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Respondents to a survey on county outdoor recreation say they would most like to see trails for hiking and walking, while the county parks and tourism committee added ATV and UTV trails to their priority planning list.
Two hundred and ninety individuals responded to the recent survey by the county’...
Area residents who are looking for a one-stop shop for trick-or-treating on Halloween night can hit up Riverside Memorial Park in Blair again this year.
A trick-or-treating event was set up in the park last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but the popularity of the event means it will be...
Wednesday, Sept. 29
08:00 — Black River Falls: Caller reported the location of a wanted party.
09:15 — Ettrick: Two cattle are out. One has gone back in the fence and is across the road now. Caller has attempted to contact the residence with no answer.
10:49 — Whitehall: Anonymous complaint of a...
The Trempealeau County Board of Supervisors will decide whether to pay a disputed bill from the county healthcare center for the care of an elderly man in 2020.
The county’s executive-finance committee Monday reiterated its previous decision that the county is responsible for the $18,696 bill....
Administrators for the Whitehall School District told the district’s board that staff members have been “awesome” as they try to work through the challenges the COVID-19 pandemic has presented early in the 2021-22 school year.
“It’s not easy, it’s just not,” Mike Beighley, district superintendent,...
While there was one more death from COVID-19, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services reported a significant drop in the total number of new cases last week.
The death was reported by both the DHS and the Trempealeau County Health Department. No further information about the person was made...
Shane Lancour
A 34-year-old La Crosse man was arrested in Galesville on Sept. 23 after investigators from the Trempealeau County Sheriff’s Department discovered more than 100 grams of methamphetamine.
Shane Lancour was being investigated before an arrest was made shortly after 11 p.m. He was taken to Trempealeau...
Independence council members will meet with the city’s historical society to determine whether it is practical for the society to accept the donation of the Methodist Church as a museum.
The building, at the corner of Adams and Fourth streets, has been offered to the city but with the stipulation...
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources said Trempealeau County landowners should keep an eye on deer herds after epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD) was found in La Crosse County.
A La Crosse County landowner reported eight dead deer on a 200-acre property south of La Crosse. The deer were...
James Springer
For the fourth time this year, a convicted sex offender will be released in Whitehall.
A press release sent by the Whitehall Police Department said that James Springer, 56, will be released on Oct. 18 and plans to live in the Whitehall area. The release stated that the police department has no...
