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The Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau school board has started the process of updating its policy on how to handle citizen complaints regarding the removal of library media such as books, and a recent committee meeting shed light on what that could look like.
The current policy requires a committee to be...
After an illegal vote returned the book “Queer Ducks (and other Animals): The Natural World of Animal Sexuality” to the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau Middle School library following its initial removal by a media review committee last month, more questions abound regarding what happens next....
A special committee will recommend to the Trempealeau County board that it hire an administrator who would also serve as human resources director.
Structuring the county to be managed by an administrator has been proposed and rejected several times over the years, but special committee chairman,...
The process for bidding on constructing streets and other projects in the village of Trempealeau is changing.
Moving forward, the village administrator and village streets superintendent will be tasked with collecting bids for road construction projects — a change from the current process that sees...
After initial estimates released by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction showed a considerable decrease in state aid that is expected to be available for the Independence School District, updated figures show the district could actually receive about a 3.5 percent increase.
The...
The village of Trempealeau will continue planning for the development of a new park on the North end of the village on King Street.
The Trempealeau village board last Thursday approved — by a 5-0 vote — to pay $230,000 to Ayres Associates, Inc. for the design, planning and bidding for the parkland...
The Independence city council convened at its regular meeting last week Monday to discuss further progress in the roll-out of the new Tri-City Sanitation trash bins.
Councilman Jason Ekern informed the council that Darin Pape, the new owner of Tri-City Sanitation, is requesting to hold a meeting...
Arcadia council members approved a motorcycle ride and outside music event that support the Wounded Warrior organization.
The council last Wednesday authorized a special event license for Aug. 19 for the annual event that organizers say has generated $140,000 for injured military veterans. The...
A plot of land in the town of Trempealeau will soon be annexed into the village of Trempealeau.
The 2.23-acre plot sits between County Road K and Schubert Road and is surrounded by current village territory.
The owner of the property has asked to be annexed into the village with the plan of...
The reconstruction of Broadway St. officially began last week Wednesday. The first phase includes work on the portion of the street where the annual Blair Cheese Festival truck and tractor pull typically takes place. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
The Blair city council is willing to allow the annual truck and tractor pull to be held on the newly reconstructed Broadway Street as part of the annual Cheese Festival celebration, but the approval comes with a contingency.
Construction on Broadway St. is scheduled to be done on Sept. 8 and Cheese...
