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Memento seekers are expected to be allowed into the former Whitehall school as the county prepares to have it demolished in March to begin work on the county’s new criminal justice center.
The county’s maintenance director, Jeremy Matheny, will announce a date in early March when those who wish to...
The house at 36134 Roosevelt St. in Whitehall burned last week. The Whitehall-Lincoln Volunteer Fire Department was called to the scene shortly after 1 a.m. Wednesday. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
A house located at 36134 Roosevelt St. in Whitehall has severe damage from a fire last week.
The Whitehall-Lincoln Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched to the scene at 1:11 a.m. last week Wednesday morning after the fire was reported. Upon arrival, fire fighters noticed heavy smoke and flames...
Maj. Gen. Diana Holland, director of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Mississippi Valley Division (from left), Arcadia Mayor Rob Reichwein and Col. Carl Jansen, commander of the St. Paul district, sign a partnership agreement last Tuesday in Arcadia. The agreement sets the stage for the corps to begin a formal design of a $38 million flood control project for the city. (Times photograph by Debbie Foss)
As Arcadia officials and a high-ranking federal engineering corps representative last week ceremonially signed a pact to move forward with a flood control project, the city starts an equally difficult phase: finding the money.
“We really need now to get into the guts of the financing,” said city...
Wednesday, Feb. 3
11:12 — Whitehall: A vehicle rolled over in a creek.
12:42 — Arcadia: A house is on fire. Caller doesn’t know if it is occupied.
12:56 — Trempealeau County: A bumper is in the middle of the road. The vehicle must have struck the guardrail.
13:43 — Whitehall: Caller believes there...
The head of the county’s department of land management is on paid administrative leave while an investigation is conducted into his alleged mismanagement of department staff.
Kevin Lien, who has been with the department for over 28 years, was escorted from the courthouse and will be on leave until...
City of Blair residents will narrow the field of mayoral candidates from three to two and voters across the state will decide on the two most-qualified candidates to Wisconsin’s top education official at the spring primary election this coming Tuesday.
The Blair race has three candidates looking...
The Village of Trempealeau board approved a resolution confirming Trempealeau Municipal Electric’s interest in participating in a project to address an anticipated energy shortfall among their fellow Great Lakes Utilities (GLU) members.
GLU, a municipal electric company serving Trempealeau and nine...
As Independence officials embark this spring on a pollution-control project to fortify the banks of streams and slow down the flow of phosphorus into the Trempealeau River, they will also be dealing with some firsts.
“We’re the pilot program for a (state Department of Natural Resources) low-...
The Independence school board held a community forum at their regular meeting last week, where projections were shared on the potential tax impact of the $700,000 referendum proposal on the spring election ballot.
District administrator Barry Schmitt projected a mill rate increase to $9.22 next...
The Blair city council filled two vacancies on Monday and had a lengthy discussion about an issue with an upcoming street project.
The meeting started with Mayor Ardell Knutson recommending the council approve Dennis Stephenson as the new Ward One alderman, replacing Wanda Cartrette, who resigned...
