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The Independence School District is crafting policy guidelines for how student organizations are to be operated following the proposal of a gender/sexuality alliance that brought with it backlash and questions over student organizations.
The guidelines were presented at the board’s Dec. 1 meeting....
After having the fewest deer harvested during opening weekend in more than a decade, hunters had better luck over the rest of the nine-day gun deer season, which ended Nov. 28.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources reported last week that 4,186 deer were harvested in Trempealeau County this...
A Minnesota man is facing six felonies after he allegedly threatened a woman and to blow up a home in Gale before he was arrested in Winona following a vehicle chase that allegedly reached 90 miles an hour.
Jeremey Scott Martin, 36, of 1215 8th Ave., SE, was extradited from Winona and is being held...
Andrew and Chris Ritter — with children Robyn, Zeke and Evelyn — purchased the Whitehall hardware store from Glen and Kathy Johnson (right). The Ritters have renamed the store Ritter Hardware as the purchase became official last Wednesday. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
It all started with a teenager asking for a job. Last Wednesday, that teenager — and his family — took over ownership of the hardware store in Whitehall.
Andrew Ritter recalled asking Glen Johnson — of what was Johnson's Hardware and became Ritter's Hardware on Dec. 1 — if he was looking for help....
The Arcadia High School boys basketball team dropped a pair of games last week to fall to 0-3 this season.
The Raiders took a big lead early against Westby last week Monday, but the Norsemen finished the first half with a run and then pulled away late. On Thursday, Elk Mound took a big lead and...
Wednesday, Nov. 24
00:28 — Galesville: A dead deer is in the roadway.
04:31 — Arcadia: A car hit a deer.
05:28 — Whitehall: Caller requested a welfare check.
09:05 — Whitehall: Female is turning herself in on a felony warrant.
10:01 — Galesville: Caller paid a deposit with a signed contract...
The Whitehall School District is willing to explore the possibility of adding a childcare facility, if that’s what district taxpayers want.
District superintendent Mike Beighley said he has fielded numerous questions about the possibility, citing the lack of childcare options available in the area...
Arcadia is a small city with big city needs — at least from a where’s-the-money perspective — and its mayor of the last six years thinks it’s time for new ideas.
Rob Reichwein’s tenure as mayor of the county’s largest city began following a recall over sand mines in the city in 2015, and he’s...
The number of deer harvested in Trempealeau County during the opening weekend of Wisconsin’s nine-day gun season saw a significant decrease this year.
Data released last week by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources showed that 1,885 deer were harvested on opening weekend, Nov. 20 and 21,...
The county’s new health director “couldn’t be more pleased” that Trempealeau County residents are getting vaccinated at a rate that’s the seventh highest in the state, but the incidence of positive COVID tests still gets the county a “critical” ranking.
“We know the vaccine reduces the risk of...
