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Wednesday, Dec. 29
09:33 — Galesville: A white vehicle just needs to cool down. Caller has pulled off to the side of the road and is waiting; they will call back when they get going.
12:24 — Galesville: A subject was run off the road into the ditch. No injuries or road blockage.
12:41 — Arcadia...
The Trempealeau County Board of Supervisors appears headed for a significant reshaping with several incumbents retiring, others facing challengers and as many as three individuals vying for a seat.
As of late Monday – the deadline was Tuesday – three incumbents announced they were not seeking re-...
For the third time in the last four weeks, a Trempealeau County resident has died due to COVID-19.
The Trempealeau County Health Department reported the death last week Tuesday on a day in which 30 new cases were reported. The number of new cases grew the next day as the health department reported...
Independence officials continue to be faced with the question of where to pile material that needs to be dredged from the holding pond for Bugle Lake, and are scheduled to meet with engineers Jan 12 to review the city’s options.
The council Monday reviewed options from the engineering firm of Cedar...
Gundersen Tri-County Administrator Joni Olson highlighted aspects of the new hospital building that will be built in Whitehall. Plans for the new facility were announced at a press conference last Tuesday. The project will break ground in March. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
After years of planning, Gundersen Tri-County officials formally announced plans to build a new $51 million hospital in Whitehall.
Gundersen Tri-County administrator Joni Olson announced the plans for the “state of the art” facility during a press conference last week Tuesday. Construction of the...
Now living in New Mexico, Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau graduate Clara Byom, is a part of a band that will release its second album in 2022. (Submitted photo)
Clara Byom doesn’t know how long she has been a musician, just that it is a part of who she is.
“I don’t even think of it as something I love, it’s just something I can’t imagine my life without,” Byom said.
The 2009 Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau graduate said she began playing piano before she can...
Whitehall High School graduate Derek Beck invented helmets that protect dogs and are used by military and police departments across the country. (Submitted photo)
Derek Beck, a 1988 graduate of Whitehall High School, recounts with a touch of awe how a simple idea to protect a friend’s dog led to contracts with the French military.
“It’s a bizarre chain of events,” Beck said of the success of his company, K9Helm. They were also events that Beck, who graduated...
Arcadia’s Kaitlyn Bremer drove to the basket during their game against Fall Creek on Wednesday. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
The nonconference woes continued for the Arcadia girls basketball team as they went ice cold in the second half of a 67-43 loss to Fall Creek last Wednesday.
Arcadia was in the game early as they trailed by nine at halftime, but they managed just 17 points in the second half as Fall Creek pulled...
The Independence/Gilmanton wrestling team finished 11th while Whitehall was 13th at the Eau Claire Holiday Duals, held at University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire on Thursday.
A win in pool competition put I/G in a higher bracket than Whitehall, which was fourth in its four-team pool. Whitehall won two...
The Blair-Taylor wrestling team finished seventh in Division Three, while Arcadia was 13th in Division Two of the Northern Badger Classic in River Falls last Wednesday and Thursday.
B-T had just four wrestlers compete, but two placed as they scored 37 points, in a division won by Glenwood City....
