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A record for the number of new COVID-19 cases was set for the fifth consecutive week as two more county residents died from the virus last week.
The new record of 434 new cases reported by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services was set on Sunday afternoon. The Times typically uses data updated...
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Nov. 30, 1995
The Whitehall district board of education Monday night authorized the spending of up to $125,000 to purchase new computers and related equipment. The board voted unanimously to follow district administrator Jerry Freimark to spend the money, once the district has final...
Wednesday, Nov. 11
11:45 — Arcadia: Caller said somebody must have hit a deer by her driveway. A deer is dead there and a cable box was damaged. There are car parts that she has picked up. Caller may be interested in taking the deer.
12:27 — Whitehall: Caller’s wife is ill, but would not let him...
Area residents heading out to the woods this fall shouldn’t be surprised if they see a significantly larger antlered animal than they’re used to.
“I have had several elk sightings reported to me over the last few years in Trempealeau County,” Mark Rasmussen, Department of Natural Resources wildlife...
The Blair-Taylor school board approved hiring RJ Jurowski Construction Inc. out of Whitehall as the general contractor for work to be done on adding to and improving the school building.
The project is set to start after district residents approved a $4.145 million referendum in November. Additions...
City of Arcadia officials are shortening the time between when a written notice of a need to clean a property is sent and when a citation is issued, but the city administrator said he’s still mostly seeking communication with offenders.
The change comes after repeated objections by city residents...
After transitioning to mandatory remote learning on Nov. 11, the Arcadia School District pushed out their return to in-person instruction to Monday, Dec. 7.
At last Monday’s regular meeting of the Arcadia school board, district superintendent Lance Bagstad spoke of a “constant churn” of COVID-19-...
Arcadia officials may reconsider having curbside recycling pick up, but not so soon after city residents rejected the idea.
“I was for curbside recycling,” said Mayor Rob Reichwein at last Wednesday’s city council meeting. “But I’m not comfortable moving forward with it with the vote we just had....
The Village of Trempealeau passed a 2021 budget balanced at $1,804,828 at a special meeting Thursday night, which represents a 1.03 percent increase from the 2020 budget.
The total property tax levy in the 2021 budget will be $778,397, representing a 5.99 percent decrease from 2020’s tax levy of...
The county board ended a decades-long debate and voted to build a new jail, courtrooms and offices in a $40 million addition to the existing courthouse.
Monday’s 15-to-one vote in favor of the project came after comments from supervisors that the lead up to the decision had been “transparent” and...
