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  25 YEARS AGO March 26, 1998 Whitehall district school board members got an idea Monday night of what the local schools will gain, and lose, under the state of Wisconsin’s new public school choice program. The board, at its regular monthly meeting, approved applications for admission to the...

 

 

  25 YEARS AGO March 19, 1998 A proposed historical museum for Trempealeau County got a boost from the county board of supervisors. The county board voted unanimously to approve a resolution calling for the county to proceed with the development of a historical center. The resolution reconfigures...

 

 

  25 YEARS AGO March 12, 1998 Trempealeau County’s groundbreaking program to train new farmers is set to get underway in less than three weeks. The county University of Wisconsin-Extension office is currently taking applications for the Beginning Farmer Incubator Program, which will be operated at...

 

 

25 YEARS AGO March 5, 1998 A last-minute settlement has headed off a test of Whitehall’s dangerous-dog ordinance, but apparently will cost a city family their pet. A public hearing was called under provisions of the eight-year-old ordinance, but was cancelled after the agreement. As a result of the...

 

 

  25 YEARS AGO February 26, 1998 Even though it could hold a special meeting on the question, the Whitehall district board of education will wait to decide whether to sell all or part of the school forest land. The board, at its regular meeting Monday night, favored putting the issue on the agenda...

 

 

  25 YEARS AGO February 19, 1998 The Trempealeau County Board of Supervisors created a new office in the sheriff’s department and abolished one that had existed since the county was created. On a 14-3 vote, with two abstentions, the board created the position of chief deputy. The measures enacted...

 

 

  25 YEARS AGO February 12, 1998 Whitehall will get its first historical marker, courtesy of the Whitehall Area Chamber of Commerce. The business group voted to purchase a marker commemorating Seymour Gardens from the state of Wisconsin. Seymour Gardens was the area of flowers and bushes formerly...

 

 

  25 YEARS AGO February 5, 1998 Jerry Freimark wasn’t planning on spending last week Wednesday afternoon in La Crosse. But then, the Whitehall School District administrator wasn’t expecting a call from the White House last week, either. But there he was on Monday, taking a call from an aide to...

 

 

  25 YEARS AGO January 29, 1998 Area residents will be able to learn about the proposed sale of the Tri-County Lutheran Nursing Home in Pigeon Falls at a public meeting to be held next week. Trempealeau County Health Care Center officials have arranged for the informational meeting at the Pigeon...
One would never have known talking to Lindsay Steien after last Tuesday’s girls basketball game at Blair-Taylor High School that the senior just broke a record that had stood for more than 30 years. Lindsay Steien is officially the name at the top of both the Blair-Taylor and Trempealeau County all...

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