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Arcadia’s newest flood control project performed well following recent rains while officials continued to clear hurdles to a higher Turton Creek levee and heard a grant may help with a west-side flood project.
City operations director Rollie Conrad said a few streets flooded following recent heavy...
A meeting last month has the Trempealeau village board considering whether it should be managing the boat landing on Lock and Dam Road, currently run by the state Department of Natural Resources.
The DNR currently leases the land and boat landing from the Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE), and high...
Possible adjustments to Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRA) within the contracts of Arcadia School District administrators were clarified by the Arcadia School Board last week.
The board approved administrative contracts for 2024-26 at its June meeting but asked for more information regarding...
Lori Frerk began her tenure as superintendent of the Arcadia School District this month. Frerk said she hopes to be an involved leader in the community and believes the district’s job is to produce educated, prepared members of the community. (Times photograph by Benjamin Pierce)
Although Lori Frerk had never heard of Arcadia before a recruiter connected her to the school district’s open superintendent position, it didn’t take long for the longtime Green Bay East High School principal to see there was potential in the Trempealeau County community.
Frerk, who was hired as...
Wednesday, July 10
01:10 — Blair: A disabled vehicle is alongside the road.
01:16 — Whitehall: A male is walking around buildings.
07:41 — Trempealeau: The caller reported a loose dog is coming out in the roadway.
09:12 — Eleva: The caller’s husband is making threats.
10:37 — Eleva: A male is...
25 YEARS AGO
July 29, 1999
The Whitehall Lions Club chose a Girl Scout, church, and school leader as its 1999 Citizen of the Year. Kay Nelson of rural Whitehall was presented the award during the club’s meeting held Monday at the Melby Park shelter. Nelson, a teacher at the Pigeon Falls K-1...
One person was pronounced dead at the scene after a head-on crash early Tuesday morning near Arcadia.
The Trempealeau County Sheriff’s Department reported two vehicles collided on Highway 93 in the town of Arcadia near Loesel Ln. at 1:26 a.m. The highway was closed for about three hours as...
A pilot study on Whitehall’s wastewater treatment plant showed that the current plant could be rehabilitated, the Whitehall city council heard last week.
Jeff Nussbaum of engineering firm Short Elliott Hendrickson (SEH) told the council that the pilot study is the first step required by the...
The man who died in an accident at the Trempealeau bike park in June has been identified.
Trempealeau Police Chief Jeremy Randall identified the deceased as Jay Esch, a 62-year-old man from River Falls.
Esch’s bike went off the track while using a split decision bike ramp. Esch suffered a basal...
The Independence school board could see more money in its operating budget than last year and still have enough left over to push its Fund 46 balance over $1 million next school year, according to school board discussion last week.
District administrator Paul Franzwa presented the district’s...
