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For the fourth time this year, a convicted sex offender will be released in Whitehall.
A press release sent by the Whitehall Police Department said that James Springer, 56, will be released on Oct. 18 and plans to live in the Whitehall area. The release stated that the police department has no...
Young students on the other side of the world will reap the benefits of the English and reading curriculum cycle in the Arcadia School District.
About 180 boxes filled with more than 3,000 of the district’s old books, textbooks and reading resources have been gifted to Books For Africa, a...
Wednesday, Sept. 22
00:33 — Independence: Officer reported some sort of fire in a chopped cornfield.
05:42 — Independence: A deer in the eastbound lane needs to be dispatched.
07:31 — Independence: A red vehicle is all over the road. It has crossed the centerline several times.
07:51 — Osseo:...
An over year-old unpaid bill from the healthcare center to the county has gone from a lawsuit to a dispute between two committees amid allegations of untruths and unethical behavior.
At issue is a $18,696 bill from the Trempealeau County Healthcare Center for a county resident who was treated in...
Students in the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau School District last week Tuesday donned masks due to a district requirement for the first time in the 2021 school year.
Tuesday marked the first day of a temporary district mask requirement, one which will be re-examined on Friday, Oct. 15. Students with...
While there wasn’t a significant increase in the number of COVID-19 cases from two weeks ago to last week, the overall total has overwhelmed the county health department.
The Trempealeau County Health Department announced last Friday that due to the “surge in cases” the department is working under...
The Arcadia School District saved about $500,000 more than they expected to during the 2020-21 school year, superintendent Lance Bagstad told the school board on Monday.
The board’s annual meeting and budget hearing for 2021-2022 is set for Monday, Oct. 18 at 6 p.m.
District revenues were about $...
Last week Monday night's storm took down this barn at the juncture of Highway 93 and Double V. Debris was spread across the county highway and scattered through a cornfield all the way to a ravine. A house and outbuilding about four miles south of Strum on Highway D were also severely damaged in the storm, according to Sheriff Brett Semingson. As of early Tuesday, there was no confirmation of whether Monday's storm included a tornado. (Times photograph by Debbie Foss)
Officials from the National Weather Service were able to officially confirm that an EF1 tornado hit near Strum last week Monday.
Confirmation came on Tuesday with the NWS reporting that the tornado first touched down at 5:57 p.m. about five or six miles north of Independence — in the town of...
One loss early in the week and three losses in a quadrangular on Saturday sandwiched a win on Thursday.
The Norse opened the week with a home loss to Blair-Taylor (see story elsewhere in Sports) last week Tuesday before beating Gilmanton on Thursday. The competition was stiff at a quadrangular...
Wednesday, Sept. 15
05:01 — Independence: Buffalo County received a report of a loose brown horse in the road.
06:17 — Independence: A brown horse is in the roadway.
06:52 — Arcadia: A car is all over the road. It passed in a no-passing zone and nearly struck another car.
07:03 — Trempealeau:...