Lancaster News

LANCASTER, Wis. -- Grant Regional Health Center is offering a wellness series beginning Tuesday, Jan.

LANCASTER, Wis. -- Grant County youth were recognized for their yearlong accomplishments in 4-H at an annual awards program recently held at the Youth and Ag Center in Lancaster.

The slumping U.S. economy has black-flagged Grant County Speedway. The Southwest Wisconsin Stock Car Association has dissolved, leaving the future of the three-eighths mile-long Lancaster, Wis., track in doubt.

LANCASTER, Wis. -- A Grant County jury recently found a Blue River woman guilty of two counts of child abuse.

Volunteers with the Grant County Holiday Project will be getting food and gift items ready for local families through Friday, Dec.

LANCASTER, Wis. -- He's been a fixture of the Grant County Courthouse Square for more than a century, serving as a sentinel to the heart of Lancaster.

LANCASTER, Wis. -- The fall harvest of corn and soybeans for tri-state area farmers is finally in gear, thanks to drier weather.

LANCASTER, Wis. -- The Grant County Sheriff's Department has ended a short-lived practice of charging job applicants for fingerprinting, in compliance with an order issued this week from Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen.

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.

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.

LANCASTER, Wis. -- Several power tools have been stolen from a shop in Bagley. According to Grant County authorities, a 22-ton Huskee log splitter, two chain saws, a Hobart wire welder and numerous other tools had been stolen.

Buck.JPGBuck---A buck jumps over a fence while scouting for food on the bluffs off of Clarke Dr.

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

James R. Vollmar, 71, was going south on CTH N. Julie Weber, 52, was going north on CTH N and left the roadway to the east.

The annual corn maze at Vesperman Farms outside of Lancaster, Wisconsin is a popular attraction for both young and old, locals and visitors.

LANCASTER, Wis. -- One of two Smelser Township Board supervisors accused of violating the state's open-meetings law recently pled guilty to the charge in Grant County Circuit Court.

LANCASTER, Wis. -- The Grant County 4-H Junior Leaders and various Grant County 4-H clubs will hold their annual Halloween party at 1 p.m. Sunday, Oct.

Freshmen, sophomores and eighth-grade students in Lancaster and area schools will get to take "The Plunge" again next year.

KATRINA C. SCHNEIDER, 26, Lancaster, formerly of De Pere, misdemeanor theft by false representation, $753. -- BETHANY M. LEMMER, 18, of 1717 Green Forest Run, No.

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