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While one supervisor accused Trempealeau County Administrator Rebecca Glewen of “sticking your nose up at the whole board,” the county’s executive/finance committee heard that a previously rejected position was going to be implemented through a reclassification.
At Monday’s executive/finance...
While the votes won’t be cast until April, the 2026 spring election is officially underway.
Monday was the first day candidates could circulate nominating papers or file declarations of candidacy for offices that will be elected on the April 7 ballot. Candidates for the city, county, school board...
Trempealeau County’s Executive/Finance Committee voted 3-1 to approve payment to the Independence School District for interest related to the tax settlement payments issued in August.
While committee members objected to the payment, Corporation Counsel Susan Fisher said that the county was...
New Whitehall City Administrator Drew Morelan said he’s known for most of his life that he would be a public servant. After his first week, he said communication and transparency will be his priorities. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
Drew Morelan has long known that he wanted to serve the public in some capacity and his appointment as the Whitehall city administrator has given him the opportunity to do so in what he says is the most beautiful part of the best state.
“I always knew that I was going to be a public servant from...
Wednesday, Nov. 12
04:06 — Independence: A female and male are having an argument over the phone.
05:54 — Independence: A store clerk said a customer is causing issues and not leaving.
06:09 — Trempealeau: A car hit a deer.
08:29 — Whitehall: 911 hang-up.
09:06 — Galesville: The caller backed...
A spirited discussion regarding how additional funding for the Arcadia Public Library would show up in the city’s 2026 budget finally reached an amiable conclusion during a special meeting of the Arcadia city council to review the budget.
The disagreement over the library budget came about during...
Across the board, the Blair-Taylor School District saw increases on the report cards released by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) earlier this month.
Blair-Taylor superintendent Lynn Halverson shared the latest DPI report card info with the school board during their regular...
The Arcadia city council approved a new five-year road improvement plan that will help guide the streets department’s work between now and 2030.
The five-year plan, approved by the council during a meeting last Wednesday, gives a brief outline into work that is expected to be done each year from...
Several community members gathered at the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau school board meeting to make a case against closing Ettrick Elementary School, one of several options the board is considering as it plans for a referendum. The meeting, held Thursday, was well attended, with parents, former...
At Monday evening’s Arcadia school district meeting, the board deliberated on the subject of who should be allowed to use district facilities, such as the football field, baseball field, and elementary school playground. The main point of contention was whether to include the words “community...
