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Anyone who saw the movie “Saving Private Ryan” or the docuseries “Band of Brothers” came away with a good understanding of what the combat of war puts men through.
The 2016 Mel Gibson directed film “Hacksaw Ridge” showed what the war in the Pacific was like. Focusing on a specific event during the...
Wednesday, Dec. 6
08:47 — Independence: Caller’s husband grabbed her by the wrist.
09:42 — Arcadia: Caller believes horses aren’t getting exercise, food or water.
10:29 — Osseo: Probation and parole is doing a home check and a female is barricaded in her bedroom.
11:59 — Galesville: A male...
The Galesville fire board will allow its fire department chief to continue investigating a full-time lead position for the city of Galesville and the town of Gale in the future, but no such addition is in the immediate future.
The board unanimously agreed in its meeting at the fire station last...
Galesville Fire Chief Lucas Teska said a recent phone call with Galesville Mayor Vince Howe nearly resulted in his resignation.
The conversation came after the decision to move an annual department fundraiser to Drugan’s Castle Mound in Holmen this year.
Howe took issue with the event leaving the...
The Village of Trempealeau’s tax levy — or the amount the village receives in resident taxes — will increase in 2024 largely due to the pool referendum approved by voters last year, but village officials say the budget approved last week is responsible.
An estimated $1.08 million in taxes will go...
A jury found a man from Lone Rock not guilty of operating while intoxicated and oper-ating with a prohibited alcohol concentration in Trempealeau County court last week.
James Nelson, 64, was cleared of both charges — which would’ve been his fifth or sixth offenses — after the jury deliberated for...
A month after asking for more information regarding responses to a school climate survey, the Independence school board asked for a deeper dive at its December meeting last week Tuesday.
At its regular meeting in November, the district heard that 78 percent of students in third, fourth and fifth...
The Blair city council last week Monday approved the purchase of a new tractor to be used for snow removal and finalized a contract for waste removal with Tri-City Sanitation.
The tractor is a John Deere 6130R that will be used for snow removal this winter. Street department employee Andy Graff...
Arcadia council members appear to be leaning toward using state money that arrived unexpectedly early to both invest and pay down some city debt.
Last Thursday’s discussion of how best to use up to $3.8 million in grant money the state released early to help Arcadia cover flood control project...
About 50 local people poured out to the groundbreaking event for the new Whitehall Public Library last Thursday. The $3.2 million building is projected to be completed by the end of 2024 and will update technology and resources for locals, according to director Amanda Hegge, who spoke at Thursday’s celebration along with Mayor Jeff Hauser. (Times photograph by Benjamin Pierce)
Whitehall Public Library director Amanda Hegge did not try to hide her happy tears at the corner of Scranton and Ellis Streets in Whitehall last Thursday.
Hegge was speaking to an assembled crowd of about 50 people at the groundbreaking ceremony for the new public library building, thanking them...
