Grant County, WI Code Violation Reporting: How to Report (2026)

Chapter 191 of the Grant County Code assigns complaint handling to one body. Section 191-6 states that the Grant County Health Department staff are responsible for investigating all potential public health nuisance complaints and determining whether a public health nuisance exists. The chapter covers the enumerated nuisances in § 191-5, among them noxious odors, unburied carcasses, open dumps, wastewater on the ground, abandoned wells and holes, dilapidated buildings, and grass or weeds more than 10 inches high within 1,000 feet of a residence.

After a complaint, the process is written down. The Health Department Director, the Environmental Health Coordinator and department staff enter premises at a reasonable time to investigate, and can secure a court order if needed (§ 191-7B(3)). If a nuisance is confirmed, § 191-8B(1) calls for a written cleanup or abatement order with a deadline of one day to five days for immediate health hazards or 10 days to 30 days for other health hazards. Where the problem involves a state-enforced regulation, § 191-8B(7) has the department refer the complaint to the state agency first.

Reporters should also know the rules on law enforcement calls. Section 206-16.3, added 11-12-2024, makes it an offense to generate three or more fraudulent calls for law enforcement service about nuisance activities on separate days in one month, or six or more in a twelve-month period, and it excludes a call reporting a violation that responding law enforcement substantiates. Section 206-16.2 reaches a property that has generated three or more nuisance-activity calls on separate days in one month, or six or more in a twelve-month period.

Wind energy complaints follow a separate track. Under § 270-12, an aggrieved person who complained to a wind energy owner can petition the County for review if the complaint is unresolved after 45 days, filing within 90 days of the original complaint, and the owner answers within 30 days.