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The Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau school district saw its overall enrollment tick upward and its open enrollment gap decrease to its lowest level in a decade, according to an annual count compiled last month.
The third Friday in September count showed 1,423 kids in the district this year, including 1,...
Edgard Rodriguez
Two people were arrested and charged with selling cocaine after investigations by the Arcadia Police Department.
According to the criminal complaint, both investigations used surveillance and confidential informants to assist with charging Edgard Rodriguez, 24, and Karime Rodriguez-Aragon, 40, both...
Arcadia Chief of Police Nic Scholl told members of the city council that his department has been busy, both with police work and being active in the community.
Scholl said that since July 1, his department has responded to 653 calls. Of those, 138 were traffic stops and five resulted in arrests for...
The Whitehall Area Historical Foundation is working to repair and clean the headstones of Civil War veterans buried in area cemeteries. With few family members left to care for them, headstones like that of William Slyter of the 28th Wisconsin Infantry have deteriorated over the years. Before the foundation can begin repairs, however, it needs the city to amend an ordinance. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
The Whitehall Area Historical Foundation is hoping to repair and clean the headstones of Civil War veterans buried in nearby cemeteries, but first needs the city to change an ordinance.
WAHF representatives Linda Mossman and Barb Johnson spoke to the city council at last Tuesday’s regular meeting,...
Brett Semingson
Trempealeau County Sheriff Brett Semingson will retire before the end of the year.
Semingson has one year remaining in his second four-year term. Gov. Tony Evers will appoint a replacement to serve out the remainder of the term, which ends in January 2027.
Semingson was first elected sheriff in...
Wednesday, Oct. 1
05:40 — Ettrick: A deer needs to be dispatched. It is in the southbound ditch.
05:51 — Galesville: A deer needs to be dispatched.
06:46 — Arcadia: A car hit a deer.
07:10 — Osseo: A female took a bunch of pills.
07:29 — Ettrick: The caller hit a deer this morning.
12:02 —...
A Blair man has been charged with a felony for allegedly hitting and killing a dog with his pickup truck.
Justin Huseboe, 43, was charged last Tuesday with mistreatment of animals/causing death after two witnesses told authorities he intentionally swerved his truck to hit and kill a dog.
According...
The Bugle Lake dredging project is complete, leaving behind heaps of sand, dirt and sediment pulled from the lake. At their most recent meeting, the Independence city council set the cost and other parameters for those looking to use that remaining material.
Council member Randy Symicek updated the...
During the review process for the city of Galesville’s 2026 budget, a trio of planned capital outlay purchases were earmarked to be funded via borrowing.
The Galesville city council reviewed and tweaked the city’s budget for next year at a committee of the whole meeting last Wednesday, where the...
The Galesville city council voted last Thursday to spare the historic tree along South 7th Street. The tree was slated to be removed as part of a street reconstruction project on the city’s west side, but was saved after the council heard a plea from 10-year-old Mary Iverson. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
The Galesville city council voted Thursday to change the original construction plan along South 7th Street in order to save a historic maple tree after hearing an impassioned plea from a young city resident.
The original recommendation made by Davy Engineering was to remove the tree, but 10-year-...
