Op-Ed
25 YEARS AGO
November 19, 1998
The Trempealeau County Board of Supervisors last week approved a 1999 budget that results in a slightly higher total property tax levy than had been proposed. Two new positions in the Trempealeau County Sheriff’s Department created by the board at last week Tuesday’s...
25 YEARS AGO
November 5, 1998
Tuesday’s general election was a good one in Trempealeau County for incumbents. Sheriff Ralph Weisenberger and district Attorney Peter Gierok were reelected. Weisenberger had a more than 2,000 vote advantage over challenger Terrance Daffinson. Gierok won by more than 3...
To the Editor:
It’s my turn again. Hopefully, when I’m finished wordsmithing, it will cause you to stir.
I’m leaning into today’s current state of affairs, so my rhetoric must invariably have political highlights or else why bother? Some of you are already rolling your eyes, while others have re-...
25 YEARS AGO
October 29, 1998
The race for Trempealeau County Sheriff features something that is common in many communities, but apparently hasn’t happened in Trempealeau County before: A uniformed county officer, Republican Terrence Daffinson, is running against an incumbent sheriff, his boss,...
25 YEARS AGO
October 22, 1998
The city of Whitehall’s insurance company has refused to pay claims filed by city property owners whose basements were damaged when sanitary sewer lines backed up during heavy rains in late June. Wausau Insurance Co. had informed the city by letter that it would not...
To the Editor:
I just saw that Congressman Derrick Van Orden spoke at the commencement ceremony for graduates of the Police Academy at Chippewa Valley Technical college. I found it very disturbing that the academy would invite a political figure with no law enforcement experience to speak to newly...
25 YEARS AGO
October 15, 1998
The Northfield Mercantile Café was chosen by Discover Wisconsin Radio as its “Restaurant Pick of the Month” for September. The program is part of Discover Wisconsin Productions, a company that promotes Wisconsin events and sites nationally and internationally. The...
To the Editor:
The School District of Arcadia will join school districts throughout the state to salute their local education leaders during Wisconsin School Board Week October 1-7, 2023.
The commemorative week is designed to recognize the contributions made by Wisconsin’s school board members,...
25 YEARS AGO
October 8, 1998
Hundreds of people showed up Sunday to help Tri-County Memorial Hospital and Nursing Home mark the completion of a three-year $5.5 million building and renovation project. Hospital officials estimated that more than 400 people attended the open house for the facility’s...
To the Editor:
Another 9/11 anniversary has passed us by.
Many of our young people need to know what the date represents. I learned its significance is often omitted from classroom study. Could that be true?
Did you know that post 9/11 veteran suicide rates have increased tenfold? I’m not surprised...
