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The Independence school board discussed the path forward in bleak terms after a referendum seeking $700,000 annually for three years to meet operating expenses failed earlier this month. At their regular meeting last Wednesday, board president Joe Bragger said that while the district remains...

 

 

Wednesday, April 7 05:53 — Taylor: Suspicious activity by the trailer park. 09:18 — Strum: Caller reported a large farm implement, possibly hauling manure, is tearing up the road and the shoulders. 10:02 — Ettrick: There was a white male who showed up to the caller’s house in a rusty white van. He...

            Justice Vaaler of Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau ran behind the lead block of Thomas Haney during the Red Hawks' 52-13 win over Black River Falls on Friday.             (Times photograph by Zac Bellman)

Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau got the best of Coulee Conference foe Black River Falls to improve to 4-0 on Senior Night last Friday. The culmination of Homecoming week was a close game early that devolved into a rout shortly after halftime. The Red Hawks tallied over 500 yards of offense, all on the...
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) is instructing Wisconsin vaccine providers to stop administering the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine due to a federal review of adverse side effects reported. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...
The members of the Trempealeau Valley Cooperative 2.0 governing board voted unanimously to continue the four-school co-op, which had come under fire in recent months, at an in-person meeting held at Western Technical College in Independence last Wednesday. The governing board — which consists of...
Backers of a resolution that would put county government on record as opposing gun control laws say what they’re seeking is not quite the same as the version considered by a county committee a week and a half ago. “We began working on this over a year ago, and had to stop when COVID hit,” said...
The Independence School District will be searching for alternative funding solutions after a referendum proposal to support operating expenses failed by a slim margin in last week’s election. Fourteen votes separated the yays and nays on the proposal, which would have provided a $700,000 revenue...
Prior to Tuesday’s election, city of Blair voters already knew there would be a new mayor, but the result was someone who is new to city government taking the top office. John Rawson came away with a 107-74 win over longtime council member and council president Paul Syverson in the election. Rawson...
A man who at the end of March was charged with failure to report his address to the sex registry was charged last week with domestic abuse, strangulation and suffocation. Michael James Smalley, 38, whose last address was 18526 Blair St., Whitehall, is accused of choking a woman and, the next day,...
After a brief spike, the number of new COVID-19 cases in Trempealeau County dropped below 20 again last week with the Wisconsin Department of Health Services reporting 15 new cases in the county. Last week’s total was five fewer than two weeks ago, as the county had 54 cases over a two-week span....

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