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With the adoption of a revised ordinance, Arcadia police are expected to begin this week enforcing several new no-parking areas in the city.
The city council last Wednesday officially adopted a revised ordinance banning parking at the new locations. The new zones have already been painted yellow or...
Adrienne DiFoggio joined Whitehall Veterinary Service recently. Originally from Illinois, DiFoggio’s primary focus will be working with large animals. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
Growing up as a member of a family of plumbers near Chicago, it’s easy to be confused about how Adrienne DiFoggio ended up working in Whitehall.
But the explanation makes it easy to understand.
“I always had a love for animals and a passion to help people,” DiFoggio said in an e-mail to the Times...
Aron Newberry
The county’s public health director of just 14 months has left his position.
County officials confirmed Aron Newberry is no longer a county employee, but it was not possible to confirm the circumstances of his departure. Newberry was reportedly given the choice of resigning or be terminated....
Wednesday, Oct. 12
01:04 — Black River Falls: One-vehicle rollover reported.
09:24 — Blair: Burning brush at the city dump site.
13:22 — Osseo: Caller said he was passed in a no-passing zone.
14:11 — Osseo: Family trouble reported.
15:42 — Blair: Six or seven cows are out in a field.
15:55...
Businesses lined up in the Ss. Peter and Paul School parking lot to provide Halloween treats to area children at the annual Trunk-or-Treat and Food Drive in Independence on Monday. Attendees were asked to bring nonperishable food items for the local food pantry as they went from trunk...
Supervisors approved spending nearly $2.1 million to replace the county emergency services communications network after pulling some of the money from the general fund rather than use just federal COVID relief dollars.
The series of towers and other equipment used to convey signals for fire, law...
The committee that helps shape the county’s approach to crime is considering a new option for bail and a method for giving offenders a first-hand account of the harm they caused their victims.
The county’s criminal justice coordinating council is looking at a process called bail monitoring that...
The first step of lowering the speed limit on the stretch of Highway 53 coming from Ettrick that turns into Main Street through Galesville was enacted last week with the Galesville city council voting to investigate lowering the speed limit from 35 to 25 mph throughout the main stretch of the road...
On the first day that Wisconsin weather takes over and closes school for the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau School District, students will have a traditional snow day free of learning and staff will still be paid.
The G-E-T school board last Monday unanimously approved allowing those in the schools to...
Wednesday, Oct. 5
05:58 — Osseo: A car hit a deer. Nobody is injured and the road is not blocked.
06:15 — Whitehall: A 74-year-old female said her head is killing her and she can’t stop her nightmares.
13:54 — Whitehall: A male is down outside the courthouse.
16:06 — Whitehall: Alert from...
