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Firefighters worked to extinguish a fire at Blair Haus Sports Bar and Grill Friday morning. While they were unable to save the Blair Haus, firefighters were able to prevent neighboring properties from catching on fire. See more photographs on Page 13. (Times photographs by Andrew Dannehy)
A Blair establishment burned to the ground last Friday as what started as a kitchen fire quickly spread and destroyed Blair Haus Sports Bar and Grill.
The cause of the fire is unclear as investigators were scheduled to arrive on the scene on Tuesday of this week. The fire was called in by owner...
The Trempealeau County Health Department issued a release last week saying the county is “in crisis” after yet another record-breaking week in terms of the number of COVID-19 cases.
Last week included two daily records, the first came on Tuesday with 62 new cases — breaking the previous record of...
Some Whitehall property owners this year are seeing on their tax bills extra charges for what city officials say is an unprecedented amount of unpaid city utility bills.
“We have $52,000 in arrears for utility payments,” city administrator Ashley Slaby told the council last Tuesday. “That’s the...
The city of Whitehall’s 2021 budget is, overall, lower than that of the current year, but the amount of money the city expects to collect from property taxpayers is increasing by over 11 percent.
City administrator Ashley Slaby said she will not be able to calculate the mill rate — the number...
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Nov. 23, 1995
After all the delays that have put off the start of its “Building for the Future” expansion project, it isn’t surprising that the Tri-County Memorial Hospital officials actually jumped the gun a little last week. TCMH staff, administration and board members held a...
Wednesday, Nov. 4
12:20 — Whitehall: A student has not been in school for a week. Caller would like a welfare check done as the parents are not answering their phones. The student is also not attending virtually.
17:15 — Galesville: A black pickup with no box and no taillights has been racing up...
The Galesville city council passed a 2021 budget balanced at $1,436,536, as well as a sewer rate increase taking effect on Jan. 1, 2021 at their regular meeting Thursday night.
The budget for 2021 represents a 1.91 percent increase in the budgeted expenditures for 2020. According to documentation...
Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau School District has moved to a virtual instruction model through Dec. 4 after 13 district students and between five and seven staff have tested positive for COVID-19.
District administrator Michele Butler reported at last Monday’s regular school board meeting that 10 of the...
Voting machines that President Donald Trump has cited as problematic in the recent national election were in use in two county municipalities Nov. 3 and will be installed countywide in 2021.
The city of Arcadia and the town of Unity both used Imagecast Evolution machines produced by Canadian-based...
As projected, the county board adopted a 2021 budget that will lower the rate at which property owners are taxed due in part to the increased value of county property overall.
Supervisors last Tuesday in their annual day-time budget session authorized a $75.5 million budget that drops the mill rate...
