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A familiar face will be back in the Independence city offices to help bridge the gap until a new full-time clerk can be hired.
At a special meeting last week Tuesday, the Independence city council approved the hiring of retired clerk Lenice Pronschinske on a part-time basis. Pronschinske will work...
When voters living within the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau School District held to the polls next week, they will have a pair of competitive school board races on their ballots.
Four of the school board’s nine seats are on the ballot in this year’s spring election, though two of those races have only...
A few weeks after resigning her position as the city clerk, Tiffany Bautch will challenge current Independence city council president Jason Ekern to represent the city’s first ward in the April 1 election.
Ekern has filled in as the mayor since the February resignation of Robert Baecker. He has...
There are three spots up for grabs on the Arcadia school board with five candidates hoping to get elected on April 1.
Current board treasurer Diana Tempski and former president Paul Servais both decided not to seek reelection. The only incumbent running is Rodney Walters, currently the board’s...
Citing a duplication of responsibilities, an advisor recommended the Trempealeau County board consolidate multiple departments to create one specifically for communications.
That recommendation was made to the county’s Personnel/Bargaining Committee by Jess Wildes of Innovative Public Advisors...
Several months after calling the Trempealeau County Administrator Rebecca Glewen a “bully” Trempealeau County Coroner Bonnie Kindschy may be forced into a position where she must answer to the administrator and the county board. That is if she is hired in the first place.
Last Thursday the...
The Arcadia school board discussed the ongoing conversations and meetings with the community regarding the proposed operational referendum scheduled for a vote next month.
This referendum aims to maintain essential programs, retain quality staff, and provide students with the necessary resources...
A city of Arcadia police officer has been suspended following an arrest on March 15.
While a press release issued by the city did not name the officer, one of its full-time policemen, Israel Garcia, was listed on the La Crosse County Jail roster after an arrest on March 15. The charge was listed as...
The Cochrane-Fountain City boys basketball team didn’t allow a point for more than three minutes to close out the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division Five State Championship game with a 60-54 win at the Kohl Center in Madison on Saturday.
The Pirates were ahead of Sheboygan...
Wednesday, March 5
02:59 — Eleva: A vehicle has hazard lights on, but no brake lights and is all over the road.
06:12 — Eau Claire County: EMS requested.
08:30 — Strum: The caller requesting a welfare check on a subject.
08:53 — Ettrick: A car is in the culvert.
09:39 — Ettrick: A deer needs to...
