Dubuque St. Anthony's 1962

11/24/2020

Perhaps this will happen next year.

DYERSVILLE, Iowa — The big-league game is back on after Major League Baseball officials on Monday announced plans to hold the highly anticipated matchup between the Chicago White Sox and

11/18/2020

Today, there were 5 COVID-related deaths in Dubuque and the County begins to plans for the health system to be overwhelmed.

The Dubuque County COVID-19 Incident Management Team has begun preliminary discussions with local health care providers to plan a “field hospital” to hold overflow, should the surge in COVID-19 hospitalizations

11/18/2020

feeling a bit sad...

The Holy Family Board of Directors on Tuesday unanimously voted to move students in the St. Anthony-Our Lady of Guadalupe Spanish Immersion Program to the Wahlert Catholic High School and

11/13/2020

The church pastoral council this week recommended that Holy Family Catholic Schools transition the students in the St. Anthony-Our Lady of Guadalupe Spanish Immersion Program to the Kane Street campus rather than having a new school built at the church.

St. Anthony Catholic Church leaders have recommend that students at that campus move to the Wahlert Catholic High School and Mazzuchelli Catholic Middle School campus in Dubuque.

11/12/2020

"There were four new deaths related to COVID-19 reported in the tri-state region as of Wednesday evening....An additional 177 cases of COVID-19 in Dubuque County were confirmed in that 24-hour span. The county’s 14-day positivity rate climbed to 23.5%."

Each day, the Telegraph Herald is recapping changes in local COVID-19 testing and recovery. Wednesday’s developments included:

11/12/2020

As Dubuque strubbles with an explosion of COVID-19.

The Dubuque County Board of Health on Monday voted unanimously to again recommend a countywide mask mandate — a move for which a key county supervisor expressed support, likely ensuring

10/20/2020

St. Anthony's priest gets COVID-19.

Two Dubuque priests have tested positive for COVID-19, and their respective churches’ parish offices are closed.

10/14/2020

It is going to be harder to get back to Dubuque...

The failure of federal leaders to craft a new COVID-19 relief package will lead to a prolonged suspension of commercial flights at Dubuque Regional Airport.

10/02/2020

CIVIL RIGHTS WAS ONE OF THE MOST DISCUSSED TOPICS WHEN WE WERE GRADE SCHOOL.
"Montgomery came to Dubuque to work in order to earn enough money to buy his freedom, Allen said, but efforts were put in place to bring him back to Missouri as a slave. However, the first Iowa Supreme Court case in 1839 ruled that Black individuals could not be brought back to slave states after residing in free states, and Montgomery was granted his freedom... On Sept. 6, 1840, a mob of White Dubuque men dragged Morgan out of the hotel he worked at and accused him of stealing a trunk of clothing, though Hallstoos noted that historical evidence indicates Morgan likely didn’t steal anything."
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09/30/2020

Dubuque and surrounding communities are ssing a surge in COVID-19 cases.

Dubuque County public health officials this week released totals of confirmed COVID-19 totals by ZIP code, delivering more localized data that local officials long have asked for.

09/27/2020

"The St. Anthony school building, constructed in 1966, is in need of millions of dollars of renovations. Holy Family Chief Administrator Phillip Bormann said updates are needed to the school’s heating, ventilation, air-conditioning and electrical systems, the roof is in need of repairs, and there are issues with water penetrating the roof and windows, among other needs."

Holy Family Catholic Schools officials seek input on the future of the St. Anthony Elementary School building and whether students should remain on the campus.

09/09/2020

"The researcher confirmed that Loras purchased an enslaved woman named Marie Louise while he was living in Mobile, Ala. Loras enslaved the woman from 1836 to 1852. He left her behind when he moved to Iowa but 'hired her out to others and used proceeds from her labor to help build his various ministries' in Dubuque, Collins wrote in his letter."

A statue of Loras College’s founder was removed from campus Tuesday after school officials learned new information about Bishop Mathias Loras’ slave ownership.