Steeple Square Shows Off Progress During 4th Annual Community Event

Steeple Square Shows Off Progress During 4th Annual Community Event

Organizers of the Steeple Square project had a chance to show off their accomplishments Sunday. The continuing project is transforming the former St. Mary’s Catholic Parish property at 15th and White streets into a campus offering a community/event center, 12...
New Dubuque Apartments To Welcome Maria House Graduates

New Dubuque Apartments To Welcome Maria House Graduates

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,...
New Exhibit, Book Put Focus On Washington Neighborhood

New Exhibit, Book Put Focus On Washington Neighborhood

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...