The Arcadia council approved the city’s 2024 budget but without resolving two notable budget issues, whether to hire another police officer and how to handle city debt.
The city’s $3.46 million budget for 2024 compares with the 2023 budget of $3.42 million. The spending reflects an increase in the...
Independence officials adopted a 2024 budget that bumps up the tax rate, but it was garbage collection that drew public interest.
The $1.55 million budget will increase the city’s share of property taxes on a $100,000 home by about $50, from $859 this year to $911. The budget includes pay raises...
Making school a place students want to be has been a focus for Whitehall School District officials this year and, so far, they think it’s working.
That was the report made to the Whitehall school board at last week Monday’s regular monthly meeting. School deans of students Kayla Rudy and Luke Eide...
With the help of a new library, the city of Whitehall plans to spend about 69 percent more next year than it did in 2023 after the municipality’s budget was approved at a special Whitehall City Council meeting last Monday.
The budget, approved by a 4-0 vote with President Bob Sendelbach absent,...
A Blair woman faces two felonies for a second operating under the influence charge and causing an accident that resulted in injuries.
Theresa Modl, 66, was charged after an accident that occurred just before 8 p.m. at county roads S and C near Ettrick Sept. 24.
When deputies arrived at the scene...
Ratree Loga, who has been cooking since she was a child living in Thailand, has opened Thai Esan Grill in Whitehall with her husband, Todd. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
Forget finding a similar restaurant in this portion of the state, one might not be able to find anything like Thai Esan Grill in the entire Midwest.
Through his experience in the military, Whitehall-area native Todd Loga has traveled the world. That’s how he met his wife, Ratree. Together, they...
The public will be able to tour the new Trempealeau County Justice Center this Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The guided tours will show county taxpayers the new jail and sheriff’s offices, judge’s chambers and courtrooms, clerk of court offices, child support and district attorney’s offices that...

Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau senior Cadence Simmons took a shot from the corner in the first half of last Friday’s Coulee Conference girls basketball game at Luther High School. (Times photograph by Benjamin Pierce)
A pair of area girls basketball teams limited the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau squad’s offense last week as the Red Hawks continue to adapt to a new system this winter.
Bangor — a team that advanced to the sectional round a year ago — beat G-E-T last Tuesday before Luther, one of the top Coulee...
An 11-point halftime lead was not enough for Arcadia in the boys basketball team’s second game of the season last Friday.
Despite a powerful first half and an advantage at the break, visiting Elk Mound surged once the whistle blew to start the second half — the Mounders outscored Arcadia 30-11 in...
The Independence/Gilmanton girls basketball team got off to a couple of fast starts, but could only finish one of their games with a win last week.
The Indees started strong and took a nine-point lead into halftime of their 55-42 win over Alma/Pepin in Gilmanton on Tuesday. They had a halftime lead...
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A pair of area girls basketball teams limited the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau squad’s offense last week as the Red Hawks continue to adapt to a new system this winter.
Bangor — a team that...