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Recycling in the Park with how-to lessons in recycling and composting will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at the soccer field in Schank Park in Arcadia.
Coffee and donuts will be offered at the free, one-hour event that is open to Arcadia students, their parents and other county residents.
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Lance Bagstad
This school year will be Lance Bagstad’s last as superintendent of the Arcadia School District.
Bagstad, 55, confirmed to the Times last week that he will retire at the end of the 2023-24 school year.
“I think what led to the decision is with all of the changes going on in education right now,...
There could soon be a new big dog — at least in terms of enrollment — in the Dairyland Conference.
The Blair-Taylor school board heard last week that Osseo-Fairchild has requested to join the Dairyland in all sports except football. The Thunder are currently in the Cloverbelt and would remain in...
Wednesday, Sept. 20
09:20 — Whitehall: Gas company is filling odorant in Whitehall, Arcadia and Independence. There may be a strong smell.
10:41 — Whitehall: Recovery court arrest.
11:16 — Galesville: Report of a deceased bald eagle.
12:18 — Whitehall: A subject with warrants appeared at the...
Wednesday, Sept. 13
03:47 — Whitehall: Female 911 caller demanding “you need to get him out of my %@#&ing house.”
10:07 — Trempealeau County: Caller struck a parked car.
11:18 — Trempealeau County: A trailer is in the middle of the southbound lane, facing...
The Arcadia police chief is seeking two new full-time officers, arguing the city’s population and the number of incidents have outgrown the current force.
Chief Diana Anderson told the council last Wednesday that four full-time officers are hard pressed to provide all the services the city needs....
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is now involved in a case related to the release of about 3,000 mink from a farm near Independence.
The Animal Liberation Front has taken credit for the release of mink from a farm near Independence, according to the Trempealeau County Sheriff’s Department.
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The Whitehall city council voted on Sept. 12 to discontinue a portion of Ervin Street that the Gunderson Tri-County Hospital unintentionally built onto.
This is only a partial discontinuance, which means the city will no longer own nor maintain a small part of that street. The effects are minimal...
A man accused of driving his vehicle into a car outside an Independence bar and then returning, allegedly hitting one man and threatening bar patrons, is being held in jail in lieu of $20,000 cash bond.
Eulises Campos Villegas, 31, of 35396 6th St., Independence, has been charged with felony first...
An increasing percentage of the offenses seen in county courts include a domestic abuse element and about 125 county residents have sought shelter from an abusive partner, supervisors learned as they declared October domestic violence awareness month.
Trempealeau County Circuit Court Judge Rian...
