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While they found a solution to open the city swimming pool this year, the Whitehall city council will need to go back to the drawing board for next summer.
Last week Tuesday, the city council was informed by pool manager Kelly Geidd, that she and her partner, Chasity Huismann, would not return to...
While acknowledging public schools are unlikely to receive a $325 per pupil increase in state spending for the next 400 years, members of the Trempealeau Valley Cooperative 2.0 said the move made by Gov. Tony Evers put a spotlight on the need for consistency in school funding.
“We can’t be...
A staff survey in the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau School District shows employees are happier overall in the district today than they were a year ago, but some areas — such as mental health of students and staff pay — remain concerns.
The survey was conducted through Wisconsin company School...
An employee who spent time as a social worker for both the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau School District and Trempealeau County had her contract terminated last week.
The G-E-T school board unanimously approved the termination of Stefani Haar with little discussion at its meeting last Monday.
The...
A designated public comment section will return to Galesville city council meetings after months of deliberations and council approval last Thursday.
The council voted unanimously to add a designated public comment section back into future agendas. Depending on when the ordinance is published,...
After hearing it was no longer compliant, the Ettrick village board approved a well inspection that they’re hoping will be done before Ettrick Fun Days.
Village Public Works Director Courtney Kotlarz told the board that the wells are supposed to be inspected every 10 years, but that hasn’t been...
Gundersen Tri-County Hospital Administrator Joni Olson demonstrated how two-way closets will benefit patients and hospital personnel during a media tour of the new hospital, which is set to open on Monday. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
Monday is a day that has been greatly anticipated by executives and employees of Gundersen Tri-County Hospital as well as the 20,000 members of the public it serves. After about 16 months of construction, the doors will open on a new state-of-the-art $51 million hospital in Whitehall.
“We’re just...
The late Laverne Pientok (seated) and his son Dave operated Tri-City Sanitation for 52 years before Dave sold the company to Darin Pape earlier this month. (Times file photograph)
He’s not moving to Madison, but Dave Pientok decided that it was time to sell the business that had been in his family for more than half a century.
As of July 1, Darin Pape of Independence officially took over as the owner of Tri-City Sanitation, the company that handles waste removal services for...
Wednesday, July 5
00:23 — Trempealeau: Caller reported a male is sick.
05:41 — Strum: Caller reported a partial rock slide in the southbound lane.
09:41 — Whitehall: A child’s head is stuck in a porch.
10:32 — Ettrick: Caller reported threatening e-mails.
11:42 — Whitehall: An adult female...
25 YEARS AGO
July 23, 1998
When it came to honoring a local citizen for his contributions to the community, the Whitehall Lions Club didn’t need to go beyond its membership roster this year. The club chose longtime member Keil Blank as recipient of its 1998 Citizen of the Year Award. Blank, who...
