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The Independence city council heard last week that planning of the new community center, funded by a $4.1 million grant awarded to the Independence Public Library, is progressing well.
Last week Monday, library director Kayla Mathson provided updates on the project and outlined the next steps,...
After acknowledging some concerns heard from community members, the Whitehall district school board heard from administrators that the implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) in classrooms is going well.
Middle and high school principal Damon Lisowski told the board that the district had...
The driver in a one-vehicle crash was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital on Friday evening.
According to a press release issued by the Trempealeau County Sheriff’s Department, a vehicle struck a power pole on Schansberg Road near Qually Lane in the town of Lincoln at about 6:15 p.m. last Friday...
A Mondovi man has been charged with taking more than $100,000 from a business account and falsifying documents to obtain loans for the business.
In an investigation that began in September 2023, Jonathan Dodd, 38, has been charged with seven felonies. One, theft from a business setting (>$100,...
Reversing a slide of more than a decade, the total number of law enforcement officers in Wisconsin climbed by more than 4% in the past year, according to figures from the state Department of Justice.
The department counted 13,354 officers at the end of 2024 compared to 12,788 at the end of 2023....
Michael Peterson
An Arcadia man was arrested after hitting a Wisconsin State Trooper with his vehicle and leading police on a high-speed chase last Tuesday.
Michael Peterson, 47, was taken into custody after crashing his vehicle into a power pole in Centerville at the end of a 15-mile chase, according to a press...
Wednesday, Jan. 22
00:34 — Whitehall: Internet issues reported.
03:47 — Osseo: The caller reported a possible intoxicated driver.
08:01 — Strum: A white car broke down.
08:16 — Whitehall: The caller is concerned about cows.
08:36 — Osseo: 911 hang-up.
08:58 — Whitehall: There is a lot of black...
Elected officials shouldn’t have to be asked to follow the state’s open meeting laws.
On Jan. 15 I saw that the Arcadia city council was meeting in closed session citing state statute exemption 19.85(1)(c), which allows the council to secretly discuss matters concerning public employees. The...
The Blair-Taylor school board got its first look at the district’s potential calendar for the 2025-26 academic year, with some familiar wrinkles carrying over from the current calendar.
Blair-Taylor superintendent Lynn Halverson presented the preliminary 2025-26 school calendar to the school board...
The Blair-Taylor school board will change as member Sarah Staff has resigned.
Staff has served on the board for nine years, but is moving outside of the district, creating a vacancy on the board.
In a social media post, Staff wrote: “It’s been an honor to serve our community and participate in...
