuque is poised to welcome two new cannabis dispensaries in the next two months. Cannabis company nuEra will open an adult-use and medical cannabis dispensary near Family Beer &...
Courtney Chaffee Dec 05, 2024

City of Dubuque approves four housing rehab projects
The Dubuque City Council signed off on a burst of housing rehab projects in the downtown area on Monday, using both property tax rollbacks and direct grant dollars. Collectively, the four projects app...
Courtney Chaffee Dec 05, 2024
Explosion at Dubuque’s wastewater treatment plant
Officials said a gas leak caused an explosion today at Dubuque’s wastewater treatment plant, though no injuries have been reported. Dubuque Police Department Lt. Luke Bock confirmed there was an...
Courtney Chaffee Dec 04, 2024

Medical Associates Clinic in Elizabeth closing
A local medical provider is closing a Jo Daviess County location. Medical Associates Clinic announced it will permanently close its location in Elizabeth effective Dec. 31. In a letter dated Nov. 15 a...
Courtney Chaffee Dec 04, 2024

Hazel Green woman sentenced for Dubuque disturbances
An area woman has been sentenced to two years of probation for a pair of Dubuque disturbances. 26-year-old Amelia E. Carius, 26, of Hazel Green, Wis., recently received the sentence in Iowa District C...
Courtney Chaffee Dec 03, 2024

Mobile I-PASS event in Elizabeth
A mobile team from Illinois Tollway will hold an I-PASS event next week in Jo Daviess County. Tollway staff will help residents transfer from plastic transponders to new sticker technology from 3 to 7...
Courtney Chaffee Dec 03, 2024

Fire in rural Dubuque County
An electrical problem may be to blame for sparking a house fire in rural Dubuque County. Crews from five area departments were called out just before 12:30 Monday afternoon. The home is located along ...
Courtney Chaffee Dec 03, 2024

Recalled cucumbers sickened 3 in Wisconsin
Two state agencies are urging Wisconsinites to check their homes for cucumbers supplied by SunFed Produce sold between Oct. 12 and Nov. 26 due to their connection to several Salmonella infections acro...
Courtney Chaffee Dec 02, 2024









