Search Jefferson County Union

Please be aware that online access to the following newspapers is available to Wisconsin residents ONLY.

Current Jefferson County Union

The Daily Jefferson County Union is available and searchable here (BadgerLink). The current list includes 2005 to the present with a 90 day delay. To search ONLY the Daily Jefferson County Union from this database click on Uncheck All below the list of newspapers on the right. Then scroll through the newspaper list to Fort Atkinson. Select the Daily Jefferson County Union there.

Historical Jefferson County Union

Click the link below to access the newspapers before 2005. It will take you to the Wisconsin Newspaper Archive. Click on Search Historical Newspapers in the red box. To search ONLY the Daily Jefferson County Union from this database click on Uncheck All below the list of newspapers on the right. Then scroll through the newspaper list to Fort Atkinson. Select the Daily Jefferson County Union there.
Search the Jefferson County Union and Hoard’s Dairyman – 1870 through 2005. At this time the newspapers from the just the month of April 1945 to 1985 are not available.

Initial funding to scan the entire collection of the Jefferson County Union and the Daily Jefferson County Union was provided by the Friends of the Library, Fort Atkinson Community Foundation and the Daily Jefferson County Union. Additional funding was provided by a 2016 LSTA grant and the Bridges Library System.

Wisconsin Newspaper Association (WNA) and the Wisconsin Public Library Consortium work together to add historical newspapers to the Archive of Wisconsin Newspapers, freely available to Wisconsin residents through BadgerLink. Access is supported in part by funding from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, which distributes federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds from the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS). To explore the full collection, visit the Archive of Wisconsin Newspapers.