A jury sided with a Blair bank that when an Eau Claire bank hired away its employees, who took valuable accounts with them, it violated an agreement between the two institutions. A Trempealeau County jury unanimously ruled that Lake Shore III Corp., contrary to a negotiated contract, hired six one-...
A Blair man faces his eighth driving under the influence charges after he drove his truck into a field near the intersection of Highway 53 and Lone Star Road. James C. Bjorge Jr., 51, was arrested as he walked away from the crash at just after 1 p.m. Sept. 21. He was released on $15,000 cash bond....
The Whitehall School District got approval to begin repairs to the district’s athletic track and football scoreboard, though neither project can be completed before the conclusion of the upcoming seasons. The district school board heard at last Monday’s meeting that the district’s insurance company...
A 38-year-old man has been charged with nine felony counts of failure to provide child support, each of which carries a possible prison term and a fine. Jake Donald Viner, whose residence is listed as La Crosse and having no permanent address, was released on a $1,000 signature bond. The nine...

            The Schwertel Family is operating a corn maze for the second straight year this fall at their Trempealeau farm. The family themed its corn maze after Type 1 diabetes to help educate local people about the condition after their daughter, Kinley, a sixth-grader at G-E-T Middle School, was diagnosed in 2023.                      (Submitted photo)

The Schwertel family saw everyday life change last year, and now they hope to educate — and help — others. Schwertel Family Farms, LLC is a third-generation family farm in Trempealeau operated by Ryan Schwertel, his wife Kristina and their daughters. The farm at W27348 State Road 54 35 is in the...

            Claire Wagner watched her shot land on the green of the 10th hole at Drugan’s Castle Mound Golf Course in Holmen during last Thursday’s Coulee Conference championship meet.          (Times photograph by Benjamin Pierce)

Arcadia sophomore Kalyce Sobotta was the county’s top golfer at the 2024 Coulee Conference girls golf championship, held last Thursday at Drugan’s Castle Mound Golf Course in Holmen. Sobotta and the Raiders joined Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau at the tournament, the second of two Coulee vents last week...
After a Dairyland Conference sweep, the Blair-Taylor volleyball team lost a close nonconference match. The Wildcats had little trouble dispatching Augusta last week Tuesday, winning all three sets convincingly. On Thursday, the team won the second and third sets to take a 2-1 lead in Durand, but...
There was no stopping the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau High School football team’s rushing attack last week. The Red Hawks gashed the host Blackhawks for more than 500 yards and eight touchdowns on the ground in a 56-15 Coulee Conference victory at Viroqua High School last week, the first win of the...
The Whitehall volleyball team was close to one win, but ended up losing a pair of matches to Dairyland Conference co-op programs.  Whitehall actually scored more total points than Independence/Gilmanton last week Tuesday, but the Indees won three close sets for a 3-2 match win (see story elsewhere...
The sun was setting, but the runners were starting last Friday as both Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau and Arcadia joined cross country teams from across the state at the annual Nightfall Classic in Marshfield. The event, which changes the usual tradition of morning or early evening cross country...

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            Claire Wagner watched her shot land on the green of the 10th hole at Drugan’s Castle Mound Golf Course in Holmen during last Thursday’s Coulee Conference championship meet.          (Times photograph by Benjamin Pierce)

Arcadia sophomore Kalyce Sobotta was the county’s top golfer at the 2024 Coulee Conference girls golf championship, held last Thursday at Drugan’s Castle Mound Golf Course in Holmen....

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