(DUBUQUE)- Big changes on the ground will impact the way you fly in and out of the Dubuque Regional Airport. Directors are revealing more plans for a nearly $40 million  project that  will include a new terminal building. About 80,000 people travel in and out of the Dubuque airport each year. That’s a  number airport [...]

  DUBUQUE — It sounds like the beginning of a joke: A man, a zebra and a parrot walk into a bar. This time it was no joke. That’s exactly what Jerald Reiter, 55, of Cascade, said he did Sunday night in Dubuque. Dubuque police found the trio in the cab of Reiter’s pickup truck [...]

Dubuque’s Diamond Jo Casino will soon have a new owner. The Las Vegas-based Boyd Gaming Corporation plans to acquire Peninsula Gaming. The purchase price is 1.45 billion dollars. Peninsula is the Diamond Jo’s current owner. The deal also includes four other Peninsula properties including the Diamond Jo Worth Casino in Northwood, Iowa. The Kansas Star [...]

Members of Dubuque County Right To Life are unveiling a new effort to push Planned Parenthood out of the community. The organization has been protesting Planned Parenthood since the clinic opened in Dubuque in 2008. On Wednesday, Rita Diller, director of the national organization STOP Planned Parenthood, explained to members of Dubuque County Right to [...]

Theaters across the country are now showing the movie “Bully.” But the film is not playing in Dubuque theaters, yet. The film depicts the lives of several students who were victims of bullying. Including two students who committed suicide. Directors of The Riverview Center say they’ve come up with a deal with the movie’s producers. [...]

The Dubuque Area Chamber of Commerce is pushing a new initiative to spur business at local retailers.   The “cash mob” is a combination of a new trend and the long time push to buy local. A “cash mob” is a group of people who all show up at the same business at the same time [...]

The Dubuque School Board appointed Stan Rheingans as the acting superintendent in a special meeting Wednesday night. Rheingans is the district’s Director of Human Resources, but is also certified to be a superintendent. The appointment comes after current superintendent Dr. Larie Godinez told the board she will be taking an extended leave of absence. On [...]

The Dubuque School Board has taken the first step to fire the district’s superintendent. The board unanimously voted Monday night to begin taking that action against Superintendent Larie Godinez. Board members say school staff has a “loss of confidence” in Dr. Godinez, who has been superintendent in Dubuque since 2009. Her contract is set to [...]

Volunteers are helping Dubuque Police bring the past back to life. It’s all part of the Police Department’s 175th Anniversary Celebration. Crews are restoring an old police car officers used back in the late 1940′s. Volunteers have  already 700 hours. Wayne Klein said, “we’ll probably have another 300 hours left I supposed. ” In order [...]

It appears Dubuque is ready to bag plans for a proposed ordinance controlling plastic bag use. City staff are now encouraging the council to create a plastic bag task force instead. The ordinance would have forced retailers to keep track of how many plastic bags they give out to customers. City leaders still plans to [...]

If you build it, they will come. That’s the unforgettable line from the movie, Field of Dreams. But now that line could be, “now that he signed it, they will build.” Thursday morning, Gov. Terry Branstad signed into law a tax credit for the new owners of the movie site in Dyersville. It’s part of [...]

DUBUQUE – Authorities responded to an explosion at the Dubuque water treatment plant Thursday evening. Officials confirm they were called to the plant at 5:47 p.m. They say one employee was injured in the explosion. The injuries did not appear to be life threatening. According to authorities, a fire started in the incinerator but did [...]

People are gobbling up tickets in 42 states and the District of Columbia. In Iowa, Mega Million sales have doubled everyday since Tuesday’s drawing. Iowans bought 400, 000 dollars worth of tickets Wednesday. 1.1 million on Thursday. And so far today, they bought another 1.7 million dollars worth. But, it’s not always fun and games. [...]

Many people looking for work in Dubuque say there are no jobs out there. But manufacturers there say they have lots of jobs, but no skilled workers to fill vacant positions. Educators say there’s a disconnect between the unemployed and employers looking to hire. There’s a lot of work to be done at Giese Manufacturing. [...]

  Dozens of businesses have expanded to Dubuque’s Industrial Center West in the past several years. The city now plans to spend five and a half million dollars to build another industrial park just a couple of miles away. That park will be near the intersection of Siepple Road and Highway 20. For 85 years [...]

In Dubuque, F.E.M.A. funding and warm weather have helped several flood damaged parks. Last July, 14 inches of rain dumped on Dubuque in just a matter of hours. That storm damage forced rangers to close parks for the rest of the season. But those parks are now open early this season. With the exception of [...]

The body of a fallen Hazel Green, Wisconsin solider is back home. Army Sergeant Jesse Grindey was a military police officer. He lived about 15 miles east of Dubuque. The 30-year-old died last week in Afghanistan. On Tuesday people in his hometown lined the streets to honor his life and support his family. On this [...]

Some city leaders in East Dubuque, Illinois, are pushing to revive the community’s economy. The town of about two thousand people sits right across the Mississippi River from Dubuque. Once known for strip clubs, the city council banned those businesses in 2010, leaving several vacant buildings behind. East Dubuque Mayor George Young says a few [...]

On Tuesday the America’s River Corporation announced the entertainment line-up for this year’s America’s River Festival. That festival is set for June 8-10th in the Port of Dubuque. Country Star Justin Moore will be the headlining entertainment on Friday night. Rock band REO Speedwagon will be the headlining act on Saturday night.  The opening act [...]

A new report from the American Public Transportation Association shows 10.4  billion Americans rode public transportation last year. That’s the second-highest total in more than 50 years. In Dubuque, the number of people using the city bus system leaped by 6.6  percent in the past year. But some city leaders who say that increase reflects [...]