Lafayette County News

Lafayette County voters will decide on Thursday whether to fund Lafayette Manor, the county-owned skilled nursing facility in Darlington, at an additional $500,000 in 2010, 2011 and 2012, or the put the facility up for sale.

They are located in Benton Wisconsin and serve Lafayette County and surrounding areas.

At 608-759-2002 you can get the help and information you need to make sure that your auto need is taken care of.

Businessman Paul E. Olsen, who in the last year has seen one of his companies slide into receivership and another in which he holds an interest land in bankruptcy court, now has been ordered to pay $194,271 for violating state environmental regulations.

Oct. 29, 2009 8:00 a.m. Developer Doug Weas has dropped plans to buy the Columbia Hospital complex, next to University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, that university officials hope to convert into space for student housing, and other purposes.

Oct. 29, 2009 6:38 a.m. It's late in the week, tempting to relax and look ahead to Halloween and that visit by the Minnesota Vikings to Lambeau Field.

A construction company run by a state lawmaker's brother faces $194,900 in forfeitures and legal fees for building without the proper permits.

A Darlington, Wis., woman was injured in a two-vehicle accident Tuesday afternoon in Lafayette County.

Two people have died and another has been injured in a house fire in southern Wisconsin.

GRATIOT, Wis. -- Two men are dead and a woman emotionally shaken following a fight and a car accident on a rural Wisconsin road that one law enforcement official summed up as "bizarre." Avari D. Baker, 27, and Leonard L. Harris, 32, of Freeport, Ill., were killed late Wednesday on Wisconsin 78 when they were struck by a vehicle as they fought in ...

Two Illinois men were struck and killed after their fight spilled onto a southern Wisconsin highway.

DARLINGTON, Wis. - Todd Strang, 37, of Shullsburg, was sentenced on Monday by Lafayette County Circuit Court Judge William D. Johnston on two counts of having sexual intercourse with a high school student over the age of 16 while he was employed as a teacher at that same high school.

A judge has sentenced a high school teacher from Shullsburg to jail and probation for having sex with a teenage student.

ARGYLE, Wis. - Lafayette County authorities are looking for a 50-year-old Argyle woman who was last seen early Tuesday morning.

Patricia Lawson, of Darlington, Wis., expresses her concerns about the government-proposed health care plan during a town hall meeting at Darlington High School held by U. S. Rep.

Nearly 7,000 homes in Southern Wisconsin are without power Sunday evening. An Alliant Energy spokesperson says 6,000 homes lost power in the Mineral Point area around 4:30 Sunday.

SHULLSBURG, Wis. - A child was injured Saturday morning after being run over by a car on Shullsburg's Mineral Street.

BLANCHARD, Wis. -- A 39-year-old Blanchardville man escaped serious injuries in a one-vehicle accident late Wednesday night in Blanchardville Township.

U. S. Rep. Ron Kind is conducting health-care listening sessions across the 3rd Congressional District, including Darlington, to meet with western Wisconsin families, listen to their thoughts and concerns and hear their feedback on current health care reform efforts.

BLANCHARD, Wis. -- A 39-year-old Blanchardville man escaped serious injuries in a one-vehicle accident late Wednesday night in Blanchardville Township.