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It was tight, but switching insurance plans gave village of Ettrick trustees a little more breathing room as it set the 2026 village budget last Tuesday.
The tax rate increased slightly, from $16.15 per $1,000 of assessed value in 2025 to $16.20 in 2026. That will be about a $10 difference for the...
While it is trying to find a way to do so delicately, the Blair city council hopes to soon cut ties with the Blair Business Development Group.
The discussion began when the budget was approved in November and the council voted to no longer pay for the group’s website. Council members heard that...
A sewer rate increase and a few tweaks to ordinances regulating Memorial Park usage and financial penalties for park violations were given the stamp of approval by the Arcadia city council at their most recent meeting.
The council voted 4-0 at last Wednesday’s meeting (Paul Anderson, Jason...
Members of the Ettrick village board again encouraged all residents of the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau School District to attend a school board meeting and encourage board members to eliminate a referendum option that would close Ettrick Elementary School.
“The main focus is going to have to be on...
Wednesday, Nov. 19
02:51 — Strum: The caller reported a two-vehicle head-on crash.
05:51 — Osseo: The caller is reporting a domestic disturbance for a female victim.
06:46 — Blair: A two-vehicle accident was reported.
08:35 — Ettrick: The caller reported someone was in his cabin last night.
16:...
Not only is the Trempealeau Valley Cooperative — consisting of Arcadia, Blair-Taylor, Independence, and Whitehall — not ending, but Whitehall board members who attended a recent meeting said they felt like the group was reinvigorated.
Stephanie Brueggen and Jason Molis attended a recent meeting...
While there are many details yet to be ironed out, the Whitehall school board voted last week to begin the process of selling the school forest.
Superintendent Mike Beighley told board members there is no hurry to sell the land and that it could decide if it wanted to sell the property as separate...
While one supervisor accused Trempealeau County Administrator Rebecca Glewen of “sticking your nose up at the whole board,” the county’s executive/finance committee heard that a previously rejected position was going to be implemented through a reclassification.
At Monday’s executive/finance...
While the votes won’t be cast until April, the 2026 spring election is officially underway.
Monday was the first day candidates could circulate nominating papers or file declarations of candidacy for offices that will be elected on the April 7 ballot. Candidates for the city, county, school board...
Trempealeau County’s Executive/Finance Committee voted 3-1 to approve payment to the Independence School District for interest related to the tax settlement payments issued in August.
While committee members objected to the payment, Corporation Counsel Susan Fisher said that the county was...
