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Wednesday, Oct. 12
01:04 — Black River Falls: One-vehicle rollover reported.
09:24 — Blair: Burning brush at the city dump site.
13:22 — Osseo: Caller said he was passed in a no-passing zone.
14:11 — Osseo: Family trouble reported.
15:42 — Blair: Six or seven cows are out in a field.
15:55...
Businesses lined up in the Ss. Peter and Paul School parking lot to provide Halloween treats to area children at the annual Trunk-or-Treat and Food Drive in Independence on Monday. Attendees were asked to bring nonperishable food items for the local food pantry as they went from trunk...
Supervisors approved spending nearly $2.1 million to replace the county emergency services communications network after pulling some of the money from the general fund rather than use just federal COVID relief dollars.
The series of towers and other equipment used to convey signals for fire, law...
The committee that helps shape the county’s approach to crime is considering a new option for bail and a method for giving offenders a first-hand account of the harm they caused their victims.
The county’s criminal justice coordinating council is looking at a process called bail monitoring that...
The first step of lowering the speed limit on the stretch of Highway 53 coming from Ettrick that turns into Main Street through Galesville was enacted last week with the Galesville city council voting to investigate lowering the speed limit from 35 to 25 mph throughout the main stretch of the road...
On the first day that Wisconsin weather takes over and closes school for the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau School District, students will have a traditional snow day free of learning and staff will still be paid.
The G-E-T school board last Monday unanimously approved allowing those in the schools to...
Wednesday, Oct. 5
05:58 — Osseo: A car hit a deer. Nobody is injured and the road is not blocked.
06:15 — Whitehall: A 74-year-old female said her head is killing her and she can’t stop her nightmares.
13:54 — Whitehall: A male is down outside the courthouse.
16:06 — Whitehall: Alert from...
Following an occasionally testy exchange, Arcadia council members agreed to investigate the costs of converting from trash bags to cans for city garbage collection.
City operations director Rollie Conrad will explore the costs of either a fitting for existing city trash collection trucks that could...
A Trempealeau County man who was ordered to undergo psychiatric treatment after he was found to possess numerous weapons and said he feared hitmen were after him was released from care by state appeals court.
The court’s ruling focused on one of the standards set by Wisconsin law for determining if...
The Independence school board discussed budget reports in preparation for the 2022-2023 budget. Property valuation in the district increased 7.25 percent, compared to an average of 14 percent statewide. The increase in property value led to a corresponding increase in property tax, unrelated to the...
