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Area schools have been delivering food or giving the option for families to pick food up at locations - such as the Blair Commmunity Center - since school closed last week. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
For those in Trempealeau County who work with individuals needing public aid or who have crossed the law, social distancing takes on an extra dose of difficulty.
Sheriff Brett Semingson said his deputies have a limited supply of N95 masks, the caliber of protection needed to guard against the COVID...
As indicated on Monday, Gov. Tony Evers Tuesday officially issued a “Safer at Home” order to try to limit the exposure Wisconsin residents have to COVID-19.
The order goes into effect on 8 a.m. Wednesday and will remain in effect until 8 a.m. on Friday, April 24. Those who...
Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau district administrator Aaron Engel will be resigning from his post effective June 30, 2020 to take the district superintendent position at the La Crosse School District.
The G-E-T school district released an agenda Friday morning for a special meeting of their school board...
A press release sent by Trempealeau County officials announced the release of a telephone hotline for those with questions about COVID-19.
The telephone hotline number is 715-538-2311 ext. 330, it is currently in English and officials plan to include Spanish in the near future. The hotline will...
For the first time in his 36 years coaching, Randy Storlie has ended a season with a win. There was a brief celebration, in front of a small group of fans — mostly parents, but there will be no gold basketball.
They didn’t know it at the time, but Blair-Taylor’s win over Bangor in the Wisconsin...
Gov. Tony Evers today directed Department of Health Services (DHS) Secretary-designee Andrea Palm to issue an agency order prohibiting mass gatherings of 10 people or more to slow the spread of COVID-19.
In other action, Evers extended the closure of all public and private K-12 schools...
The county could build either a new a jail and sheriff’s office or a new center that includes a jail and courtrooms for from an estimated $29 million to $38.5 million without raising taxes, a county consultant concludes.
Kurt Berner of The Samuels Group told the county’s building oversight...
A group of Arcadia area residents who made contributions to the Wanek Center were given a tour of the facility Monday. Pictured in one of the new gymnasiums are Andrew Schultz (from left), Nancy Schultz, Henry Schultz, Dr. Paul Dettloff, Keith Weltzien, Clarence Pronschinske, Karen Weltzien, Beverly Pronschinske, Renee Schank, Loren Wolfe and Diane Walske. Donors not pictured include Dave and Charlotte Schank.(Times photograph by Debbie Foss)
A group of Arcadia area residents who were important contributors to the new Wanek Center were given a tour of the facility Monday and recognized for their contributions to its construction.
“This is a real tribute to western Wisconsin,” said Dr. Paul Dettloff. “I hope it inspires other small towns...
Though the federal engineers who are designing Arcadia’s flood works say the project will be neutral for communities along the Trempealeau River, a “bunch of people” don’t believe that, Gov. Tony Evers said.
“The city’s work” to design and fund flood projects “is admirable,” Evers said, “but we...
Four occupants of a horse drawn buggy were hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries after the buggy was rear-ended in the town of Pigeon Sunday evening.
The buggy — occupied by Edna Wengerd, 41, Fannie Wengerd, 43, Lizzie Wengerd, 33, and William Wengerd, 39, all of Whitehall — was driving...
