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The backers of a proposed 300-acre development north of Arcadia appear to be leaning toward becoming part of the city as they seek adjustments to city rules to keep residential lot prices low. Speaking to the Arcadia utility commission last Wednesday, Arcadia attorney William Koslo indicated the...

City administrator Chad Hawkins stands in what will be the city council chambers of the new Arcadia City Hall on Dettloff Drive. The conversion of the healthcare clinic to city hall is expected to be nearly done by the end of the month. Mayor Rob Reichwein noted that city employees used work hours and volunteer time to complete painting in the new city hall helped.            (Times photograph by Debbie Foss)

Arcadia has been officially notified it will receive a $14.6 million state grant to help fund flood control projects, and the city council may decide later this month how best to borrow up to $3 million for the city’s share of flood work. The grant money from the state Department of Natural...

            A rendering of the entryway of the new Trempealeau County Justice Center was shown to members of the county’s building oversight committee at its meeting last week.

An Arcadia company was the apparent winner of a major first contract for the county’s new justice center, while a committee pushed to modify a draft courthouse remodel plan and move the county board room out of the basement. Post D Excavating LLC of Arcadia submitted the low bid last Thursday for...
A report on the investigation into claims of that the county’s director of the Department of Land Management harassed employees is expected this week, though county officials say there is no plan to immediately act on the findings. Department director Kevin Lien has been on paid administrative...
A county conservation club and several individuals have called on the county board to resolve to not enact any laws that would limit gun ownership and to resist state and federal gun control efforts. The county’s executive-finance committee opted Monday to send the proposed resolution to the Law...
A Blair cheese processing company again appears to be the culprit in overloading the Whitehall wastewater treatment facility and spreading its scent across the community. In response, the city of Whitehall has sent a quarterly bill to Blair for $208,870 for the excess waste from Associated Milk...
March came in like a lamb and out like a lion, at least as far as COVID-19 cases are concerned. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services reported 20 new cases of COVID-19 last week, down from the 34 in the area two weeks ago, but still higher than any week since early February. The 54 new cases...
Yet another court case has ended in a decision against two Trempealeau farmers who have for years attempted to establish a right to use bird “scare guns” on their farm. The Wisconsin Court of Appeals last Tuesday said that Trempealeau Circuit Court Judge Rian Radtke ruled correctly in 2019 that...
Those planning to develop the Guza Mine as a frac sand operation will have to provide more information about a proposed reclamation bond before the Independence council will allow any digging. The sand company, Parsons Energy Group, proposed using Omega Capital Street in Miami as the guarantor that...
The Trempealeau village board approved two resolutions at their regular meeting Thursday for the purpose of funding two vehicle purchases for the village. Resolution #6-2021 approved the borrowing of up to $37,000 from Citizens First Bank for the purchase of a 2021 Ford F550 Truck with Rugby Dump...

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