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At least two seats up for election on the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau School Board in the 2023 April election will be wide open to the public with no incumbent looking to keep their spot on the board.
Board members Gene Hogden and Paul Halderson both told the board at last Monday’s meeting that they...
Whitehall might follow Independence’s lead in exchanging trash bags for bins.
Dave Pientok of Tri-City Sanitation presented about the proposed change at the monthly meeting. Whitehall residents would be able to choose between 35-gallon and 64-gallon bins, with the initial cost of the bins covered...
Thirty-eight years after their first letters were exchanged, Judy Olson of Galesville (left) met her worldwide pen pal, Becky, in London earlier this year. Olson and Becky wrote back and forth for a decade and have stayed in touch since they became pen pals in fifth grade (Submitted photo)
Long gone in 2022 are the days of handwritten letters and pen pals.
For one Galesville woman, however, a journey of sharing everything from life updates, family, work, hobbies and other conversations came to a head 38 years later with a worldwide trip to finally meet her pen pal this year.
Judy...
Micah Harris
A Trempealeau man has been sentenced to prison after being found guilty of causing the death of Monica Knepper in a car crash on July 16, 2020.
After being found guilty at a jury trial on Oct. 27, Micah Harris, 41, was sentenced Nov. 11 to serve three years in state prison for knowingly operating...
Blair-Taylor’s Sydney Fremstad worked in the post during their game against Black River Falls last Thursday. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
While they weren’t exactly lights out from beyond the arc, the Blair-Taylor girls basketball team was still able to score more than 80 points in two wins last week.
The Wildcats shot less than 30 percent on three-pointers in both games, but still had more than 50 points before halftime in each as...
Wednesday, Nov. 9
06:43 — Blair: Delivery driver struck a light pole outside.
07:12 — Whitehall: Caller reporting an injured deer in the field.
08:39 — Blair: Hay bales are in the roadway. People are swerving around them.
08:44 — Whitehall: Caller hit a deer last night and has a damaged...
Spending by Trempealeau County departments will fall just below $80 million in 2023 for an increase of less than half a percent, according to the budget approved by a 15-0-1 vote last week.
The county added about $241,000 in overall expenses for 2023 and the board approved just over $17.2 million...
An artistic facelift in the form of fresh new ‘Welcome to Galesville’ signs could soon grace the entryways of the municipality in the next few years, according to council talks last week.
Galesville Lions Club President Richard Sacia told the council at Thursday’s meeting that new signs are a focus...
Trempealeau County Tourism and Economic Development director Dave Carlson visited the Independence city council at their monthly meeting last week Monday.
Carlson has been visiting the local municipal boards to introduce himself since being hired this past spring. He is responsible for promoting...
While Trempealeau County voters heavily favored Republican candidates, one incumbent Democrat was able to earn reelection in the 31st State Senate District, defeating a challenger from Trempealeau County.
Republican candidates for governor/lieutenant governor, attorney general, United States...
