Good morning, Dubuque.

Retired Air Force Col. Curt Brown, a former NASA astronaut who flew six shuttle missions, is piloting a WWII-era T-6 aircraft at Dubuque Regional Airport this week through Sunday, July 21 as part of a flight training clinic before he heads to the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh air show.

Crews are racing to repair the downtown bridge on First Avenue in Dyersville after extreme heat buckled a road; they expect the work to finish by July 22 in time for RAGBRAI arriving on July 24, and local leaders are ready to welcome riders.

An apartment fire on Wednesday night displaced residents from a three-story, six-unit building on West Fifth Street across from Lincoln Elementary, with 20 firefighters containing the blaze within minutes and the American Red Cross assisting those affected.

A structure fire on Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. on West Fifth Street forced residents of a three-story, six-unit apartment building to seek temporary housing; crews contained the fire in one unit and declared the building uninhabitable, while the American Red Cross assists the displaced (no injuries, cause under investigation).

Dubuque County public schools enrolled 9,859 white students in the 2024-25 school year, making up 77.9% of 12,662 students, according to the Iowa Department of Education.

Hempstead High School recorded the highest count with 1,156 white students & led the county figures.

IPA Goes Local: Dubuque Area Pharmacy Association

6-7:30 p.m. — Grand River Convention Center — Free entry — Engage in networking and an educational session focused on actionable pharmacy practice solutions.