Sep 10, 2025, 1:16 PM CST
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GRANT COUNTY, WIS (WRCO / WRCE) – A man from Lancaster died in a farm accident Monday afternoon (September 8).
Around 1:45P, the Grant County Sheriff’s Office received a 9-1-1 call regarding a man who was caught underneath farming equipment on Boice Creek Road, in South Lancaster Township. Emergency personnel from both the Lancaster Fire Department and Lancaster EMS responded to the scene.
When the initial responding personnel arrived on scene, they discovered Robert Stader, 77 of Lancaster was deceased. The investigation into the incident showed that Stader, and another man were working on a piece of farm machinery, when Robert Stader became caught in the moving parts and died as a result of the injuries he sustained.
Jo Ann Krulatz is Senior Radio Journalist and News Director at WRCO and WRCE in Richland Center. Email her at joann.krulatz@civicmedia.us.
Adam Hess has been involved in radio broadcasting since 1990, with many of those years spent on the air at WRCO FM in Richland Center. Currently, Adam hosts the Weekend Wake-up and Prime Mover Saturdays on WRCO FM, jumps in and helps out with news duties, handles Social Media duties for WRCO and WRCE, and is the Director of Technology at a Southwest Wisconsin School District. Reach him at adam.hess@civicmedia.us.
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