Sixth traffic fatality of the year recorded in Grant County
Sep 15, 2025, 1:34 PM CST
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GRANT COUNTY, Wis. (WRCO / WRCE) – Grant County suffered its sixth traffic fatality of 2025 over the weekend.
On Sunday, Sept. 14, at approximately 7:10 p.m. The Grant County Sheriff’s Office took a report of a possible crash on County Highway X, south of Wyalusing.
The reporting party was operating a UTV and reported they heard a loud noise several hundred feet behind them and they suspected someone crashed into the heavily wooded ditch. The reporting party stopped to check the area and discovered a motorcycle had crashed on the west side of the roadway.
When deputies arrived on scene, they learned Taylor Blizard, 31 of Prairie du Chien, was traveling northbound on County Highway X on his motorcycle. Blizard lost control of his motorcycle while negotiating a corner, and the motorcycle left the west side of the roadway.
Blizard was ejected from the motorcycle and both Blizard and his motorcycle went over the embankment on the west side of the road. Blizard was pronounced dead at the scene by the Grant County Coroner. Speed is suspected to be a factor in the crash and the incident remains under investigation.
The Grant County Sheriff’s Office was assisted on scene by Bloomington Fire, West Grant EMS, Bagley First Responders, and the Grant County Coroner’s Office.
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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