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As the first full school year of the Trempealeau Valley Cooperative 2.0 draws to a close, at least one member school district is mulling serious doubts about the long-term viability of the co-op. Several Arcadia school board members did little to mince words when expressing their pessimism about...

Anthony Meier

The former Arcadia man imprisoned for the 1992 murder of his estranged wife was denied parole last week, but won’t have to wait long to try again. Anthony Meier, 53, has been in custody since admitting to murdering his wife Jill (Wozney) Meier on Nov. 1, 1992. On April 1, 1993 was sentenced to 25...
For the second time in about a month, a house in the Whitehall area was lost due to fire. What started as a woodshed fire last Friday quickly turned into a house fire, according to a press release issued by the Whitehall Volunteer Fire Department. The release said the fire department was paged to...
Bond was set at $100,000 for an Independence man charged in the armed robbery of an Arcadia convenience store. Michael William Andre, 34, of 23898 Adams St., was charged with three felonies, armed robbery with use of force, being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm and second degree...
The Galesville city council approved a conditional use permit for a private property to be rented as an Airbnb at last Thursday’s regular meeting. Matthew and Jessica Opat were approved for a conditional use permit for their property located at 17201 Lake Court Road, contingent on the property...
Current projections from the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau School District suggest each district building will have spent at least two-thirds of their 175 scheduled school days learning in-person in the 2020-21 school year. District-provided data estimated G-E-T High School would finish with 67 percent...
In his quarterly report to the Trempealeau County Board of Supervisors, District Attorney John Sacia said crime is down slightly from last year. Sacia said his office has handled 320 cases since December, 20 fewer than a year ago. “That was the theme of 2020, numbers were down a little bit, but not...
As more county residents are being vaccinated, fewer COVID-19 cases are being reported. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services reported just 11 new cases in Trempealeau County last week, the lowest total since last May. It marked the fourth straight week with fewer than 20 new cases and with...
It was a busy week for Trempealeau County Sheriff’s Department K9s Javy and Luke as they assisted in four traffic stops that led to six people being arrested on drug charges. K9 Javy and partner deputy Jim Williams were involved in two arrests last Tuesday. The first came in Arcadia when a city of...
Whitehall will open its swimming pool and city recreation facilities after closing them in 2020 due to the pandemic. “I have all the faith in the world that the staff can make this as safe as possible,” Mayor Jeff Hauser said at last Tuesday city council meeting. City Administrator Ashley Slaby...

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