Paul Syverson

Dozens of individuals have run for and sometimes fought at Trempealeau County board of supervisor meetings since 1989, but only one person has been witness to most of them. Paul Syverson has been a fixture in county government since June of 1979, when he started as an accountant for the highway...
Members of the Trempealeau County Economic Development committee expressed concern about money allocated in the 2025 budget for economic development. The conversation was a part of a larger discussion related to a proposal to borrow $7 million to meet capital needs. A portion of that borrowing — $...
Bylines in the Trempealeau County Times will look different going forward as two staff members have departed and two more have joined the award-winning newspaper. Benjamin Pierce, the newspaper’s associate editor, and longtime staff writer Debbie Foss have departed and are being replaced by Zach...
Residents of the Blair-Taylor School District will see a slight increase in the school portion of their property taxes, but it won’t be as much as it could be or as high as district officials previously projected. At last week Monday’s annual budget meeting, a budget showing a surplus of about $378...
The Arcadia city council reviewed and approved Conditional Use Permit applications for Rio Grande LLC to utilize the space at 112 Grant Street a dance hall/special event space at a special meeting last Wednesday.  The city planning commission held a hearing, where members reviewed and approved the...

Kari Tidquist

Less than halfway through her first term, Trempealeau County Clerk of Courts Kari Tidquist has resigned and the person she defeated twice during the 2022 election cycle has been appointed to replace her. The resignation was effective last Friday and the Times learned over the weekend that Mary Lee...
The Dairyland Conference will have representation in the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association State Volleyball Tournament this week and nearly had two teams advance. Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran went undefeated in Dairyland Conference play and, so far, has been unblemished in WIAA...

            Taylor Sylla, an Independence High School junior running for the Independence/Gilmanton cross country team, finished eighth in the WIAA State Cross Country meet in Wisconsin Rapids on Saturday. Sylla is only the second I/G girl to compete in the state meet and the first to crack the top 10.         (Times photograph by Zach Rastall)

A runner’s debut appearance at the state cross country meet can be a daunting experience. The size of the crowds, the course, the atmosphere — put it all together and it can be the recipe for a letdown race for some athletes. That was far from the case for Independence/Gilmanton’s Taylor Sylla. On...

            There wasn’t much running room for Cochrane-Fountain City’s Reed Schmidktnecht during the team’s Level Two playoff game against Potosi-Cassville. The Pirates were eliminated with a 55-0 loss against a team with an undefeated record. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)

The points started coming and they wouldn’t stop coming for Potosi/Cassville in a second-round rout of Cochrane-Fountain City. Third-seeded Potosi/Cassville (11-0) went on the road and handed the second-seeded Pirates (9-2) a 55-0 drubbing in their WIAA Division 7 Level 2 clash on Friday in...

 

 

Wednesday, Oct. 23 04:01 — Galesville: Branches are in the road.  07:47 — Whitehall: The caller reported a one-vehicle crash.  09:13 — Blair: 911 hang-up.  09:18 — Osseo: Traffic complaint.  11:54 — Arcadia: The caller reported a suspicious vehicle.  12:53 — Whitehall: The caller requested a...

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            Taylor Sylla, an Independence High School junior running for the Independence/Gilmanton cross country team, finished eighth in the WIAA State Cross Country meet in Wisconsin Rapids on Saturday. Sylla is only the second I/G girl to compete in the state meet and the first to crack the top 10.         (Times photograph by Zach Rastall)

A runner’s debut appearance at the state cross country meet can be a daunting experience. The size of the crowds, the course, the atmosphere — put it all together and it can be the recipe...

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