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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...
Softball players from Blair-Taylor and Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau were honored as first-team players in their divisions by the Wisconsin Fastpitch Softball Coaches Association.
Lindsay Steien of B-T and Genna O’Neill of G-E-T were both first-team all-state picks. Steien was selected in the Small...
Wednesday, June 15
02:33 — Eleva: Caller’s girlfriend hit him in the face.
06:35 — Eleva: A female threatened suicide over the phone.
07:53 — Trempealeau: A tree is in the lane.
08:24 — Osseo: A vehicle came up the caller’s driveway last night at approximately 18:00 and stayed for about 13...
In an attempt to remedy wastewater issues, Associated Milk Producers, Inc. (AMPI) has requested to take ownership of Blair’s wastewater treatment ponds and the land that surrounds the area.
Addressing the Blair city council at a special meeting held last week Monday, Wayne Jorgenson, AMPI’s vice...
An Arcadia community soccer club will cover the cost of security cameras for Schank Park and may be in the market to buy the city’s former recreation center.
Arcadia United Soccer Club organizer Luis Cruz told the city council last Wednesday that the league would pay for security cameras at Schank...
One week after the city of Galesville made the same decision, the village of Trempealeau board has voted to move to a new garbage collection system that will see 95-gallon carts replace its current blue bags.
The decision, approved unanimously, was made at a special village board meeting last...
Staff in the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau School District will see pay increases across the board next year, with some teachers seeing the largest increase and administrators getting the smallest raise.
Teachers will be paid an additional 4.54% in 2022-23, a jump of $301,683 district-wide from last...
County residents needed food and medical assistance in higher numbers in 2021 as the effects of the pandemic lingered, according to data from the county’s Human Services department.
Referrals to the county for children who might need protection also climbed in 2021 from 2020, likely due in part to...
