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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...
At Thursday night’s meeting, the Galesville city council discussed the library roof replacement project before voting to accept a bid from a contractor.
According to council member Jesse Swing, only two of the bids the city received for the project met the city’s requirement of a no-dollar-limit (...
Independence School District Library Director Lisa Newcomb addressed the school board on Wednesday night to discuss the Wisconsin Common School Fund for school libraries.
“One of the amazing things about the Wisconsin Common School Fund is that it is the gold standard in the U.S.,” Newcomb said. “...
A Galesville man has been charged for a domestic incident that caused a nearby elementary school to go into a cautionary lockdown.
Antuan Grant, 23, Galesville, was charged with false imprisonment, resisting or obstructing an officer, and disorderly conduct. The false imprisonment and disorderly...
Whitehall has a new chief of police as Eduardo Hernandez is set to take the post at the end of the month.
The city council voted to offer the position to Hernandez on Feb. 19 and council members heard last week that Hernandez will officially begin as the city’s top cop on March 30.
Hernandez fills...
After hearing objections from one city resident, the Whitehall city council voted unanimously to proceed with plans to repair the water treatment plant, including authorizing a 35% increase in the amount residents will be charged.
During the public comment portion of last Tuesday’s regular monthly...
