Lafayette County News

NEW GLARUS -- Shannon Michael Nealis, 41, died Sunday, June 29, 2008, as a result of a motorcycle accident in La Crosse.

While flood damage to homes in Lafayette County was minimal, damage to public property was enough to qualify local units of government within the county to obtain federal assistance.

The Wisconsin fair season arrives with a literal splash this week in Lafayette County and in Elroy, the opening acts for more than 70 other venues around the state that will host fairs throughout the summer, ...

David Isaacs and Darlington native Briana Hardyman, of Good Souls, will open for Craig Morgan June 27 at the Lafayette County Fair in Darlington, Wis.

Flood warnings continue this morning for several rivers across the state, as many are expected to crest in the coming days.

Days after the stark images of homes collapsing into the raging waters of an unleashed Lake Delton first flashed across television screens, questions remain.

A large area of rain has crossed the Mississippi River in the pre-dawn hours and is sitting over western Wisconsin, where rain is definitely not needed.

A line of showers and isolated thunderstorms that will extend from near Reedsburg in western Sauk County to Gratiot in Southeast Lafayette County will cross Southern Wisconsin by 8 a.m. today traveling at 40 to ...

A wild, wet Thursday morning will make way for hot and humid conditions Thursday afternoon.

Lafayette County UW-Extension and Lafayette County Home and Community Education are conducting the 2008 Forever Garden Tour, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, June 7, in Darlington.

A Lafayette County man was arrested twice in less than two hours for drunken driving on Friday night.

A Lafayette County man was arrested twice in less than two hours for drunken driving on Friday night.

The owner of a Darlington dairy farm has agreed to pay a fine for violating state pollution laws.

LAMONT, Wis. -- A rural Darlington man was injured in a farming accident Tuesday afternoon. via Dubuque Telegraph Herald

SHULLSBURG, Wis. -- Two people were treated for injuries at Memorial Hospital of Lafayette County after a horse-drawn buggy hit a utility pole Sunday afternoon in Shullsburg. via Dubuque Telegraph Herald

“Family members had searched the interior of their home several times”

A missing child on a farm in Lafayette County Thursday night resulted in a massive search by police, fire and emergency medical teams, before the 2-year-old girl was found safe, hiding in a bedroom of the ... via The Capital Times

“We planned to retire a few years down the road”

By 2 p.m. on April 15, the dairy barn at the end of Rose Lane a few miles west of Blanchardville was in the midst of major change. via The Capital Times

“There's no doubt this stuff is toxic”

An Illinois man has pled guilty to illegally using bait contaminated with poison causing the deaths of pet dogs and several wild animals in rural Shullsburg. via Wisconsin Department of Natural Resou...

I am looking for information about Edwin Roche, born in Ireland about 1916 and living in Lafayette County, WI by 1847. via Cousinconnect.com

Several southern Wisconsin rivers and streams are forecast to keep rising this week, with major flooding in some areas expected. via Wisconsin State Journal