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Athletes and fans in Independence and Gilmanton could soon become even closer and the schools could soon have the same jersey for more sports, according to a presentation from the Indees’ athletic director Jenna Sonsalla at last Wednesday’s school board meeting. Sonsalla said the district is...
The Ettrick village board took a step to get ready for winter last week. At its regular meeting last week Tuesday, the board approved the purchase of a new snowplow for one of its trucks. The plow will be replacing a plow that village public works director Courtney Kotlarz called elderly, noting it...

            The Hometown Holiday Fair will be hosted by the Rainbow Community Club on Nov. 21 at Independence Public School. Pictured are Tracy Halama, president, Patti Klimek, vice president, Sue Wozney, secretary and Kira Klimek, the club’s newest member.            (Submitted photo)

After pausing for a year, the Rainbow Community Club will host its 43rd annual Hometown Holiday Fair on Sunday, Nov. 21, at the Independence High School, Highway 93.  In its return the event that typically fills the gymnasium and hallways of the school will be requiring masks to prevent the spread...

Rob Reichwein

Rob Reichwein, the mayor of Arcadia since 2015, has announced he will not seek re-election.  “I wanted to make my plans known so someone else would have time to decide whether to run,” Reichwein told the city council last Wednesday. Reichwein first became Arcadia’s mayor by defeating former Mayor...
About a week before the 2021-22 wrestling season begins at Independence High School, the Indees have named their new leader. The school board approved the hiring of Ryan Guza, a 2008 graduate of the district and wrestling team alumnus, as part of the consent agenda at its special meeting Oct. 26....

 

 

Wednesday, Oct. 27 05:37 — Arcadia: A car hit a deer. The airbags deployed.  07:25 — Arcadia: A car struck a deer and it ran off. The vehicle has minimal damage.  08:15 — Trempealeau: Caller believes she has been a victim of identity theft. Someone applied for unemployment in her name.  09:14 —...
Independence school officials are trying to gauge interest on whether the district should reconsider purchasing a former healthcare center building as a site for child care and lower-grades classrooms, president of the school board said Monday. “We heard last time (in the spring) that we didn’t let...
Trempealeau County supervisors will meet next week to adopt a 2022 budget that’s about $125,000 higher than this year’s, but that reduces both the mill rate and the money the county expects to collect through the levy. The $78.23 million budget comes as at least one supervisor says he is hearing...
Proponents of the county using $5.7 million in federal relief money for expanding broadband internet access in the county said it could be ‘transformative” for residents, but supervisors cautioned there is competition for the money. Broadband advocates Rob Grover, county coordinator of tourism and...

 

 

Arcadia School District business teacher Peg Baumgartner spends most of her day at the high school. But in her first year back at the middle school to teach the eighth grade business class, Baumgartner has brought a real-life education experience to the students at Arcadia Middle School. Students...

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