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Rather than close Trempealeau County’s public access television studio, the county administrator proposes to reshape it into a medium to promote the county.
Administrator Rebecca Glewen told the board of supervisors Monday that the county needs to focus on growing its economic base in the face of...
Layne Anderson
Both Layne Anderson and Joe Bishop have spent nearly their entire lives in Ettrick, and their reason for never leaving the small Trempealeau County community is the same — the people.
Those people have honored Anderson as the 2024 Ettrick Citizen of the Year, while Bishop has been tabbed the Lion...
The Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau School District will work with a Wisconsin company to develop a capital improvement plan and evaluate its current facilities.
The G-E-T school board approved the contract with Nexus Solutions last Monday by a 7-2 vote, with members Mark Kopp and Harold Olson opposed.
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Mary Martin is in line to become the next Trempealeau County clerk, while the rest of the November ballot was set at last week Tuesday’s partisan primary.
Martin topped Rob Grover — 1,449-1,185 —in the only contested race for a county office. Both ran as Republicans and nobody else has registered...
More than 50 outdoorsmen sought answers from Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources officials at the Arcadia Sportsman’s Club last Tuesday. While DNR officials from the fish hatchery division explained the decision to pause the trout-rearing co-op program, attendees didn’t appear to be satisfied...
The Blair city council voted to take a measure to help keep registered sex offenders away from areas that children are likely to visit.
The council voted at last week Monday’s regular meeting to have city attorney Mark Radcliffe draft an ordinance that would restrict where sex offenders can live....
Lawyers for the county and a former manager deny the charges of improper financial dealings brought in a suit and contend the suit should be dismissed because the statute of limitations has expired and the one-time manager has immunity.
Milwaukee attorney Oyvind Wistrom, who represents both...
Arcadia officials are looking for ways to ease stormwater runoff in areas south and east of Fairfield Avenue, including possibly replacing drainage pipes that are undersized for development that’s occurred in the area.
The council last Wednesday discussed how to remedy some of the drainage problems...
After a vandalism incident last month, the Ettrick village board is looking to beef up security at its parks.
The bathrooms at Game Time Park were vandalized on July 18. The vandals reportedly started paper towels on fire in the bathrooms, damaged the sinks, and drew inappropriate pictures with...
The Independence School District’s capital projects fund is now over $1 million after a budget transfer last month, a move district staff said also serves to maintain a consistent mill rate and build the district’s day-to-day operations fund.
If preliminary numbers hold, a projected 2024-25 mill...
