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The Trempealeau County Health Department, emergency management and the Wisconsin National Guard are hosting a free COVID-19 testing site at Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau Middle School this Saturday.
Testing will run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the school, 19650 Prairie Ridge Lane in Galesville. This...
25 YEARS AGO
Sept. 28, 1995
The Trempealeau County Board of Supervisors Monday night rejected.a recommendation from one of its committees to keep the county highway department office in the courthouse. The full board voted 14-7 against a resolution submitted by the joint property building...
County supervisors approved spending over $170,000 on technology intended to respond to the pandemic and hired a consultant to guide getting state and federal money available for COVID-19 related expenses.
Among the items approved Monday evening was $49,000 in equipment to allow county...
Kent Johnson
“I want (tavern owners) handing SafeRide vouchers out like candy,” Kent Johnson told the Blair city council in his first meeting as the city’s chief of police last week Monday.
Johnson had only been on the job for about 15 days, but he provided the council with numerous updates ranging from the...
The Blair city council made an exception in order to help a deer processing business get started downtown.
The council heard from Joyce Schneider and Thane Mattson who said they had plans to open two businesses in the former The Grocery Store building. There were no issues with Schneider’s...
Partially prompted by an Arcadia resident’s complaints, city officials are expected to consider tougher ordinances and stepped up enforcement to control unsightly city properties.
“What we’re doing right now isn’t working,” said Jeff Hulberg at last Tuesday city council session. “I want my city...
The Arcadia city council again delayed deciding whether to commit to higher rates for the Arcadia Ambulance Service to cover a loan to finance construction of the service’s new building.
“We will have to come up with $16,000 to $17,000 more a year,” said Mayor Rob Reichwein at the council’s...
Numerous factors caused a record number of new COVID-19 cases in Trempealeau County last week, according to the Trempealeau County Health Department.
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services reported 62 new cases in Trempealeau County last week, breaking the previous record of 54 set in mid-July...
The Whitehall Public Library will launch in early October a fund-raising effort for the new library that will be led by women.
“100 Extraordinary Women is a nationally recognized program that has raised funds for many libraries across Wisconsin,” said library director Amanda...
Kevin Deeren
The county is seeking to get dismissed a complaint filed in federal court by a one-time candidate for sheriff who is alleging the former and current sheriff, the chief deputy and Trempealeau County itself violated his constitutional rights and got him blacklisted.
Ettrick resident Kevin Deeren,...
