Dubuque News

It was a sight so familiar it was almost beyond noticing: a bur oak - though an old and particularly gorgeous specimen - towering above the corn fields that Mark Hirsch drove past daily on the road into town.

After staunchly opposing an expansion of Iowa's Medicaid program using federal funds, Gov.

A former machinist from Dubuque, Iowa, was sentenced by a federal judge Tuesday to 37 years in prison for mailing pipe bombs and threatening letters to investment firms, including some sent from Rolling Meadows and Palatine.

An Iowa letter carrier was sentenced to 37 years in prison Tuesday for sending dud pipe bombs with letters signed "The Bishop" in an odd but potentially deadly bid to drive up the value of shares he owned.

A small-town Iowa letter carrier will soon learn his sentence for sending dud pipe bombs with threatening letters signed "The Bishop." A federal judge in Chicago put off announcing a sentence for John Tomkins until Tuesday after hearing arguments about an appropriate penalty last month.

Students at Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa, say a lightning strike is most likely to blame for completely stripping the bark off an on-campus tree.

With financial institutions from coast-to-coast struggling to protect themselves and their customers from the devastation of online fraud, banks and credit unions are increasingly turning to Verafin's proven real-time online fraud detection analytics.

St. Charles North High School senior Fabiola Ortiz will attend the University of Dubuque in the fall.

A new company is replacing an old one in Mason City, and directors of the development say it will create 135 jobs over 5 years.

Dozens of students, parents and staff from a Dubuque high school are unsure what to do after a Cedar Rapids travel agency closed without making arrangements for a planned trip to New York despite about $30,000 in advance payments.

Many Eastern Iowans are experience a cell phone service outage tonight. Cell phone users in Cedar Rapids, Dubuque, the Quad Cities and many other communities have reported cell phone service disruptions.

Fox, facing the ebbing ratings power of "American Idol," is betting big on its first miniseries showcase starting with a limited-edition "24," and shows from heavyweight producers Seth MacFarlane and J.J. Abrams to invigorate its schedule.

Missing travel dollars blamed on a closed travel agency are now upsetting plans at more eastern Iowa schools.

Ground Round manager Tom Widner said the restaurant has lost its state seller's permit, and he believes that's because the owner had not paid sales taxes owed to the state.

"The Great Gatsby" Rated PG-13 for some violent images, sexual content, smoking, partying and brief language.

The Dubuque Regional Airport's air traffic control tower will remain open through September 30.

An anonymous alumni couple made a $10 million gift to the University of Dubuque.

Lieutenant Scott Baxter says the Dubuque Drug Task Force, Dubuque County Sheriff's Office, Department of Narcotics Enforcement, Homeland Security, Immigration Customs Enforcement, and Dubuque Police Department executed a search warrant at two businesses and several apartments at around 12:35 p.m. Thursday.

The University of Dubuque is unveiling its new $40 million performing arts center.

People in one Dubuque neighborhood are getting fed up with the traffic a nearby road construction project is causing on their residential streets.