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AMES, Iowa – December 5, 2025 – The Iowa and Wisconsin Departments of Transportation will take the next step in the Mississippi River Bridge Project at Lansing with a planned implosion and removal of the main section of the existing bridge on Thursday, December 18. The demolition is needed to allow construction of the new crossing to proceed safely with a planned opening in 2027. The demolition of the main span will feature an implosion of the structure planned for approximat

Luana City Council Minutes of December 4, 2025 The Luana City Council held their regular monthly meeting Thursday December 4, 2025, at 7:00 pm. with Council Members Lonnie Baade, Kevin Boddicker, Todd Olson, Jackie Radloff-Schneider and Luke Steege present. Absent: None. Mayor Jerry Schroeder called meeting to order at 7:00 pm. Minutes of November meeting were reviewed and approved upon a motion by Steege, second by Olson carried unanimously. Boddicker motioned to pay all mon

Council Chambers, City Hall, December 1, 2025, at 6:00 P.M. West Union City Council met December 1, 2025, at 6:00 P.M. in Council Chambers with Mayor Cameron Granger presiding. The meeting began with the Pledge of Allegiance. Attendance Present: DeBack, Gumm, and Tope. Absent: McElree. Approval of the Motion to approve the agenda as presented was made by DeBack, seconded by Agenda Tope. All Aye. Carried. Approval of Motion to approve the November 17, 2025, Regular Council Mee

A Broadway, Illinois man was injured in a one-vehicle accident in Delaware County. The accident occurred on November 29th at 12:31pm. 68-year old Steven C. Foster was operating a 2013 Ford Van and was eastbound on Highway 20. Foster lost control of his van on the snow covered road and it rolled into the south ditch. Foster was taken by ambulance to Mercy Hospital in Dyersville for treatment of injuries. Damage totaled eight-thousand dollars.

On November 25 th , 2025, at approximately 6:04 p.m., a Garnavillo police officer took John Whitesell, 34, of Garnavillo, into custody on an active Clayton County arrest warrant for failure to appear. This stemmed from an arrest by the Garnavillo Police Department in September in which Mr. Whitesell was charged with Operating While Intoxicated 1 st Offense. Mr. Whitesell did not appear at his scheduled court date for said charge and was subsequently arrested and provided tra

Representatives of Fidelity Bank & Trust, Beckman Catholic High School and St. Francis Xavier Elementary gathered at the bank’s branch office in Dyersville, Iowa, on Wednesday, Dec. 3, to recognize Fidelity’s $100,000 gift to the schools’ joint capital campaign. The One Faith. One Family. One Future. capital campaign, launched earlier this year, aims to fund capital improvements across both school campuses and grow their respective endowments. “Fidelity Bank & Trust is dedica

FCC Awards $41,100 in Community Impact Grants to Six Local Nonprofits The Foundation of Cornerstone Communities (FCC) has awarded  $41,100  in Community Impact Grant funds to  six nonprofit organizations  within the GMHC service area. The FCC partners with local organizations on projects that strengthen the health, well-being, and vitality of our communities. Grant awards were presented to the following organizations: Clayton Ridge Youth Sports  – Batting cage projects GEIDC

Date: 12/03/25  Time: 2:27 p.m.  Incident/Charge: Arrest warrant for Contempt -- Resist Order/Process in Mag Ct   Location: Cottonwood RD, Decorah, IA.   Person: DALTON GUESS (MINCKS)  Address: DECORAH, IA  Age: 25   Incident details: DALTON GUESS (MINCKS) was arrested and booked into the Winneshiek  County Jail on an arrest warrant for Contempt -- Resist Order/Process in Mag Ct.  Date: 12/03/25  Time: 9:07 p.m.  Incident/Charge: Arrest warrant for Failure to Serve Jail Time 

The Prairie du Chien City Council approved a 7.17-million dollar budget for the upcoming fiscal year. The budget is a 2.1-percent increase from the current budget. The Mill Rate will increase from $17.91 to $18.01. The owner of a 100-thousand dollar home will see an increase of 46-dollars in taxes for the year, up to $1,778. The increase in the budget includes a 150-thousand loss in School Tax Credit. The Council approved a three-percent pay increase for City Employees.

The Clayton County Board of Supervisors approved an agreement for a Highway Safety Improvement Project from Clayton Road in Garnavillo to the Great River Road. The project involves paved shoulders and rumble strip work in different areas. The total project totals 955-thousand but the county has received over 830-thousand dollars in grant funding to assist with the cost. Bids for the project will go out in March with work scheduled to begin in July. The Board approved Bridge P

The Monona City Council set January 5th and the 19th as dates for Budget Work Sessions. The budget work will be held as the same nights of the regular council meeting. The Council also set goals for the year 2026. The city is looking to work on the possibility of a Disc Golf Course, housing, and look at purchasing land for future housing projects.

On October 17, 2025 the Prairie du Chien Police Department received an anonymous Crime Stoppers Tip that reported alleged misconduct by one of our Police Officers. The Police Department promptly commenced an Internal Investigation utilizing internal data sources including Global Positioning Systems (GPS) data from squad cars, City-Wide Camera systems, Automated License Plate Readers (LPR’s) and interviews with department staff. The Department’s investigators quickly determine

Traffic Stop Leads to OWI and Drug Arrests On November 25, 2025, at approximately 7:47 AM, a Grant County Sheriff's Office sergeant stopped a vehicle driven by Brad Collins, 35, of Woodman, for not having their headlights on in the dense fog. When the sergeant made contact with the diver, he noticed the odor of marijuana in the truck. While at the driver's window, the sergeant noticed that the passenger, Paul Bunts, 41, also of Woodman, was holding what appeared to be drug pa

On November 29, 2025, at approximately 4:25pm, Oelwein Officers charged Wade Mathew Yearous, 43, of Oelwein, with Assault – Simple Misdemeanor. Subsequently, Nicole Marie Pingree, 41, Katherine Marie Lewis, 27, and Sukhivder Kumar, 34, all of Oelwein, were charged with Disorderly Conduct – Simple Misdemeanor. All parties were cited and released following a report of a possible fight in a business in the 700 block of South Frederick. On November 27, 2025 at 1:35 a.m., Oelwein

No injuries reported in a two-vehicle accident in Delaware County. The accident occurred on November 20th at 5:10pm in Hopkinton. 45-year old Darryl Westly Butler of Cedar Rapids was operating a 2018 Rockfort Cargo Van. Butler stopped at the intersection of HIghway 38 and College Street and pulled into the path of a 2009 Chevrolet Colbalt operated by 35-year old Timonty Nels Olson of Delhi. Damage totaled 35-hundred dollars.

On November 25th, 2025, a Fayette County Deputy arrested 24-year-old Tristan Ray Moss of West Union on a Fayette County Warrant.  The warrant was for Operating While Intoxicated 1 st  Offense (Serious Misdemeanor) and Fail to Yield Upon Entering a Through Highway (Simple Misdemeanor) which stem from a two-vehicle collision that occurred on October 5th, 2025, on Hwy 18 near the West Union Event Center.  Moss was released on a $1,000 unsecured bond.

On 11-24-25, at approximately 10:00pm Mar-Mac Police department arrested James Michael Eberhart Sr., 52 of McGregor IA, on a Fayette County Warrant for Exploitation of a Minor, a Class C Felony, Grooming, a Class D Felony, and Dissemination of Obscene Material to a Minor 1st Offense, an aggravated misdemeanor.  Eberhart was taken into custody and transported to Fayette County Jail, where he was held on $25,000 cash/surety bond.    On November 24th, 2025, at approximately 4:17

Date: 11/24/25  Time: 7:09 p.m.   Incident/Charge: Arrest warrant for 708.2A(4) - Domestic Abuse Assault, 3rd or Sub. Off  Location: Winneshiek County Jail   Person: ZACKERY FRAZER   Address: OELWEIN, IA  Age: 31   Incident details: ZACKERY FRAZER was arrested in Jo Daviess County, Illinois and was   transported back to Iowa and booked into the Winneshiek County Jail on an arrest warrant for  708.2A(4) - Domestic Abuse Assault, 3rd or Sub. Off.