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As requested by city officials, the owners of an Arcadia sand mine hiked to $2 million the money set aside to restore the mining property on Thompson Valley Road.
CSI Sands Wisconsin informed the city that it would increase its bond from the previous $722,000, an amount the city’s consulting...
City of Blair Chief of Police Kent Johnson doesn’t want residents to call his department when they’re in need of assistance. Instead, he told the Blair city council last week Monday, residents should call the Trempealeau County Dispatch Center and they would get a hold of the police.
Johnson said...
With potentially two daycare centers closing, the Independence school board is trying to figure out what the district can do to help area residents with child care.
School board president Joe Bragger said he met with representatives from the Ss. Peter and Paul and area daycare centers and that...
When the phones wouldn’t ring and nobody would come to fix it, the village of Ettrick had a significant problem. Such a problem that the board is going to make sure those in charge hear about it.
The Ettrick village board voted last week to send both a letter and e-mail to CenturyLink and the...
Upon hearing that the city was not approved for a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) at its regular meeting last week Monday, the Blair city council is left to decide how to proceed regarding a project that would upgrade the utilities and infrastructure of Broadway St.
The council was...
The Blair city council approved an ordinance change that will make the kinds of pets city residents can own more inclusive and another that could open more roads for ATV and UTV use.
The pet ordinance came after hearing a plea from resident and business owner David Donnelly who threatened to leave...
Construction of the main stage for Ashley for the Arts was well underway on Monday of this week. The stage will feature headliners such as Toby Keith, Barenaked Ladies and Little Big Town this weekend. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
As Ashley for the Arts gets underway this Thursday, attendees can expect to see more attractions and bigger names than ever before this weekend.
Headliners for this year’s event include some of the music industry’s elite such as Toby Keith, Barenaked Ladies, Little Big Town and Kip Moore. There...
How those who donated to Dusso Park should be honored and if the baseball field should be re-named after a significant donor was a topic Ettrick Village President John Beirne brought to the board at its regular meeting last week Tuesday.
Beirne presented the board with a list of 30 people who had...
Rendering
It took two identical motions, but the Arcadia city council eventually agreed to set aside $10,000 — not the suggested $20,000 — for possibly two new welcome-to-the-city signs.
“We have too many other irons in the fire,” said member Joe Feltes last Wednesday. “We can’t even pay for the flood stuff...
Whitehall head coach John Kleinhans addressed his team during practice on Saturday. The practice had to be moved indoors due to thunderstorms. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
Whitehall football coach John Kleinhans hopes quality prevails over quantity and his team wins the Dairyland Conference football title.
Kleinhans said the Norse have the most experience team in the conference. For the first time in several years, Whitehall has 10 seniors, many of whom have played...
