Grant County News

Wisconsin's Attorney General says sheriff's departments cannot charge suspects and job applicants for taking their fingerprints.

Grant County residents will get a chance to review new flood maps this week. Federal and state officials will hold an open house in Lancaster on Tuesday to feature the maps.

Grant County authorities say a truck hit a deer and plunged down an embankment into a tree, killing the driver and passenger.

Nov. 14, 2009 9:58 a.m. Two people were killed early Saturday after their pickup truck hit a deer on Highway 133 in Woodman then left the road and struck a tree, the Grant County Sheriff's Department said.

A Nov. 17 open house in Lancaster will allow Grant County residents to look at preliminary versions of updated flood maps to learn about their risk of flooding, whether they'll need to buy flood insurance, and the process for appealing changes from existing maps.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency today released $350,475 in Hazard Mitigation Grant Program funds to Grant County, Wisc., for the acquisition and removal of five structures.

The Grant County Health Department has confirmed its first swine flu death. The department says the victim was an adult with underlying health conditions.

The Grant County Health Department has confirmed its first swine flu death. The department says the victim was an adult with underlying health conditions.

DICKEYVILLE, Wis. -- A bumpy stretch of U.S. 61/Wisconsin 35 between Dickeyville and Lancaster will receive a makeover in 2011.

Grant County authorities report a Lancaster woman is dead, after her car swerved off the road and then hit an oncoming SUV.

On 10/30/2009 at 11:00 a.m., the Richland Iowa Grant Drug Task Force along with the Dubuque Drug Task Force and the Grant County Sheriff's Department served a search warrant at 232 Kirkwood Rd.

Summer wrapped up almost a month ago, but I march to a well-known Beach Boys album and to paraphrase it, "it's always summer to me." Autumn is my second-least favorite season, serving as a reminder of how close winter is.

The 4-H Volunteer of the Year, Emerald Club Award, John Edge Memorial Awards and the Meritorious Service Awards were presented Oct.

The city of Lancaster is pursuing the adoption of a room tax to promote marketing and tourism.

LANCASTER, Wis. -- A key bridge under reconstruction on the highway that links Bloomington and Lancaster could reopen by the end of the month.

Underage Drinking Party Location: 1838 Old Lancaster Rd, Platteville Twsp Date and Time: 10/10/09 1:20 am Owners of Property: 1. John Jewison Type: House Address: 1838 Old Lancaster Rd Details: Early Saturday morning, Sgt.

Project leader is confident that the highway will be completed by Nov. 20, the day before the state's gun deer-hunting season begins.

Oct. 9, 2009 7:20 p.m. Lancaster a ' A judge sentenced an inmate to another 20 years in prison Friday for killing an Illinois prostitute and leaving her half-naked body alongside a southwestern Wisconsin road nearly three decades ago.

A judge has sentenced a Wisconsin inmate to another 20 years after he pleaded no contest to killing a prostitute nearly 30 years ago.

Mary Kay Engelke, of Mineral Point, Wis., hangs out with friends at Kuepers III Tavern in Dickeyville, Wis.