Category Archives: Local News

'Just shoot me': Man threatens DNR warden, steals and crashes squad car
A Baraboo, WI man is facing charges after he tried to goad a DNR warden into shooting him and stole a squad car. A criminal complaint filed on March 17 shows 43 year old Darrick Desiderio is facing 10...
Dave Murphy Mar 23, 2023 Rob Bixby / CC

Multiple Wisconsin school districts report swatting calls
Multiple Wisconsin school districts have reported receiving swatting calls Wednesday, just a day after similar threats swept through Iowa. As of noon on Wednesday, there have been at least five of the...
Dave Murphy Mar 23, 2023 Bill Bradford / CC

$1M cash bond set for woman charged in deadly shooting outside auto dealership
The woman suspected of killing an employee of a Middleton car dealership has been formally charged. Jakira Anderson was charged with first-degree intentional homicide by use of a dangerous weapon. Dur...
Dave Murphy Mar 23, 2023 Blogtrepreneur / CC

Lafayette County EMS director resigns
Lafayette County EMS Director Shawn Phillips has resigned after months of contentious meetings about department funding. County officials accepted Phillips' resignation at a recent EMS committee meeti...
Dave Murphy Mar 22, 2023

University of Dubuque president initiates plans to step away from role
University of Dubuque's longtime president announced today that he has initiated plans to step away from the role. Jeffrey Bullock, who has served as UD's president for 25 years, will continue in the ...
Dave Murphy Mar 22, 2023

East Dubuque Construction Company Reports Theft
An East Dubuque Construction company reported a theft Monday morning. GRTD Construction of East Dubuque reported tools and building materials worth $4,000 was missing Monday morning around 8 AM on Cen...
Dave Murphy Mar 22, 2023 Marco Verch Professional Photographer / CC

Dubuque Man Arrested for 3rd OWI
29 year old Kyle Donahue of Dubuque, was arrested around 5:45 p.m. Monday in the 700 block of Bluff Street on a charge of operating while intoxicated. This was their third-offense.
Dave Murphy Mar 22, 2023 Aimee Heart / CC

Dubuque Man Arrested on Multiple Charges
35 year old Eric Tillis of Dubuque, was arrested around 12:15 a.m. Tuesday on Hillcrest Road in Dubuque on charges of domestic assault with strangulation, domestic assault, false imprisonment, violati...
Dave Murphy Mar 22, 2023

Dubuque woman sentenced to probation for exposing child to meth
A Dubuque woman has been sentenced to two years of probation for exposing a child to methamphetamine. Emily N. Buhrman, 28, recently pleaded guilty to a charge of child endangerment. Reports state tha...
Dave Murphy Mar 22, 2023 Find Rehab Centers / CC

Dubuque to roll out 8,000 new trash carts next month
About 8,000 Dubuque households can expect to receive new city trash carts next month. Starting April 3, city staff will begin delivering 400 35-gallon tipper trash carts per day to residents as part o...
Dave Murphy Mar 22, 2023 Gabriel Langton

