Op-Ed
25 YEARS AGO
February 10, 2000
Pigeon Falls native, John Ackley, left last weekend for his third trip to Antarctica, where he will again spend eight months working for a Colorado firm that provides services to scientific bases there. Ackley will spend most of his time at the National Science...
The public deserves to know why Arcadia is without a police chief and what the city officials intend to do about it. Unfortunately, members of the city government disagree.
But, there’s one small problem with the city’s action. It isn’t just that the public deserves more information, it has a legal...
25 YEARS AGO
February 3, 2000
The Whitehall city council likely will act next week or next month on a proposed annexation that would increase the city’s area by about half. Trempealeau County and two private landowners are expected to petition to annex nearly 1,000 acres of land located west of the...
25 YEARS AGO
January 27, 2000
Unless county board members change their minds, Trempealeau County residents won’t get to vote on a proposed new county jail and sheriff’s department building. The county’s jail study committee voted down a motion to put the new law enforcement facility on an advisory...
Blair-Taylor’s CJ Dummer released a jump shot during their game against Independence/Gilmanton on Thursday. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
The Blair-Taylor boys basketball team showed it can score and play defense as it won three more games last week.
The Wildcats began the week with an 83-point showing to beat Augusta at home on Tuesday. On Friday, B-T started slowly but pulled ahead of Independence/Gilmanton and held on for a 55-44...
25 YEARS AGO
January 20, 2000
The Whitehall Volunteer Fire Department elected Scott Stendahl as chief, succeeding Randy Olson, who is stepping down after serving nine years. Olson, a 22-year veteran of the department will continue as a volunteer fireman. Stendahl’s election, however, requires...
25 YEARS AGO
January 13, 2000
Based on an independent review, a Trempealeau County Sheriff’s Department officer used justifiable force when he shot a driver who was attempting to flee from a roadblock last month. The county district attorney’s office officially notified the sheriff’s department...
25 YEARS AGO
January 6, 2000
The New Year, and the new millennium, arrived with a bang in Whitehall Saturday morning, courtesy of a fireworks show sponsored by the city. Hundreds of spectators turned out on the north side of the city, watching from parked vehicles and taking advantage of the...
25 YEARS AGO
December 30, 1999
Fire that may have started in a furnace caused major damage to Country Lace, Pigeon Falls’ largest private employer, Thursday evening. Volunteers from four area departments battled the blaze at the company that manufactures home décor items.
The city of Whitehall and...
25 YEARS AGO
December 23, 1999
The Trempealeau County board of supervisors voted Monday to designate county-owned land at the Trempealeau County Health Care Center farm as the site for a proposed new county jail and sheriff’s department building, and to provide room at the new facility for the...
