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Wednesday, Nov. 17
06:56 — Osseo: A small red car almost struck a guardrail. It is driving at varying speeds and has crossed the centerline.
08:03 — Arcadia: Semi struck a deer. No damage to the semi. Caller believes the deer is dead.
08:51 — Galesville: Caller said her husband is weak and has...
All five of the school districts in the Times coverage area were noted as “exceeding expectations” according to report cards issued by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction last week.
The Independence School District scored the highest on the DPI’s grading system, with an overall mark of...
A divided Arcadia city council eventually changed city employees’ health coverage to the lowest cost plan, but will attempt to move to a state plan in 2023.
By a four-to-two vote last Wednesday, the council approved moving city employees to Quartz, a health plan from Gunderson Health System. City...
A county committee will await the outcome of an appeals process before it considers complaints from some employees who say a new wage structure is unjust.
The personnel bargaining committee decided last Thursday that an appeal process scheduled to be completed by the end of the year should occur...
At its regular meeting last week Monday, the Blair-Taylor school board heard about face covering policies for both the Dairyland Conference and in the district’s elementary school.
Face coverings have been required at the elementary school since Sept. 21, but that will come to an end after...
Leaders in the Arcadia School District shared how they plan to improve academic performance and personal connections at each school building during a presentation at the district school board meeting last Monday.
The goals are part of each school’s improvement plan, which is tied to the district...
Arcadia will need a bigger pool of taxable property or city taxpayers will experience a higher tax rate as the city extends the life of financing for $3.4 million in debt for flood control projects.
It is possible that city taxpayers could see a tax rate increase for the borrowing that would...
One of the largest fires in the history of the Ettrick area took down a commercial building that was used by three businesses last Thursday.
Six fire departments responded to the blaze that was reported at 5:31 p.m. on Thursday in the building that houses Supply Technologies, Equity Livestock and...
Wednesday, Nov. 10
00:15 — Galesville: Anonymous report of an underage alcohol party.
03:17 — Independence: A female would like to remove her kids from her residence due to the male party there being very harassing.
07:32 — Osseo: A semi nearly ran the caller off the road.
08:04 — Blair: Caller...
25 YEARS AGO
Nov. 28, 1996
A year and a half, and several modifications, after it was installed, the wheelchair lift at the Pigeon Falls K-1 Attendance Center may finally get state approval for use. District Administrator Jerry Freimark told the school board at its monthly meeting Monday night that...
