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Blair-Taylor Superintendent Lynn Halverson said he wishes attendance at community meetings to discuss next week’s referendum was better, but hopes the lack of turnout means taxpayers trust the district.
Addressing the school board at last Tuesday’s regular monthly meeting, Halverson referenced a...
The Galesville swinging bridge was closed due to safety issues in 2016 and then washed away in a 2017 flood. Last week, city council members heard a plan to replace that bridge with a new structure. (Times file photos)
Replacing Galesville’s swinging bridge — closed in 2016 and washed away by flooding a year later — has long been considered unaffordable, but city officials last week heard a proposal to build a new pedestrian bridge that likely would not swing and may not require public funding.
Todd Duellman,...
Wednesday, March 11
06:03 — Eleva: The caller said a male showed up at his home and then started walking back toward the highway.
06:21 — Osseo: A truck is in the median on the interstate.
06:58 — Osseo: The caller reported a slide-in.
09:05 — Whitehall: A female is at the front door wanting to...
Challenger Robert Ortez is looking to unseat an incumbent in this spring’s election for seats on the Arcadia school board, where current board president Brian Steinlicht and fellow board member Dana Conrad are each seeking another term.
The three candidates will be on the ballot during the April 7...
The Arcadia school board discussed and approved several facilities improvement projects at its meeting last Monday night.
The district has been working with Upper 90, a design and contracting company, to identify needs and make necessary improvements to district buildings. The approved projects...
The city of Arcadia has a verbal agreement to purchase the former city hall building. The property, purchased by Tienda Guerrero Whitehall, Inc. in late 2021, has operated as an auto repair shop since then. The building served as city hall from its construction in 1893 until 2021, when city operations moved to the current city hall on Dettloff Drive. The city is currently planning to tear the building down once the sale is finalized, though the plan is not yet finalized. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
Though it is not yet completely finalized, the city of Arcadia is nearing the finish line on the purchase of the old city hall building and weighing options for the property once it is reacquired.
At their first meeting of the month, the council voted to put in an offer of $125,000 to purchase the...
What once looked like a dead issue gained new life after the Trempealeau County Board of Supervisors approved a measure allowing ATV/UTV traffic to cross the Highway 95 bridge in Blair.
In January, the Blair city council approved an ordinance change that would allow traffic to cross the Highway 95...
Wednesday, March 4
05:44 — Trempealeau: A car hit a deer.
07:44 — Galesville: A suspicious vehicle is parked outside a residence.
08:03 — Osseo: A deer needs to be dispatched.
09:37 — Arcadia: A red semi-truck with a white trailer just ran another semi off the road.
11:57 — Strum: The caller...
The Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau school board approved putting a referendum on the ballot for capital improvement projects at the high school and three elementary schools at last Monday night’s meeting.
The referendum amount is $44,755,000. If approved, a referendum of that amount would increase the...
The Trempealeau County Board of Supervisors voted to create a task force specifically to study the housing and childcare needs in the county.
Monday’s vote by the full county board came immediately after the county’s Executive-Finance Committee approved the creation of the task force. The group...
