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Students at Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau High School are experiencing tighter restrictions on cellphone use this year.
During the 2023-24 school year, teachers had a cellphone caddy in each classroom for students to place phones. Using caddies was a recommendation, but this year placing phones in the...
An Arcadia man has been charged after he allegedly poured gas on an individual’s home and car and threatened to ignite them.
Corey Matthew Campana, 33, of 110 N. Jackson St., is charged with felony attempted arson, attempted arson of property other than a building, false imprisonment, threats to...
As long as the property owner sees his plans through, the Whitehall city council won’t begin the abatement process on the former GTC Motor Parts building on Blair Street.
Owner Scott Schmitt addressed the city council at last Thursday’s monthly meeting and presented plans to repair the building,...
Brandon Bautista Cruz
A man has been sentenced to serve two years in state prison after pleading guilty to charges related to a July 2023 burglary in the town of Arcadia.
Brandon Bautista Cruz, 25, pleaded guilty to burglary-building or dwelling, taking and driving a vehicle without consent and criminal damage to...
Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau junior Amara Brantner went for the kill during a match against Westby at last Tuesday’s Coulee Conference quad meet at Westby High School. The Red Hawks fell to Westby and Viroqua at the event. (Times photograph by Benjamin Pierce)
A Coulee Conference volleyball quad at Westby High School last week saw half of the conference in action, including the G-E-T High School team.
The Red Hawks (0-10 this season) fell to the host Westby Norse and Viroqua at the event on Tuesday, which also included Arcadia (see story elsewhere in...
Wednesday, Sept. 4
00:36 — Strum: A male has been drinking and is being disorderly.
01:07 — Arcadia: The caller can see lights on top of a hill in the distance. She is concerned that it may be a crash.
02:14 — Independence: The 911 caller reported being locked out of a house.
05:03 — Whitehall:...
The Trempealeau Municipal Pool is closed for the 2024 season, and final numbers shared at last Thursday’s village board meeting indicated high usage and shared the possible impact of reciprocity agreements for area municipalities.
Preliminary numbers show the Trempealeau pool earned $33,000 in...
The parking lot near the Independence School District’s multi-use community sports field will be paved.
The field was added with a grant from Pilgrim’s Pride. It currently houses soccer nets and eventually will be the practice football field. The district received two bids for the work, and chose...
While a camper was parked there on Tuesday of this week, the Blair city council voted last Thursday to restrict parking in the city parking lot located at Gilbert and Center streets to passenger vehicles.
Those driving semi-trucks and other large vehicles won’t be able to park on the city parking lot they’ve utilized in the past.
The Blair city council voted at last Thursday’s meeting to allow only passenger vehicles to park in the lot located on Gilbert and Center streets. Work to repave the lot...
Members of the Ettrick village board didn’t think the village should be responsible for water issues that apparently have arisen in the town of Ettrick shop.
Village President Marc Baures said the township has had issues with water running into its new shop and had requested the village pay for...
