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Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-WI) traveled to Trempealeau County last Thursday to visit the new Tri-County Hospital in Whitehall. Van Orden toured the facility and talked with staff and patients about rural healthcare and modern medicine before heading to a farm in Osseo later in the afternoon. (Times photograph by Benjamin Pierce)
Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-WI) spent time in Trempealeau County last week talking with residents and area leaders about rural healthcare and agriculture needs.
The congressman toured Gundersen Health System’s new Tri-County Hospital in Whitehall on Thursday before traveling to the Goplin family farm...
Wednesday, May 22
02:08 — Strum: A female called asking for help; unsure of what is going on.
03:25 — Independence: The caller said her husband is hearing things and is very angry.
06:46 — Dodge: A tree is on powerlines.
07:21 — Arcadia: A car hit a deer.
08:27 — Galesville: Two dogs are...
Whitehall School District Superintendent Mike Beighley gave school board members a tour of what is now officially known as the Whitehall Regional Emerging Technology Laboratory during last week’s meeting.(Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
While it has often been referred to as the former Beaver Builders building or the new tech center, the Whitehall School District’s multimillion-dollar project now has an official name.
At last week Monday’s regular monthly meeting, the district board of education officially named the new building...
Teachers in the Arcadia School District will see a 4.12 percent increase to base wages for the 2024-25 school year, but that increase will be implemented by increasing their actual current salaries by 3.4 percent in conjunction with increases to their bonus pay for years worked in Arcadia schools....
The Blair-Taylor school board approved a health insurance plan for employees that members felt was the best for the staff and district.
Discussion about the plan began at the board’s April meeting. It continued last week with final approval given toward a plan that allows employees to keep the same...
The National Weather Service confirmed a tornado touched down along Burlington Road in the town of Arcadia last week. The twister was strong enough to destroy a barn and a garage on a property, launching the roofs of both structures a considerable distance. Pictured above is the door to the garage – which was previously located on the front side of the house — in back of the house where a board was lodged through the wall. Pictured below is rubble from where the barn once stood along with a tree that was broken in half and a semi box trailer tipped onto its roof. (Times photographs by Andrew Dannehy)
The National Weather Service out of La Crosse confirmed a tornado touched down along Burlington Road, about five miles east of Arcadia last Tuesday.
The tornado only lasted for one minute, but it was strong enough to destroy a garage and a barn. The wind caused a wooden board to be lodged in the...
Appropriately enough, a canoe points the way to the Elk Rod and Gun Club's boat landing off Cross Road south of Independence. This landing as well as a new one being developed on 11 acres just purchased by the club off Highway 121 between Whitehall and Independence are key elements of a Trempealeau River trail being developed by the county's parks and recreation coordinator, Jack Haye. (Times photograph by Debbie Foss)
With the right group of friends, the Trempealeau River may soon be an open and even educational trail for small rafts from Whitehall to Arcadia.
The county’s parks and recreation coordinator, Jake Haye, is organizing what he hopes will be a working group of Friends of Trempealeau County Parks and...
Wednesday, May 15
04:31 — Arcadia: 911 hang-up.
05:57 — Arcadia: A car hit a deer.
06:34 — Galesville: A car hit a deer.
07:52 — Blair: A guy is sleeping in a gray van in a parking lot.
07:55 — Whitehall: A car hit a deer.
09:49 — Eleva: The caller said his partner attempted to overdose.
10:22...
A “person of interest” in the May 15 homicide near Ettrick has been arrested, according to the Trempealeau County Sheriff’s Department.
In a release sent to the Times last Friday afternoon, the sheriff’s department said it developed a person of interest early in the investigation and made an...
The former director of the Trempealeau County Human Services department engaged in a wide range of improper financial acts, according to a suit brought by the department’s former fiscal manager.
Victoria Pearson, who served as fiscal manager from October 2021 until she was fired in January 2023,...
