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One year after purchasing the frac sand mine in the city of Blair, Smart Sand Inc. is asking the municipality to reduce its annual royalty fee by 33 percent.
Frac sand mines typically pay a royalty fee to the municipality in which they operate. Officials with Smart Sand Inc. asked the Blair city...
The Independence city council appointed Pat Casper to fill Connie Marsolek’s seat in the second ward after Marsolek moved out of the city.
Casper and his wife have lived in the area for roughly 20 years.
Council members also discussed their frustration with the lack of updates from Parson Energy....
Seeing the change as inevitable, the Ettrick village board discussed having residents switch from using garbage bags to garbage cans for waste disposal at its regular meeting last week Tuesday.
Village clerk Jane Jensen brought the topic to the board, noting that most other area communities are...
Garbage carts are on the way for Blair residents after a months-long consideration came to fruition with unanimous council approval — pending city attorney review — last week
July 1 is the target date for beginning cart collection, which will cost residents $7.50 per month for a 35-gallon cart or $...
A prospective buyer for multiple lots in the Wildcat subdivision in the city of Blair could still be reimbursed for their lot purchases despite not being able to finish construction within the set city deadline of 24 months.
A group approached the city saying they intend to purchase five of the...
Arcadia police arrested a woman for identity theft for using documents she allegedly secured in Minnesota and that could be related to a theft in Texas in 1998.
Maricruz Barrios Hernandez, 35, of 1745 Saddle Drive, Number 32, Arcadia, was charged with a felony count of misappropriating...
A man was arrested after making threats, setting off fireworks and barricading himself in a Pigeon home.
Sheriff’s deputies were called to the home in Pigeon Feb. 8 by a man who said Clint Anderson Cohan, 40, of N38842 Fitch Coulee Road, Whitehall, was on probation, using methamphetamines and...
Signs of Spring?
Trempealeau County snowmobile trails closed early last week as temperatures rose into the 40s. Time will tell if the trails will open again this season, but reports from the National Weather Service in La Crosse indicate that riders have gotten more time on their sleds this year than typical due to an above-average amount of snow hitting the area. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
If you think Trempealeau County has gotten more snow than usual so far this year, you’re right, but the county still isn’t close to the record set in the 2018-19 season.
According to National Weather Service data collected in Trempealeau, there have been 26.4 inches of snow in the county this year...
Wednesday, Feb. 1
03:23 — Osseo: Erratic driving reported.
05:39 — Osseo: A vehicle is driving the wrong way in the eastbound lane.
06:31 — Galesville: A male party is back at a residence.
06:55 — Whitehall: 911 call; dispatch can only hear beeping.
08:30 — Osseo: Welfare check requested on...
A 1961 Blair High School graduate published a book inspired by his father’s service in World War II.
Author Bil Paul heard his father Harry – a rural mailman in Blair for many years – tell stories about his World War II naval service in the Aleutian Islands, but the author didn’t get serious...
