The Trempealeau Municipal Pool is closed for the 2024 season, and final numbers shared at last Thursday’s village board meeting indicated high usage and shared the possible impact of reciprocity agreements for area municipalities.
Preliminary numbers show the Trempealeau pool earned $33,000 in...
The parking lot near the Independence School District’s multi-use community sports field will be paved.
The field was added with a grant from Pilgrim’s Pride. It currently houses soccer nets and eventually will be the practice football field. The district received two bids for the work, and chose...
While a camper was parked there on Tuesday of this week, the Blair city council voted last Thursday to restrict parking in the city parking lot located at Gilbert and Center streets to passenger vehicles.
Those driving semi-trucks and other large vehicles won’t be able to park on the city parking lot they’ve utilized in the past.
The Blair city council voted at last Thursday’s meeting to allow only passenger vehicles to park in the lot located on Gilbert and Center streets. Work to repave the lot...
Members of the Ettrick village board didn’t think the village should be responsible for water issues that apparently have arisen in the town of Ettrick shop.
Village President Marc Baures said the township has had issues with water running into its new shop and had requested the village pay for...
As the city prepares for a long-awaited flood project, the Arcadia council approved testing interest in moving some houses, paying to move play equipment and a relocation package for a homeowner.
Mayor John Kimmel told the council last Wednesday that there has been interest in moving some of the...
A 43-year-old Whitehall woman has been charged with the sexual assault of a 15-year-old boy.
The charges of felony sexual assault of a child and misdemeanor resisting arrest against Erika Bauer of W16574 Schroeder Road arose from an incident at the victim’s home Sept. 4, according to the criminal...
Independence city officials approved a hike in garbage collection fees, shut down — for at least a month — the historical society offices in city hall and heard that the Bugle Lake dam is leaking.
The 55-cent-a month increase in garbage collection fees will go into effect Jan. 1. The increase comes...
Brian and Jean Stenberg will be honored as marshals for the 2024 Cheese Fest parade in Blair on Sunday.
Both have been active in the community for decades.
Jean Stenberg worked more than 40 years in the food stand in addition to helping with the Cheese Chase, yard award and kiddie parade. She is...
The Blair-Taylor volleyball team had a difficult time getting its offense going in a three-set loss to Loyal last week Tuesday.
The Wildcats lost all three sets by double digits, managing 38 total points to Loyal’s 75. The Panthers won the first and third sets, 25-14, and the second, 25-10.
Chloe...
Claire Wagner tied for the third-lowest score of any golfer in the first Coulee Conference meet of the season last week at Viroqua Hills Golf Club, and Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau played to a second-place finish.
Arcadia finished third as a team with 281 strokes at the meet, which Black River Falls...
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The Blair-Taylor volleyball team had a difficult time getting its offense going in a three-set loss to Loyal last week Tuesday.
The Wildcats lost all three sets by double digits, managing 38 total...
