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Those planning to open a new frac sand mine on 1,269 acres in Independence were granted a 90-extension on a city permit to allow them to solidify contracts with investors.
The four-to-one vote Monday to grant the extension to Cameron Rail for the city’s conditional use permit came after an appeal...
Aaron Engel
Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau superintendent Aaron Engel may soon be leaving for a job in a larger district.
The School District of La Crosse announced Engel as one of three finalists for its superintendent vacancy last week. He will interview against Stacey Everson, director of secondary education for...
Whitehall’s school board approved the implementation of a new visitor system last Wednesday that intends to increase school safety. They will be the first school in the area to implement the system, according to superintendent Mike Beighley.
The system is called Raptor Visitor Management, and...
Russ Severson of Arcadia witnessed the now iconic flag raising during the Battle of Iwo Jima 75 years ago.
“We were moving toward the first airfield and we saw them raise the flag. I was quite a distance away from it [Mount Suribachi] but I saw it and we were happy as hell because we were taking a lot of mortar and artillery fire from that mountain. It really was something to see,” recalled Russel L....
Two Galesville residents were charged with possession of drugs after sheriff’s deputies followed up on a video allegedly showing the two using drugs in front of children aged four and two and a half.
Taylor Dobbs, 22, and Bailey Owen Ahlert, 19, both of 21343 Wolfe Run Lane, 1B, were charged with...
The state department of the American Legion will be offering 33 scholarships to be awarded as the result of tests held in March.
To promote “Americanism, love of county, knowledge of government and allegiance to the U.S. flag to our youth” the legion is offering tests to high school students in...
Trempealeau County Sheriff's Department Weekly Log
Wednesday, Feb. 12
07:47 – Arcadia: Caller is having ongoing issues with a person pushing snow across the road.
09:40 — Arcadia: Disorderly student.
10:03 — Arcadia: A young male dressed in all black came to the caller’s door asking for a ride. ...
The city of Arcadia has set limits on how much of a residential lot may be covered with a hard surface, and outlawed parking vehicles on unpaved front or side yards.
In other ordinance action last Wednesday, the council upped the legal smoking age from 18 to 21 to bring it into compliance with new...
The Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau school board will meet in closed session for three separate expulsion hearings scheduled for Thursday after racist threats over social media were discovered last week.
The school board also met Tuesday in closed session “For the purpose of a recent administrative...
Celebrate “Leap Day” at Old Main Historical and Community Arts Center in Galesville Saturday at 7:30 p.m.
Attendees can hear the Crooked Willow string band with vocals that will take you to places where trees grow near the riverside and frogs leap, people fish, and children play. Some say that...
