Dubuque County News

Bruce Bearinger has been named the ISU Extension Region 11 Director in charge of Dubuque, Delaware and Jackson Counties.

People in Dubuque spent the morning sweeping up dead May Flies after a huge swarm along the Mississippi River.

RICKARDSVILLE, Iowa -- A Monona man suffered serious injuries in a rollover accident Thursday morning on U.S. 52 north of Dubuque.

A little more than a year after arriving, Delta Airlines is ditching Dubuque. The airline that arrived as Northwest before merging with Delta last October informed Dubuque Regional Airport officials Monday that it will stop serving the Dubuque market at the end of August.

Dubuque County officials envision a regionwide bicycle trail, looping through Jackson County and back to the city of Dubuque.

PEOSTA, Iowa - A Monticello man was hospitalized after being buried up to his neck following a construction accident Monday morning in Peosta.

FARLEY, Iowa -- Where do you store a 32,000-book collection? Dubuque County Librarian Becky Heil now is faced with that question as the Aug.

FARLEY, Iowa -- Jean Volkens has grown tired of seeing her four Petersburg grandchildren endure two-hour bus rides each day to and from their elementary school in Epworth.

A home at 8431 Military Road was destroyed by fire early this morning. The house, unoccupied, is owned by Brian Cortez, Rick Mai and Karen Harris.

A February crash that killed Dubuquers Donald Weber, 71, and his wife, Mary Ann, 66, is still under investigation, but charges could be filed soon, Assistant Dubuque County Attorney Mark Hostager said.

U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, will be holding meetings in Dubuque and other area communities on Tuesday, June 30, while the Senate is on congressional recess.

With a growing West End community and a deteriorating roadway in mind, Dubuque County officials unveiled a project Wednesday to widen three miles of Asbury Road west of Dubuque.

Unemployment in Dubuque rose last month, climbing from 5.7 to 5.9 percent, according to data released from Iowa Workforce Development on Tuesday.

Storms tore through Eastern Iowa Friday morning, one of the counties hit hardest: Dubuque, with reports of 80 mile per hour winds.

Officials with the Cook County State's Attorney's Office declined to disclose information about a homicide case linked to a man arrested in Dubuque.

Friday morning's storms also took a toll on much of Dubuque County. Trees were down all over the city of Dubuque, with many falling onto houses and across power lines.

Dubuque County saw as much as 80 mile per hour winds Friday morning as a storm passed through.

Officials and civic leaders in Dubuque County communities should use the next several months to explore sharing more library services, funding fairly and best serving all residents.

Dubuque police say a traffic stop has led to the arrest of a man wanted on a murder warrant in Illinois.

Police in Dyersville have a couple more people on staff this summer. The department has hired to interns who patrol the streets on their bicycles.