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An adult male was found deceased after a garage in Independence burned on New Year’s Eve.
The Independence Police Department declined to release the name of the male pending further investigation, but said no foul play is suspected. A press release issued by the department said more information...
While members of Trempealeau County’s Executive-Finance Committee expressed reservations about having a government-operated childcare center, it approved moving forward and developing a plan to help alleviate some of the issues county residents are having with finding care for children.
The...
While it doesn’t have the ability to change the new position, members of Trempealeau County’s Executive-Finance Committee again debated the manner in which a finance manager position was created.
Responding to a question from the committee’s December meeting, Administrator Rebecca Glewen told...
Uncle Tom’s Cabin was pictured as it fell from the sky. The photo, taken my someone on another B-29 during the mission, shows the ceiling of Uncle Tom’s Cabin facing the aircraft, inverted as it spiraled downward. (Submitted photo)
In the first part of Osseo’s Morris Tyler’s fateful flight of December 27, 1944, aboard the B-29 Uncle Tom’s Cabin, we learned how the aircraft was brought down over Tokyo by Japanese suicide pilots willing to die to keep the bombers from raining devastation on their homeland.
Rammed by two...
New Trempealeau County Sheriff Erica Koxlien is proud of her ability to connect with people, a skill she may need during her one-year term.
Koxlien took a nontraditional route to becoming the sheriff. She has only worked in law enforcement for 10 years as she was first a stay-at-home mom and then...
Wednesday, Dec. 17
01:46 — Independence: A burglary alarm has been alerted.
04:21 — Arcadia: The caller reported a fight in the neighbor’s apartment.
06:11 — Osseo: A car hit a deer.
06:16 — Arcadia: The caller reported a road rage incident.
06:26 — Arcadia: A tree is blocking one lane of...
Whitehall School District Superintendent Mike Beighley outlined what he admitted was a “lofty timeline” for the district to implement a strategy that fully utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) in education.
“As we have talked about at length, the need for structural change in public education...
After hearing from some who were against the district selling the school forest, the Whitehall school board decided to hold off on any action at its regular meeting on Monday of last week.
The board had previously indicated support for selling the land — 64 acres split into two parcels — but board...
Volunteers and members of the Trempealeau County Professional Police Association prepared to distribute gifts to area children as part of the annual Christmas is for Kids program. The TCPPA worked with the Trempealeau County Sheriff’s Office to keep the program going this year. (Submitted photo)
When the Trempealeau County Sheriff’s Office said it could not run its annual Christmas gift-giving drive, another law enforcement group stepped up.
The sheriff’s office had run Christmas is for Kids for nearly 40 years, but announced on social media in November that staffing issues would prohibit...
Mike Lyga
An Independence High School graduate has published his fourth book, telling the stories of many area residents — among others — who fought in World War II.
Mike Lyga graduated from Independence High School in 1969. He has lived on the eastern side of the state for most of his life, having taught...
