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The Independence/Gilmanton softball team had already shown it could put up numbers offensively, but last Tuesday was the first time it held its opponent down.
The Indees scored nine runs in the first two innings, then broke the game wide open with seven in the fifth as they won 19-4 in five innings...
Wednesday, April 13
03:08 — Blair: Female is going door-to-door saying she is looking for someone, but she is trying doors to businesses.
07:13 — Whitehall: A truck is down in the ditch, way over the bank.
10:24 — Trempealeau: A picture of a male holding a gun to his face was posted on social...
25 YEARS AGO
May 1, 1997
A rash of one-car accidents on Trempealeau County roads Friday and Saturday mornings resulted in six young people being hospitalized, several of them seriously. Jarrod Olson (20 years old) of Onalaska and two passengers, Benjamin Smith (20) and Steven Roellich (19), were...
A route permitting ATVs on Galesville city streets was approved by a 5-0 vote last Thursday, and riders will soon be able to travel through the municipality on a designated route.
The route will connect County Road T to County Road K and also create a route to downtown Galesville, one that follows...
Those teaching summer school in the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau School District will receive at least a $5 an hour pay bump this summer, and teachers will also be paid more when working on curriculum after unanimous school board decisions last week.
The school board approved bumping summer school pay...
The Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau School District hopes a new full-time English language teacher position will make a difference as it sees a boon in the number of students who do not speak English as their primary language and need additional help learning.
That number is more than 20 students and is...
The Ettrick village board voted at its regular meeting last Tuesday to begin a process that could end with a Dollar General (DG) store being built in the village.
The board heard last October that DG might want to build in Ettrick, but the land they’re looking at is located in the Ettrick township...
The city of Blair will again apply for a Community Development Block Grant that, if approved, would provide a major boost toward the repair of the city’s main street.
On hand at last week Monday’s meeting was Dave Schofield of engineering company Short Elliott Hendrickson, who told the council that...
When Independence School Board president Joe Bragger learned that the Independence School District’s recurring referendum failed in the election earlier this month, he admitted to feeling a bit “down in the dumps.”
The failure taught district leaders valuable lessons, though, he said at last...
25 YEARS AGO
April 24, 1997
Whitehall High School students inducted into the National Honor Society were Anessa Semingson, Chad Sosalla, Eric Wilmeth, Jenni Maudal, Amanda Staff, Kristina Van Sickle, Stephanie Ekern, Mandy Kampa, Leah Hanson, Nicole Bull, Kristin Strangstalien, Jamie Julett,...
