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The Wisconsin Department of Health Services Vital Records Office sells certified death certificates by mail or through VitalChek. County Register of Deeds offices and the Milwaukee and West Allis health offices also issue them.
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Sheriff & Law Enforcement. Lincoln County Sheriff's Office is responsible for law enforcement in Lincoln County's unincorporated areas.
Police Departments. Lincoln County is served by several law enforcement agencies, including Lincoln County Sheriff's Office and municipal police departments such as the Merrill Police Department and the Tomahawk Police Department.
Law Enforcement & Arrests. Lincoln County Sheriff's Office, headquartered at 1104 East Main Street in Merrill, Wisconsin 54452, provides primary law enforcement services throughout Lincoln County's unincorporated areas and contracts services to some municipalities. To look up current inmates, the public can contact the local Sheriff's Office or visit the Sheriff's Office during business hours for roster information. Arrest records and booking information are public records in Wisconsin under Wisconsin Statutes § 19.31-19.39, the Wisconsin Public Records Law. Some booking information may be posted on the Sheriff's Office social media or website.
Arrest Records. They are maintained by the arresting agency, primarily the County Sheriff's Office and municipal police departments.
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The mine records hold 19 mine sites inside the county: 5 past producers, now closed, 2 prospects or occurrences that were never worked, 8 sites producing when the record was made, 4 sites with no status in the record; the old survey maps add 137 holes drawn inside the county, 0 of them shafts or tunnels. The minerals the records name are construction sand and gravel; Zinc, Copper; Granite.
A point in either file is a location, not a property line: the sheet shows the opening on the surface, not the rooms under it. The record that shows what runs under a parcel is the mine map. The OSMRE National Mine Map Repository holds scanned underground mine maps and answers requests for a named mine or an area. Wisconsin has no coal AML program; the old lead and zinc workings are in the southwest counties.
Wisconsin abandoned mine maps ranks every county and town in the state by the workings recorded inside it, names the office that holds the mine maps, and says what to do if the ground moves.
Disclaimer: The mine information here is for general information only. Old mine records can be incomplete, outdated or wrong, and finding nothing here does not mean there is nothing there. Check with the mine map office named here before you rely on it, and have a qualified engineer look at any ground you are worried about. PublicRecordCenter.com assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors, omissions, or consequences arising from the use of this information.
Labor Department file
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 17 investigations in Lincoln County since fiscal 2005 and recorded $130,372 in back wages agreed for 256 workers. The county is the one the Census Bureau puts each employer's ZIP code in. Snapshot of April 22, 2026; a case here is a finding by the Division, not a court judgment.
| Employer | City | Cases | Back wages | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin Inc | Merrill | 3 | $78,724 | 27 |
| Nachos 1 LLC | Tomahawk | 1 | $36,929 | 28 |
| Pioneer Transportation, Ltd | Merrill | 1 | $17,964 | 10 |
| Lincoln Industries | Tomahawk | 2 | $9,047 | 82 |
| J.W. Perry, Inc. | Merrill | 1 | $6,736 | 46 |
| Lincoln County 51.437 Services | Merrill | 1 | $4,057 | 58 |
| Badger Evergreen Farms Inc | Merrill | 2 | $2,372 | 2 |
| Northwoods Evergreen & Wire LLC | Merrill | 1 | $646 | 5 |
| Central Wisconsin Evergreens | Merrill | 1 | $518 | 8 |
| Chip's of Merrill, LLC | Merrill | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Louisiana-Pacific Corporation | Tomahawk | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| MWH Merrill LLC | Merrill | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| NSH Golden Age LLC | Tomahawk | 1 | $0 | 0 |
Every employer on the Lincoln County record, by back wages agreed; 8 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record in this row. The Wisconsin wage theft records page ranks the whole state.
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Booking photos are kept by the agency that made the arrest, such as the Lincoln County Sheriff or a city police department in Lincoln County. Ask that agency for its record.
The Wisconsin criminal history record comes from the Wisconsin Department of Justice, Crime Information Bureau. Anyone may pay a fee and request adult criminal history record information by name online through the Wisconsin Online Record Check System (WORCS).
Search the Wisconsin Department of Corrections Sex Offender Registry, or every state at once on the National Sex Offender Public Website run by the U.S. Department of Justice.
Register with the municipal clerk (city, village or town clerk) or through the Wisconsin Elections Commission. You can also register online with the state online registration. Online and mail registration closes 20 days before the election; you can register in person at the municipal clerk's office until the Friday before the election at 5:00 p.m. or close of business, and at the polls on Election Day with a proof of residence document.
Deeds and other recorded land documents in Lincoln County are kept by the Lincoln County register of deeds. Property values are set by the municipal assessor, and tax bills come from the town, village or city treasurer. Source: official state page.
Certified birth and death certificates for Wisconsin come from the Wisconsin Vital Records Office, Department of Health Services. Birth, marriage, death and divorce records are also available through Wisconsin county Register of Deeds offices, and birth and death records through the Milwaukee City Health Office and the Southwest Suburban Health Department (Cities of West Allis and Greenfield). By U.S. mail to PO Box 309, Madison, WI 53701, or online or by phone through VitalChek at 877-885-2981. Fee: $20 for the first copy of each record and $3 for each additional copy of the same record.
Business entity filings are searched with the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions.
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