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This April, the Arcadia School District is bringing an operational referendum before residents during the spring general election. As part of their ongoing public outreach efforts, the district’s superintendent and several board members appeared at last week’s city council meeting to give their...
The Independence school board heard a presentation about ways the district could reduce costs by conserving energy at its regular monthly meeting last week Monday.
During the meeting, the board heard a presentation from Upper 90, an energy service company based in Sun Prairie. They assessed the...
The Blair-Taylor school board opted to go with a contractor whose children attend the district to build a new announcer stand at its softball field.
The district received two bids, a bid from Simmons Construction was just over $20,000 and the other — from an unnamed company — was $17,400, but the...
For the second straight meeting, the Arcadia city council met a new interim chief of police.
Former Arcadia council member Kyle Myhre was introduced as the city’s interim police chief during last Wednesday’s meeting. Myhre is a former Trempealeau County sheriff’s deputy.
On Feb. 5, the council was...
Pictured above is a rendering of the proposed new Runnestrand-Pederson Post 354 building to be built in downtown Ettrick.
If things go as planned Ettrick America Legion Runnestrand-Pederson Post 354 will construct a building that will honor veterans and serve as a center for the community.
Post 354 members recently announced plans to build a new facility on the property next to CCF Bank on Main St. in the Ettrick...
Glen D. Hollister
A sex offender is going to be released in Whitehall after serving a 30-year prison sentence for sexually assaulting a child who was six years old at the time of the crime.
Whitehall police announced last week that Glen D. Hollister will be released from prison on March 9 and will be under the...
Wednesday, Feb. 5
01:26 — Arcadia: The caller complained about two large dogs.
05:32 — Whitehall: The caller claimed three men are breaking into her apartment.
12:09 — Ettrick: The caller is receiving harassing text messages.
12:22 — Whitehall: The caller requested a welfare check on farm animals...
The Whitehall city council approved a motion setting a May 1 deadline for the property owner to establish a concrete plan to either bring the former GTC Motor Parts building up to code or have it demolished. (File photo)
Whitehall city council members want to see more urgency when it comes to getting the former GTC Motor Parts building up to code.
The council began the discussion about making the building, located on Blair St., a public nuisance last summer after drone footage taken by the city fire department...
After several months of discussion, the Galesville city council took action to eliminate a parking spot in the hopes of improving pedestrian safety in the downtown area.
The motion to eliminate a parking spot in downtown Galesville was made at the council’s monthly meeting last Thursday. The spot...
The Trempealeau County Board of Supervisors will follow the lead of the Trempealeau village board in unanimously encouraging the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) to reconsider its plans regarding three bridge replacements along Highway 35.
The WisDOT currently plans to close the...
