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A Galesville man has been charged for a domestic incident that caused a nearby elementary school to go into a cautionary lockdown.
Antuan Grant, 23, Galesville, was charged with false imprisonment, resisting or obstructing an officer, and disorderly conduct. The false imprisonment and disorderly...
Whitehall has a new chief of police as Eduardo Hernandez is set to take the post at the end of the month.
The city council voted to offer the position to Hernandez on Feb. 19 and council members heard last week that Hernandez will officially begin as the city’s top cop on March 30.
Hernandez fills...
After hearing objections from one city resident, the Whitehall city council voted unanimously to proceed with plans to repair the water treatment plant, including authorizing a 35% increase in the amount residents will be charged.
During the public comment portion of last Tuesday’s regular monthly...
The first step in improvements to the Whitehall Wastewater Treatment Plant was approved by the city council last week. The council approved submitting a proposed plan to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources for the project that is expected to exceed $6.3 million. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
The Whitehall city council gave approval for engineering firm Short Elliott Hendrickson (SEH) to submit plans to improve the city’s wastewater treatment plant to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
Before last Tuesday’s regular city council meeting, a public hearing was held with Tom...
Wednesday, Feb. 25
04:42 — Arcadia: A semi-truck is pulled off on the side of the road with triangles out. It is well lit.
07:56 — Blair: A vehicle was left overnight.
12:03 — Whitehall: The caller reported fraud.
13:31 — Blair: The caller reported a disabled vehicle.
14:27 — Osseo: The caller...
Amid growing controversy surrounding the use of license plate reader cameras in many different areas of the country, Arcadia mayor John Kimmel praised the city council’s “open and transparent process” in voting to install such cameras in the city and dispelled online rumors that they had reversed...
The Trempealeau village board continued its discussion of the River Trails housing development project with S.C. Swiderski at its regular meeting Thursday.
Village Administrator and Finance Director Isaac Pooler said S.C. Swiderski proposed an updated plan that would add eight multifamily housing...
Independence Police Chief Jim Waniorek, left, shook hands with Justin Zareczny after the latter was sworn in as the police department’s newest full-time officer. (Submitted photo)
The city of Independence officially has a new police officer in the fold.
Chief Jim Waniorek swore in Justin Zareczny as the city’s newest full-time police officer at the city council’s regular monthly meeting last Monday. Zareczny, who lives in Strum with his family, joins the police department...
Blair city officials reviewed an estimate of $1.7 million to repair the city dam.
It wasn’t just that the purse strings were tightening; it seemed like they were about to snap.
Blair city council members heard of two projects that likely will exceed $1 million and that city residents would have to pay a large portion of a Whitehall wastewater plant project that could come with...
The Trempealeau County Times received three awards in the Wisconsin Newspaper Association Foundation’s Better Newspaper contest.
Winners were announced last week, with the Times receiving one first-place award in addition to a third-place award and honorable mention.
The first-place award was for...
