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With Nature Energy expressing interest in building a bio-fuel plant in Independence, city council members Jason Ekern and Rich Theisen took a trip to Denmark to tour a plant similar to what has been proposed in the city.
The proposed project would collect manure from local farms and place it in an...
A new project that could see a pair of twin home structures built in Trempealeau instead of a large apartment complex following action at last Thursday’s village board meeting was seen as somewhat of a compromise by those involved last week.
The Trempealeau village board on Thursday approved the...
The Blair city council ultimately chose not to pass new ordinances related to vagrants or people using the showers in the city’s Riverside Memorial Park, but that doesn’t mean ordinances won’t be enforced.
At its September meeting, the council requested city attorney Mark Radcliffe draft new...
The Ettrick village board voted last Tuesday to spend roughly $9,900 to upgrade the heading system in village hall.
Village public works director Courtney Kotlarz presented three bids to the village board. Two were 85 percent efficiency systems, one costing roughly $7,000 and the other $11,000. The...
Arcadia officials are one official step away from approving routes for ATVs and UTVs in the city.
The new but still draft ordinance is expected to take effect once signs are in place designating where the vehicles may travel, said Police Chief Dianna Anderson.
“We figured it would make sense for us...
Wednesday, Sept. 28
00:00 — Whitehall: Male is looking to turn himself on on a warrant.
10:00 — Whitehall: Recovery court arrest.
17:13 — Strum: A southbound vehicle is all over the road, crossing the center and fog lines.
17:36 — Osseo: A semi is going the wrong way.
17:42 — Galesville: A...
Children received care at the Blair-Taylor Childcare Center recently. After opening in December, the center continues to see enrollment rise. The future of the program is likely to see that number continue growing, and director Kristin Elvaker said school childcare is a quality addition to local education. (Times photograph by Benjamin Pierce)
When Little Raiders, the childcare center housed at Arcadia Elementary School, opened one year ago, there was hope and belief that it would help children both academically and developmentally.
After her first year as the center’s director, Jolynn Bourland said that hope has taken form.
One girl...
All five schools in the Times coverage area had a higher percentage of students test as “advanced” in science in social studies than in English language arts (ELA) and mathematics, though most were still below state averages in the Forward test.
The Forward test is administered to students in third...
Trempealeau County supervisors gave the nod to a change in land use regulations that could make more sellable more than 50 parcels of land that could not meet frontage road requirements because of their location between a railroad and a natural barrier.
The county board Monday approved a change...
Those in attendance at a special meeting of the Whitehall School District electors overwhelmingly supported the decision to purchase the neighboring property owned by Beaver Builders Supply last week Monday, but that doesn’t necessarily mean a child care center will operate out of the new building...
