Dubuque News

Our fourth day on Ultimate Adventure 2014 kicked off bright and early after just a few hours of sleep .

Travis Willis will be the new volleyball head coach. He is Clarke's University's assistant men's volleyball coach.

Dawn Butler, a senior elementary education major at the University of Dubuque and a long-time member of the Iowa National Guard, will participate in Brides Across America's "Operation Wedding Gown" program.

Dubuque police say a teenage runaway stole a Dubuque County vehicle Wednesday afternoon and crashed it on Highway 20 soon after.

At his best, Aaron Osthoff can eat 34 hot dogs and buns in just 10 minutes, 140 chicken wings in 10 minutes, 66 cupcakes in 6 minutes, and 48 raw oysters in just 8 minutes.

Andy Benson snipped off the stem of a big thistle, cut it open and gnawed the insides out with his teeth.

When a fire destroyed the Culver's Restaurant in Platteville on Nov. 16, 2013 it left the 40 employees wondering if they still had a job.

The Historic Millwork District Master Plan, approved in 2009, provides exemplary solutions in historic preservation, parking requirements, and environmental standards, all now rewarding the city of Dubuque, Iowa with economic development.

In many respects, the library, well-hidden on a side street in the Washington Neighborhood, is just like any other.

Thomas Grant, 20, of 1461 Bluff St., was taken by ambulance to Mercy Medical Center in Dubuque at 2:35 a.m. Saturday.

The City of Dubuque Leisure Services Department will holding a special event on Thursday, July 3rd: Independence Day Kids' Parade at Comiskey Park playground.

The state opted last year to stop paying for the Dubuque-Delaware Counties Drug Court and Black Hawk County Drug Court this current fiscal year.

The farmer in Peosta who is known for his top-notch milk, says his secret to success is how he treats his herd.

Mike Ehrlich, a bus technician from Western Dubuque Schools, won the sixth annual "Best of the Best Technician's Training & Competition," held in Waterloo, Iowa, on June 12. The Iowa Department of Education held its sixth annual "Best of the Best Technician's Training & Competition" on June 12. The winner was Mike Ehrlich, a bus technician from ... (more)

The Sioux City Journal reports workers on Monday began to assemble the guitar-shaped sign that will be placed atop the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.

Despite rainy weather, some eastern Iowa campgrounds say they've actually seen an increase in business so far this summer.

Firefighters are crediting a 10-year-old girl with helping save her younger brother from being washed away into a flooded concrete culvert.

JASON CLARK / COURIER & PRESS Members of the Colts pit crew out of Dubuque, Iowa, near the end of their performance at the Reitz Bowl as the Colts kicked off the 31st Drums on the Ohio last year.

Dubuque has six finalists vying for the position of fire chief, which retiring chief Dan Brown will vacate in late August.

Dubuque reported sanitary sewer overflows on West Locust Street, Rosedale Avenue, Pulpit Rock Lane and North Booth Street around 4:30 a.m. Thursday.