A former Osseo-Fairchild teacher was sentenced to a year in jail, probation, and forbidden from teaching again after he was found guilty of sexual assault. Nicholas Bergeron, 33, of Strum will also be required to register as a sex offender, undergo sex offender treatment and may not have contact...
The Arcadia city council has given CSI Sands of Wisconsin two deadlines to provide the city with reclamation bond information and plans. The council decided after a closed meeting last Wednesday to give the company 30 days to provide documents relating to the money set aside to reclaim the mining...
A request from Source Energy Services to annex three parcels of land from the town of Preston into the city of Blair was heard by the city council again last week, more than a year after it had rejected the previous petition for the annexation.  The topic was not listed for the council to take...
There was no action taken, but the Ettrick village board has a better idea of what an ordinance that would allow people to maintain chickens within the village limits would look like. Now, they’re hoping village residents provide feedback. The ordinance presented at last week Tuesday’s meeting was...
While it was made clear that Ettrick trustees don’t intend to interfere with the operation of the local fire department, the village board did request to have more information regarding the budget it is asked to approve. “We don’t have any desire to stick our noses into your business, it’s just a...

 

 

The Arcadia recreation center will undergo a structural inspection as city officials consider whether to sell or keep open the building on Main Street. After hearing the building is used for practice by elementary baseball and volleyball players and youth involved in soccer, council members last...

 

 

Those who live outside the village limits will have to pay quite a bit more to use the Trempealeau pool this summer. At last Thursday’s regular meeting the Trempealeau village board voted to increase the daily fee for non-village residents from $3 to $10, while the seasonal rates for families and...

Senior Jack Beedle embraced teammate Kyle Seiling in the waning minutes of Saturday’s sectional final loss to Prescott at Eau Claire Memorial High School. Beedle hasn’t played since December but has continued to be a leader for the G-E-T boys basketball team.

With time waning in Saturday’s boys basketball sectional championship, the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau coaching staff kept busy, motivating its players and scheming their best attempt at a comeback with the Red Hawks trailing a strong opponent. The coaches — while working relentlessly and visibly...

            Senior Braden Anibas floated a shot toward the rim for G-E-T during Saturday’s sectional championship game against Prescott at Eau Claire Memorial High School. The Red Hawks lost 63-48 and end the year 20-8.   (Times photograph by Benjamin Pierce)

A frenzied second-half push fell just short for the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau boys basketball team in Saturday’s Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division Three sectional championship game as the Red Hawks ended their season with a 63-48 loss to Prescott. After clawing back from an...

 

 

Wednesday, Feb. 28 00:47 — Blair: One-vehicle rollover reported.  04:35 — Blair: Officer is out with a semi.  05:27 — Independence: Highway department is reporting a car in the ditch.  06:08 — Whitehall: A vehicle is in the ditch.  06:41 —Blair: Medical alarm was pushed; unable to make contact.  09...

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Senior Jack Beedle embraced teammate Kyle Seiling in the waning minutes of Saturday’s sectional final loss to Prescott at Eau Claire Memorial High School. Beedle hasn’t played since December but has continued to be a leader for the G-E-T boys basketball team.

With time waning in Saturday’s boys basketball sectional championship, the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau coaching staff kept busy, motivating its players and scheming their best attempt at a...

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