Op-Ed
25 YEARS AGO
July 20, 2000
Despite reservations about the idea, the Whitehall city council will meet with Trem-pealeau County representatives to discuss locating the county sheriff department’s dispatch and 911 facilities in the City Center building. Clerk Lynn Johnson reported the county’s Jail...
25 YEARS AGO
July 13, 2000
Chris Hovell is the new director of the Trempealeau County Health Department, succeeding Eileen Gutknecht, who retired earlier this year. Hovell is a Galesville native and Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau graduate.
Judges next week will choose the next Trempealeau County Fair...
25 YEARS AGO
July 6, 2000
Jennifer Hammer and her late husband, David, were honored with the Pleasantville Area Citizen of the Year Award as part of the Pleasantville Lions Club’s annual Fourth of July celebration. David Hammer, who was killed in a wood-cutting accident last December, was a charter...
25 YEARS AGO
June 29, 2000
Business was too good at the Whitehall Family Aquatic Center earlier this month — and city officials are hoping it won’t happen again. For the first time in the three-year history of the new municipal pool complex, center staff had to turn away customers on June 9. While...
25 YEARS AGO
June 22, 2000
For the second straight month, the Trempealeau County Board of Supervisors has voted down borrowing money for a proposed new county jail. A resolution authorizing the county to borrow up to $16.1 million and levying the tax necessary to repay the promissory notes of bonds...
25 YEARS AGO
June 15, 2000
Kimberly Halama, daughter of Ricardo and Mary Halama of rural Independence, was crowned as the new Trempealeau County Dairy Ambassador during the annual June Dairy Month kick-off breakfast held Saturday on her parent’s farm. Her attendant is Shannon Paulson, daughter of...
25 YEARS AGO
June 8, 2000
Brett Humphrey, Alyssa Glanzman and Liz Hauser will represent Whitehall High School at the annual Badger Boys and Girls State sessions this year.
The Whitehall district school board approved a new athletic code that will be in effect for the 2000-01 school year. Board...
25 YEARS AGO
June 1, 2000
The winners of the Pigeon Falls Lions Club’s Community Service Award are Ginny and Dale Hangartner and the Lion of the Year is Zilpha Erickson. The club presented the awards during the Memorial Day program held Monday morning at Ekern Park as part of its 40th annual...
25 YEARS AGO
May 25, 2000
A Whitehall man was recognized recently for his efforts in helping people with chemical dependency problems. Oliver Peterson was presented with the 1999 Citizen of the Year award from the Coulee Council on Alcohol and Other Chemical Abuse. While the plaque says 1999 on it...
25 YEARS AGO
May 18, 2000
A divided Trempealeau County Board of Supervisors Monday night put plans for a new county jail and sheriff’s department on hold for a while. The board voted down a proposed $16.1 million bond issue that would have financed the new facility. Then it tabled a recommendation...
