The Dubuque County Historical Society’s Historic Preservation Awards will be presented as part of Dubuque Main Street’s annual Architecture Days celebration from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 10, at Millwork Marketplace, 333 E. 10th St. The evening will feature a...
Amy McFarland’s life was at a low point. It was March 2016 and she had just been arrested on drug charges for the second time in 14 months. That’s when she found Opening Doors’ Maria House through a drug court program. Now, after 490 days of sobriety, a lot of tears,...
The steeple of the former St. Mary’s Church has towered over Dubuque’s Washington Neighborhood for 150 years. For decades, it served as the physical, social and cultural center of a prominently German-Catholic working-class neighborhood. Dubuque artist Tim Olson on...
St. Mary’s Catholic Church was due for the wrecking ball after years of sitting vacant. But, the Friends of St. Mary’s saw the potential as an event space and wanted to preserve it. Now, it is being used for weddings, concerts and arts events. “The building lends...
