Op-Ed
25 YEARS AGO
August 24, 2000
For the third time in just over three months, 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 to levy a property tax sufficient to repay the...
25 YEARS AGO
August 17, 2000
A dangerous variation on the sport of roller blading nearly proved fatal to an area resident last week. Thomas Guenther of rural Blair was seriously injured last week when he fell while being pulled on in-line skates by a pickup truck. Guenther, 19 and a 1999 Whitehall...
25 YEARS AGO
August 10, 2000
An Independence man has been charged with murder in the shooting of his wife. Robert Helgeson made his initial appearance in Trempealeau County Circuit Court last week on one count of first-degree intentional homicide. Helgeson, 77, is accused of shooting his wife, 74-...
25 YEARS AGO
August 3, 2000
Whitehall’s Beef and Dairy Days festival will get nationwide publicity this year, thanks to the persistence of a postal clerk. The community fundraiser to be held later this month will be the subject of a special U.S. Postal Service cancellation. A USPS station will be...
25 YEARS AGO
July 27, 2000
Kendra Congdon of Galesville was crowned 2000 Trempealeau County Fair Ambassador during the opening night activities of the 142nd annual fair. Brooke Kopp of Pigeon Falls was the first attendant, Natasha Semb, Galesville, was second attendant and Miss Congeniality was...
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...
