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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...
The Blair city council voted for an average sewer rate increase of 65 percent to offset five years of negative operating income in the department at their regular meeting last Monday.
The increase will take effect in January and appear on the April quarterly bill for residents. Estimated impact to...
For the third straight week the previous record of new COVID-19 cases in Trempealeau County has been smashed as the elderly community members continue to be impacted with two more deaths last week.
The death total in Trempealeau County sat at eight as of press time this week, with numerous older...
The village of Trempealeau board passed two ordinance amendments concerning sewer abandonment and usage rates at their regular meeting last Thursday.
In the first of two amendments passed, Chapter 415 of the Village Code of Ordinances was amended by Village Ordinance #4-2020 to define abandonment...
An inmate in the Trempealeau County jail faces new charges after he allegedly broke a restraint and spit toward a jail staff member who was informing him his probation was being revoked.
Bernardo Pagan, 58, of 2038 Crescent Drive in Eau Claire is charged with felony battery or threat to a law...
Concerns about remaining vigilant about precautions amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic were discussed at last Wednesday’s meeting of the Independence school board.
After hearing reports from student council about ongoing efforts, administrators expressed reservations about whether true...
The Independence council began the process of adding new constraints on homes in Markham Addition, and was scheduled to meet again to review permits for four homes in the residential development.
The new covenants, reviewed Monday by the council, would require tree planting, covering material on...
Arcadia City Administrator Chad Hawkins said he is confident the city can afford a flood-prevention project that would help the city avoid disasters like the 2010 flood pictured above. (File Photo)
Though a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers study of how to control Arcadia flooding has been late and much more costly than expected, the city’s administrator is confident some type of meaningful protection will emerge.
“I’m confident we’ll have something we can afford at the end of this,” said...
The Arcadia city council decided against alternate street parking during snow storms because the practice could actually increase work and residents are so attentive that some “run out in their underwear” to move their cars.
The decision to not change winter parking regulations came after council...
A slightly lower percentage of Arcadia voters said no to curbside recycling Nov. 2 than they did when last asked, in April of 2019, but they still resoundingly rejected the idea.
By a 501 against to a 291 for vote, city voters last week turned down the idea of having curbside pick-up of recyclable...
