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Construction on the first phase of a major Arcadia flood project could begin next fall and a federal project manager told city officials project cost has dropped from estimates of six months ago.
Kevin Bigalke, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer’s project manager for the Arcadia work, told the council...
Todd Gieck
The man arrested in the shooting death of an Ettrick resident pleaded not guilty to the charges against him, including homicide, while his attorney argued the shooting “screamed accidental.”
Todd Eric Gieck, 61, of Melrose, was held for trial Monday after Pepin County Judge Thomas Clark found it...
Whitehall School District leaders joined Ronald, Joyce and Todd Wanek in cutting the ribbon to celebrate the grand opening of the Whitehalll Regional Emerging Technology Center last Thursday. The educational facility on the Whitehall school grounds will teach area students in a number of trades and modern technology courses, beginning this fall. The Ronald and Joyce Wanek Foundation contributed $1 million to the project. (Times photograph by Benjamin Pierce)
The Whitehall Regional Emerging Technology Center was filled on Thursday with children testing new technology, families roaming through the 16,400-square-foot facility and even a beeping robot driving between the hustle and bustle of a visibly wondered crowd.
Last Thursday marked the ribbon-cutting...
Wednesday, Aug. 14
07:25 — Arcadia: Two 911 hang-ups.
08:32 — Whitehall: An ambulance was requested for a male with a urinary tract infection.
09:15 — Osseo: The caller reported multiple buildings and a vehicle were broken into.
09:19 — Osseo: 911 open line.
13:29 — Strum: The caller reported a...
Rather than close Trempealeau County’s public access television studio, the county administrator proposes to reshape it into a medium to promote the county.
Administrator Rebecca Glewen told the board of supervisors Monday that the county needs to focus on growing its economic base in the face of...
Layne Anderson
Both Layne Anderson and Joe Bishop have spent nearly their entire lives in Ettrick, and their reason for never leaving the small Trempealeau County community is the same — the people.
Those people have honored Anderson as the 2024 Ettrick Citizen of the Year, while Bishop has been tabbed the Lion...
The Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau School District will work with a Wisconsin company to develop a capital improvement plan and evaluate its current facilities.
The G-E-T school board approved the contract with Nexus Solutions last Monday by a 7-2 vote, with members Mark Kopp and Harold Olson opposed.
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Mary Martin is in line to become the next Trempealeau County clerk, while the rest of the November ballot was set at last week Tuesday’s partisan primary.
Martin topped Rob Grover — 1,449-1,185 —in the only contested race for a county office. Both ran as Republicans and nobody else has registered...
More than 50 outdoorsmen sought answers from Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources officials at the Arcadia Sportsman’s Club last Tuesday. While DNR officials from the fish hatchery division explained the decision to pause the trout-rearing co-op program, attendees didn’t appear to be satisfied...
The Blair city council voted to take a measure to help keep registered sex offenders away from areas that children are likely to visit.
The council voted at last week Monday’s regular meeting to have city attorney Mark Radcliffe draft an ordinance that would restrict where sex offenders can live....
