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The Trempealeau County Times was again awarded in the Wisconsin Newspaper Association Foundation Better Newspaper Contest.
Times Managing Editor Andrew Dannehy received a second-place award for his column titled “Just Another Week.” Entries submitted were titled “Accountability For Social Media...
Two highway closures in the coming weeks could have a considerable impact on Trempealeau County residents.
One of the closures will begin next Monday and is expected to last for two weeks. Highway 54/35 will close at the Buffalo County line while the railroad crossing is upgraded, according to the...
It’s a Friday afternoon in August 2020.
You have the day off from working from home, and you can’t go on a long weekend trip out of town because most amenities are closed during the pandemic.
But there is a golf course just down the road, and though you never had much of a tee shot and your putts...
Wednesday, June 22
03:20 — Galesville: Caller hit a deer and went into the ditch. He walked to his residence because his vehicle is not drivable.
07:51 — Arcadia: Caller reported a crash.
08:27 — Arcadia: Caller said her estranged husband took their mutual children about a week ago and is now...
All of the players for a potential facilities referendum in the Arcadia School District will be present at a special school board meeting Aug. 2, when the board will learn more about how inflation and rising costs could change the scope of such a project at the elementary school.
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A face familiar to many in Trempealeau County will replace Lynn Halverson as Blair-Taylor’s elementary school principal.
Following a closed session last week Monday, the B-T board of education voted to hire Beth Lisowski to the position. The opening was created when Halverson was promoted to school...
More compensation is on the way for staff members in the Arcadia School District next year after the school board approved raises at its meeting last Monday, one that saw the district also discuss handling a deficit in its 2021-22 budget.
The increases include:
• A 2.75 percent CPI (consumer price...
Sarah Burken, a 2022 Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau High School graduate, completed her youth apprenticeship at her family farm. Burken said the experience confirmed her interest in a career in agriculture, which she plans to explore at UW-River Falls in the fall. (Submitted photo)
The same joke was made by two Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau High School students who recently completed a year in the area’s youth apprenticeship program.
The program gives students hands-on experience in the workforce and allows them to get paid and explore a career while still in high school. A...
Trempealeau County could face something new this summer: electricity outages caused by not enough power generation.
Warnings from the electric grid managers to the distributors of electricity such as Riverland Energy Cooperative, caution that “controlled rolling blackouts” could occur this summer...
Those hoping the Whitehall School District would solve the need for more child care providers in the area might not have to wait as long as previously thought.
The board had discussed the possibility of building an Early Learning Center (ELC) — which would house a child care center along with four...
