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The Arcadia school board revisited two matters at its meeting on Monday of last week that had been tabled at its March meeting meeting: the district’s business management service contract and technology rotation and replacement.
On March 1, the district entered into a three-month, $12,000 contract...
Todd Gieck
There was no dispute about who fired the bullet that killed 36-year-old former Ettrick resident Kyle Dahl, but as the jury trial began on Monday, the prosecution and defense laid out their disagreements about the intent of Todd Gieck’s actions on May 15, 2024.
Most of the stories told during the...
Andy Todd
With changes in several Trempealeau County Board of Supervisors positions also came a shift in the board’s leadership.
As the board welcomed six new members during its organizational meeting last Tuesday, it also elected Andy Todd as chair and Kevin Whalen as vice chair.
Todd won his third term on...
After a win over Black River Falls broke a four-game losing streak to start their season, the Arcadia baseball team again finds themselves mired in a four-game skid since that victory.
The Raiders (1-8, 1-4 Coulee) suffered a blowout loss in Coulee Conference play to Viroqua to begin last week,...
Sam De Jager slid safely into home for the Red Hawks during their non-conference clash with Melrose-Mindoro last Friday. (Times photograph by Zach Rastall)
A week of nothing but non-conference games for the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau baseball team yielded a win, a loss and one unresolved contest.
The Red Hawks (3-3) used a late surge to battle past Altoona (6-3) early in the week but were on the opposite end of a late-game rally against Melrose-Mindoro...
Wednesday, April 8
02:46 — Whitehall: The jail requested assistance with an inmate.
04:48 — Osseo: An officer reported road debris.
04:57 — Osseo: A car hit a deer.
05:11 — Trempealeau: The caller reported a vehicle has been parked on the side of the road for 24 hours. It has now moved to the...
25 YEARS AGO
May 3, 2001
A proposed new Trempealeau County jail and sheriff’s department, which has created a lot of controversy over the past few years, may also be responsible for a first in county government. The jail debate may result in what is believed to be the first recall election...
A local company was awarded the bid for Whitehall’s water treatment plant project last week.
RJ Jurowski Construction, Inc. was the low bidder at $2.56 million. Isaac Steinmeyer of engineering firm Short Elliott Hendrickson said the company received three bids, ranging from Jurowski’s low bid to a...
The Whitehall city council voted to begin the legal process to force a city resident to clean up his property, though the resident is currently incarcerated in the Trempealeau County Jail.
City Administrator Drew Morelan said city resident Seth Day, 18257 Melby Street, has been spoken to numerous...
The body of a woman was discovered in the Mississippi River near the Trempealeau dam last week, identified two days later as that of a Winona, Minn. woman who had been missing for a month.
The body was identified as 72-year-old Patricia Sweningson, a Winona resident who had not been seen since Mar...
