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Todd Gieck
While a representative from the public defender office said the amount was “unrealistic,” Pepin County Judge Thomas Clark granted Trempealeau County District Attorney John Sacia’s request to set a cash bond of $1.5 million for the man accused of killing Kyle Dahl on May 15.
Clark, presiding over...
The Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau Performing Arts Center will take a break from hosting external performances. (Submitted photo)
The Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau Performing Arts Center will take a break from a full schedule of hosting external performances.
The performing arts center, commonly referred to as the PAC, was finished in November 2020 and saw its first full year of use, including a slate of external performances, in...
Those wishing to follow Blair-Taylor athletics from the comfort of their own home won’t be able to do so for free next year.
The B-T school board last Tuesday approved the recommendation of Superintendent Lynn Halverson to charge for access to the online stream. Halverson cited the cost for...
Wednesday, June 19
02:00 — Arcadia: The caller is being harassed by their son.
04:24 — Blair: A car hit a deer.
07:42 — Blair: The caller reported an altercation.
08:03 — Trempealeau: A disabled vehicle is in the turn lane.
09:28 — Trempealeau: The caller requested a welfare check.
10:54 —...
The county’s administrator bolstered her proposal to add a childcare center to a county renovation project, arguing public financing “is the way” to ease costs and increase availability.
Administrator Rebecca Glewen told supervisors at their meeting June 17 that long waiting lists and costs that...
The Arcadia council approved the city’s water and sewer utilities applying for a low-interest state loan to help finance the replacement of infrastructure beneath a stretch of Main Street.
The application for the state’s Safe Drinking Water Loan Program, approved by the council last Wednesday, is...
Staff in the Arcadia School District will now have cheaper access to the Little Raiders Childcare Center housed at Arcadia Elementary School.
The Arcadia School Board approved a 25% discount at Little Raiders for children of school district employees by a 6-0 vote last Monday. Board member Vicente...
Todd Gieck
Within 24 hours of the shooting death of an Ettrick man on May 15, investigators were tracking, around the clock, the activities of a man who would be eventually arrested and charged in the death.
The suspect, Todd Eric Gieck, 61, of Melrose, would be taken into custody by Trempealeau and Jackson...
Wednesday, June 12
01:49 — Arcadia: A smoke alarm is going off and the caller can smell smoke.
11:15 — Galesville: Motorcycle crash reported.
11:22 — Eleva: 911 open line.
12:12 — Blair: The caller reported neighbors are yelling and creating chaos.
12:59 — Arcadia: A vehicle hit a pedestrian. ...
A Pepin County circuit court judge will oversee court actions against a Melrose man who has been charged with reckless homicide in the death of an Ettrick father of two.
Judge Thomas Clark took over the case from Trempealeau County Circuit Court Judge Rian Radke who recused himself. A county...
