The Whitehall city council tabled until at least September any action related to declaring the former GTC building a public nuisance after being presented with an agreement for the creation of a design plan.
The council had been discussing the property, located at 18529 Blair St., since last August...
The creation of three new positions within the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau School District for the 2025-26 academic year was given the stamp of approval at the latest school board meeting.
Two of those new positions are a response to increased enrollment at the 4K level for the district. At last...
Sherry Reck-Haines — second from left, flanked by son Bryce Klopotek and husband Jerry Haines — was presented the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce in January. This weekend, she will receive another honor, serving as the parade marshal for the Broiler-Dairy Days Grand Parade on Sunday. (Submitted photo)
Bob Steenlage couldn’t help but interject as Sherry Reck-Haines was being interviewed.
“She’s an angel,” Steenlage said during an interview with Reck-Haines over her vehicle’s speakerphone.
Reck-Haines was in the process of driving Steenlage home from a medical appointment in La Crosse. Steenlage...
At a special meeting of the Independence city council held in conjunction with the Independence library board, River Architects presented an in-depth update on the progress of the new Independence Community Center.
The Independence Public Library received a $4.12 million grant from the Wisconsin...
The Blair-Taylor baseball team ended what was a tough week on a high note, clinching the Dairyland Conference Small Division title.
The week included a pair of non-conference losses to Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau and Arcadia (see stories elsewhere in Sports), but B-T pulled away from Cochrane-Fountain...
The Whitehall baseball team has won eight straight games after three victories last week.
The Norse had one close game but managed to score the winning run in the bottom of the seventh to beat Eleva-Strum, 5-4, last Tuesday. On Friday and Saturday, Whitehall beat Melrose-Mindoro and Arcadia by...
Any remaining hopes for the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau softball team to nab a share of the conference championship this season were dashed with a sweep at the hands of West Salem this past week.
That sweep allowed the Panthers (16-4, 11-1) to lock up the Coulee title outright.
Following two final non...
A gutting one-run loss against West Salem ended the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau baseball team’s control of their own destiny to a Coulee Conference championship. However, a redemptive blowout win against the Panthers later in the week made sure the Red Hawks at least enter the final full week of the...
Arcadia’s Megan Breska lets loose a pitch during a non-conference tilt against Blair-Taylor last week. (Times photograph by Zach Rastall)
Despite winning their last Coulee Conference game of the season, the Arcadia softball team wound up one win shy of a share of the conference championship after West Salem swept G-E-T to lock the title up outright.
The Raiders (15-8, 10-2 Coulee) do have the distinction of being the only Coulee team...
Whitehall’s Avvia Herman chased a ball in the outfield during their game against Melrose-Mindoro on Friday. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
The Whitehall softball team had a difficult time against two of the top squads in the Dairyland Conference.
Whitehall hung with Eleva-Strum on Tuesday but struggled to put the ball in play in a 6-0 loss. On Friday, Melrose-Mindoro took a big lead early and went on for a 13-0 win (no further...
Sports
The Blair-Taylor baseball team ended what was a tough week on a high note, clinching the Dairyland Conference Small Division title.
The week included a pair of non-conference losses to Gale-Ettrick-...
