Though the candidates for Arcadia mayor are the same as two years ago – when the race was settled by a mere five votes – this year’s contest is a little edgier. Next Tuesday city voters will decide between John Kimmel, Arcadia mayor from 2006 to 2015, and incumbent Mayor Kevin Mayzek, who is...
All four residents competing for a pair of seats in Galesville city government in next Tuesday’s spring election carry experience representing the municipality. In one race, current council members David Carlson and Tom Thatcher seek election to become Galesville’s next mayor. The winner will...
A Texas man died on Saturday evening while cleaning the city of Blair’s water tank in the town of Preston. According to a press release sent by the Trempealeau County Sheriff’s Department, Carlos Medina, 30, of El Paso, was using a 90-foot suction tube to clean sediment outside of the tank. Wearing...
Just three Trempealeau County board seats are being contested this year, three others will change hands and a supervisor who initially decided against running has registered as a write-in. Voters Tuesday will select a winner in contested seats in District One where incumbent Bridgette Turner faces...
Incumbent Whitehall school board member Byron Fields and challenger Julie Casperson are both looking for more community involvement with the school district.   Casperson said her main goal, if elected, to the Whitehall school board on April 2 will be to improve communication within the district and...
Incumbent Todd Roessler faces resident Ray Slattery in the lone contested race for Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau School Board when the 2024 spring election opens next Tuesday. Roessler carries 10 years of experience on the board and has three children attending G-E-T schools. He was a previous member of...
A company that once operated a sand mine east of Arcadia has until April 19 in provide evidence of a $2 million reclamation bond or the city will revoke its permits, the city council decided. The mine, which has been idle since sometime in 2019, was first operated by CSI Sands Wisconsin in 2017. In...
The Independence school board made it clear it is looking for improvement on the district’s grade from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) and school Superintendent Paul Franzwa outlined his plan to make that a reality. The school board was presented with information regarding all...
Brian Bautch is running for a spot on the Independence school board as a way to give back to a community. Bautch is running against incumbent Deb Bork on the April 2 ballot. Bork did not respond to multiple requests to fill out a questionnaire sent by the Times last week. She is the only incumbent...
David Galewski isn’t running for city government in Tuesday’s election because he thinks the incumbents have done a poor job, he’s just looking to add some competition to the mix. Galewski, who served a couple of terms on the city council previously, filed to run for mayor against Robert Baecker...

Sports

A pair of Arcadia High School athletes placed inside the top three of their respective events to open the Raiders’ 2024 track and field season last Tuesday. The Raiders opened the year last...

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