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The Eleva police chief was arrested for first-offense driving under the influence after his squad car hit a deer while the officer was responding to an emergency call. Patrick McKillip, 54, of Chippewa Falls, reportedly told officers he was travelling at about 85 miles an hour on Highway 93 near...

Andy Nehring, pictured conducting a summer youth camp, resigned as the head football coach of Blair-Taylor on Monday. 

One of the most successful football programs in Trempealeau County is looking for a new leader. On Monday, the Blair-Taylor school board accepted the resignation of head football coach Andy Nehring. While also serving as a teacher in the district, Nehring was the head coach of the football program...
The Whitehall boys basketball team had a tough time getting shots to fall in two losses to Eau Claire area private schools last week. The Norse entered the week averaging about 73 points per game, but managed a season-low 46 against Chippewa Falls McDonell Central at home on Monday. The very next...

            Arcadia’s Madison Grotjahn drove to the basket during their game against Onalaska on Thursday.           (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)

The Arcadia High School girls basketball team won two of its three games last week as the Raiders approach the 10-win mark this season. Arcadia started last week with a win over Coulee Conference foe Black River Falls on Monday and followed the effort with a win over Eleva-Strum the following night...

 

 

Wednesday, Jan. 3 02:35 — Ettrick: A car hit a deer.  05:21 — Independence: Caller reporting a car has been running with lights on and the door open since 1:30 a.m. w 08:39 — Independence: A customer was acting inappropriately toward an employee.  17:30 — Osseo: Caller reported mattresses are in...
The state department of justice will appeal a Trempealeau County judge’s ruling that led to 10 counts of sexual abuse of minors and incest being dismissed against an Independence man. The state announced last week it is requesting the appeals court to overturn the Nov. 10, 2023, ruling by Circuit...
While there won’t be a lot of races on the ballots this spring, three area mayors will be fighting to keep their spots. Many city council and school board members are running unopposed, but there will be a new mayor in Galesville and the incumbents in Arcadia and Independence are being challenged...
A new ordinance in Trempealeau will allow officials to more closely regulate and track tourist rooming houses within village boundaries. A tourist rooming house refers to houses that can be rented for days at a time, often through third-party businesses such as Airbnb or Vrbo. The board unanimously...

Lorraine Voelker and Jerome Sobota

Many men of World War II had to leave their wives or girlfriends when the war was thrust upon them. Most survived to return to their loved ones. This, however, is a story with a different ending, a story of a love that could not be broken, despite loss, by World War II. Jerome J. Sobota had...
There is space in the Independence School District for more students to open enroll into the district, and the Independence school board last Tuesday voted to keep such enrollment open for the 2024-25 school year as a result. School districts each January are required to indicate whether they will...

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