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A man accused of driving his vehicle into a car outside an Independence bar and then returning, allegedly hitting one man and threatening bar patrons, is being held in jail in lieu of $20,000 cash bond.
Eulises Campos Villegas, 31, of 35396 6th St., Independence, has been charged with felony first...
An increasing percentage of the offenses seen in county courts include a domestic abuse element and about 125 county residents have sought shelter from an abusive partner, supervisors learned as they declared October domestic violence awareness month.
Trempealeau County Circuit Court Judge Rian...
The Arcadia city council approved replacing bleachers “shaped like potato chips” while it heard a wish list from the youth association and considered a proposal that the city resume management of a park pavilion.
The council also authorized installing two benches in Memorial Park to recognize the...
The Arcadia school board had further conversations about the implementation of standard based grading at its regular meeting last week Monday.
The conversation began in July when the board approved a handbook had language containing information about standards based grading, though the district...
The Land O’Lakes plant in Whitehall was awarded two “E Flags” for its contribution to the United States Armed Forces in World War II. The above photo was provided to the Times by Whitehall High School history teacher and president of the Whitehall Area Historical Foundation, Gary Giese. Giese gave a presentation to WHS Class of 1963 regarding the Land O’Lakes plant on Sept. 14.
Few could’ve known that the stories would end up being connected.
In the Dec. 4, 1941 edition of the Whitehall Times it was reported that work had begun on the new Land O’Lakes plant being built in the city of Whitehall. The very next week a headline read: “Japan Attacks U.S. Possessions in Pacific...
Weeks before a former Osseo-Fairchild teacher’s trial on sexual assault is scheduled to begin, a judge Monday ruled the man could not use expert testimony that the teacher did not have the personality traits consistent with someone who would sexually assault a child.
Pepin County Circuit Court...
Removing a book or other resource from a library within the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau School District will soon require a different process, and a public committee will be the final step in that process.
The school district is in the midst of overhauling its media selection and removal policies, and...
A Galesville business may not be hosting its annual Christmas event because it does not have a space to hold said event after the city council voted to deny them use of the city shop.
The council voted against allowing Jake Halama of Galesville business Jake’s Moving and Storage to hold its fourth...
Business owners in Galesville will have slightly tighter restrictions on what they can use for signage outside of their businesses, particularly on city sidewalks.
The changes include the chief of police and superintendent of public works now being able to issue the permits to allow street signs....
The Galesville city council last week approved an update to its noxious weed ordinance to update the proper state statute listed in the ordinance.
The change will ensure the ordinance is enforceable — the nearby Ettrick village board recently dropped an impending fine against a resident because its...
