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The City of Galesville will sell numerous city vehicles, including two old police squad cars after a council vote at its Thursday, Dec. 9 meeting.
The city will sell two old squad cars, a tractor and a pickup truck as is through a closed bid system.
The motion carried 6-1 after the council...
Village of Ettrick residents will see little change in their tax bills from the village in 2022.
The village board approved a budget with a slightly higher tax levy, though the amount levied to each individual is essentially unchanged. The budget approved by the board was $338,151, slightly higher...
One more Trempealeau County resident died from COVID-19 according to local health officials as the number of new cases spiked again last week.
Last Friday, the Trempealeau County Health Department reported a county resident died from the virus, giving the county 50 total deaths since the pandemic...
The county’s executive finance committee will be the sounding board for proposals to spend an expected $5.75 million in COVID relief money with suggestions for spending coming only through county departments.
Supervisor George Brandt, who is coordinating the effort, said the committee has heard...
The city of Blair will again be trying for a grant that would pay a chunk of the cost needed to reconstruct Broadway and Pearl streets in the city.
The council voted last week Monday to apply for a Community Development Block Grant that, if awarded, would pay $1 million of the $2.3 million project...
Once a popular tourist attraction, the swinging bridge in Galesville was closed in 2016 before being washed away by a flood in 2017.
After working to reopen the trail in High Cliff Park in October, the Galesville city council is looking to continue bettering the park.
At its Thursday, Dec. 9 meeting the council discussed the possibility of hiring engineering Wisconsin company Cedar Corporation to conduct a study regarding the...
James Killian
It has been just over a year since state prosecutors filed an appeal in the case of an Independence man who is alleged to have molested children since the late 1980s, and there’s no indication when the court might act.
As of Monday, a three-judge panel from District Three of the Wisconsin Court of...
Whitehall slowed Melrose-Mindoro down, but they couldn’t get their own offense going in a Dairyland Conference loss last Tuesday.
Whitehall led at halftime, but managed just 12 points in the second half as the Norse pulled ahead and went on to win by double digits. Last Friday’s game against Blair-...
Wednesday, Dec. 1
03:48 — Independence: Caller reporting a two-car crash.
05:29 — Independence: Caller is reporting a domestic disturbance.
05:27 — Arcadia: Slide-in with no injuries reported.
05:30 — Arcadia: A gray car is on its roof. There doesn’t appear to be anybody around the vehicle.
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The director of the county’s economic development and tourism effort resigned his position last Friday, just days after lodging complaints about the county’s new salary methodology.
Rob Grover, who began his tenure as economic development and tourism coordinator in 2019, said he had been thinking...
