Infrastructure

Contact the City Administrator at 608-723-7445, for more information!
 
 

Utilities

Electrical
  • Supplied by: Alliant Energy Utilities

Natural Gas

  • Supplied by: WE Energies Company

Water

Sanitary Sewer

  • Supplied by: City of Lancaster
  • Design Capacity: 748,000 G/D
  • Avg. Daily Use: 350,000 G/D

Telecommunications

  • Supplied by: TDS
  • Digital Service: Yes
  • Special Services: OC-48 Fiber Optic Collapsible Ring to City & Industrial Park, ISDN, Centrex, Voice Mail

Fire Protection

  • Volunteer Fire Department
  • Fire Protection Class: 3

Transportation

Air Service

  • Dubuque Regional Airport (35 miles):
  • Dane County Regional Airport, Madison (75 miles)
  • Local Airport: Lancaster Municipal Airport (2 miles south of city) – 3,840 ft. paved

Highways

  • Nearest Interstate: I-90/94, Distance: 70 miles
  • Next Nearest Interstate: I-80, Distance: 90 miles
  • U.S. Highways: US-18, 61 & 151 (4-lane)
  • State Highways: 35 & 81

Rail Service

  • Burlington Northern (30 miles)
  • Piggy-back available

Barge / Port

  • Facilities available at Dubuque IA (30 miles)

Major Employers

Manufacturing

  • Bemis– flex. printing – 150-200
  • Skyline Homes – manufactured and modular homes – 100-150
  • Foremost Farms USA – dairy products – 50-100
  • Loudspeaker Components – speaker cones – 65-85
  • Saputo – goat cheese – 30

Non-Manufacturing

  • County of Grant – government – 300-350
  • Lancaster School District – K-12 education – 150-200
  • Orchard Manor – county care center and nursing home – 150-200
  • Grant Regional Health Center – hospital – 250
  • Lancaster Care Center – nursing home – 50-100
  • Piggly Wiggly Supermarket – retail food – 50-100

Emergency Services

Hospitals / Clinics / Long-Term Care

  • Grant Regional Heath Center, Lancaster
  • Grant Community Clinic, Lancaster
  • Family Medical Center Clinic, Lancaster
  • High Point Family Medical Clinic, Lancaster
  • Lancaster Dental Associates
  • Farmer Family Dental Center, Lancaster
  • Lancaster Chiropractic and Wellness Center
  • Orchard Manor (county residential home), Lancaster
  • Atrium Post Acute Care