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Voters who live in three of the area school districts will find a question asking for permission to exceed revenue limits when they hit the polls on Tuesday.
The Arcadia, Blair-Taylor and Whitehall school districts are all asking taxpayers for more money to help with operational costs. In all...
Benjamin Pierce
The Trempealeau County Times was again awarded at the Wisconsin Newspaper Association Better Newspaper Contest last week.
Reporter Benjamin Pierce won a first-place award for his reporting on local education. Pierce submitted three stories for the award including “Independence board split on...
Wednesday, March 15
05:44 — Osseo: A car hit a deer. Caller doesn’t know if the vehicle is drivable, but nobody was injured. The deer is still alive, lying in the middle of the road.
09:54 — Trempealeau: 911 open line. Dispatch can hear a chainsaw running. It’s the same number that called twice...
The Trempealeau county board approved sending to the public service commission and local lawmakers a list of policies to consider as the state reviews solar field plans for thousands of county acres.
The communication approved by supervisors Monday evening encourages consideration of setbacks,...
Graduation requirements within the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau School District are changing.
The district school board last Monday unanimously approved a pair of changes to district policies and graduation requirements:
• An increase from 24 to 26 required credits to graduate.
• Removing the 60...
Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau High School has its next leader.
The G-E-T school board last Monday unanimously approved the hiring of James (Jamie) Oliver as the new high school principal. The 8-0 vote did not include board member Todd Roessler, who was absent.
The district has utilized multiple interim...
Hi-Crush officials came before the Whitehall city council asking to change the city’s letter of financial assurance to a surety bond.
Tim Lambrecht of Hi-Crush told the council that other local municipalities, including Independence, have already agreed to similar changes. When the letter of credit...
It’s sink or swim time for the Trempealeau Municipal Pool.
Voters in the Village of Trempealeau will decide at the April 4 election whether they are willing to permanently increase their taxes in order to pay for rising costs related to maintaining the pool.
The question facing voters will read:
“...
Wednesday, March 8
01:54 — Galesville: A car hit a deer.
04:14 — Independence: A cow is by the roadway.
05:49 — Osseo: A car hit a deer.
06:07 — Osseo: Reporting party heard a loud bang south of his residence. Thinks there may have been an accident.
07:39 — Whitehall: Caller’s daughter is...
At a time when schools are fighting growing truancy concerns, the Galesville city council is considering the future of its own ordinance surrounding the issue.
The council last Thursday opted to wait for more information before slashing its truancy ordinance, but multiple council members asked if...
