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Name: Stacey Klein
How many years have you lived in the district? I have lived in Western Wisconsin for most of my life. I grew up on a dairy farm in Trempealeau County, near Arcadia. After I went to school and started my career in southeastern Wisconsin, I came back home to Trempealeau County in...
Name: Paul Hambleton
How many years have you lived in the district? I’ve lived in St. Croix County for about 50 years. After graduating UW-Madison, I lived on a small family farm north of Baldwin and worked as a carpenter and at WITC (now Northwoods) as an instructor while raising my children,...
The Independence school board unanimously approved its 2023-2024 budget with a reduced mill rate.
Board members indicated that they had told the community the mill rate would go down in year two and three of the referendum due to the increase in aid because of additional spending. Year two of the...
A retired Navy SEAL and a small business owner are competing to represent Wisconsin’s Third Congressional District — which includes Trempealeau County — both with the message that they’re going to represent the values of Western Wisconsin residents.
Derrick Van Orden, a Republican, was elected to...
For a fifth straight year, taxpayers within the boundaries of the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau School District will see a decrease in the mill rate on their tax bills.
The G-E-T school board unanimously approved a slight mill rate decrease as part of the 2024-25 budget presented at the district’s...
Voters in portions of Trempealeau County will help settle a rematch from 2022, in what may be the testiest race in the area.
Democrat Steve Doyle defeated Republican Ryan Huebsch by about 750 votes for the Wisconsin State Assembly District 94 seat in 2022. However, statewide redistricting has...
Name: Terry Schoonover
How many years have you lived in the district? Seven
Family: I was born in Marshfield and grew up in nearby Loyal. I’m the oldest of nine siblings. My wife Renee and I have three children and three grandchildren.
Educational background: I graduated from Loyal High School,...
Lengthy lightning delays made for a late night for the Arcadia boys’ soccer team in their playoff opener, but the Raiders fought through less-than-ideal circumstances to keep their season alive a little longer.
Third-seeded Arcadia battled past sixth-seeded Newman Catholic for a 5-2 victory in...
Wednesday, Oct. 16
06:27 — Eleva: The caller reported a deer is partially in the road.
07:25 — Blair: A deer needs to be dispatched.
08:05 — Arcadia: 911 hang-up.
08:15 — Osseo: A school bus stop arm violation.
09:00 — Galesville: An officer is removing a deer from the road.
09:16 — Whitehall...
Members of the county's personnel committee and the board chair all gave their support to the new county administrator following "inappropriate" public criticism of her by the coroner.
Committee members and board chair John Aasen signed a statement Tuesday that "we support our County Administrator...