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For the third consecutive election, Arcadia voters will choose between John Kimmel and Kevin Mayzek in the race for mayor.
During next Tuesday’s spring elections, Kimmel and Mayzek will again be on the ballot to determine who is elected for a two-year term as Arcadia’s mayor. Kimmel is the...
While the Whitehall Police Department has been located in the Whitehall School District building for more than a decade, there has never been an official agreement between the two governing bodies.
That seems to be changing, though final approval is contingent on another agreement between the two...
Regardless of the results of next Tuesday’s election, there will be significant change on the Trempealeau County Board of Supervisors. Next week, however, voters could determine if it will be nearly a quarter of the board that turns over or almost half of it.
Four county supervisors opted not to...
Two seats on the Independence school board are up for grabs in the upcoming spring elections, with one incumbent and three newcomers all vying for those openings.
Robert Guza’s seat is one of two up for election on the Apr. 7 ballot, and he will be seeking another three-year term. The other seat up...
Blair-Taylor Superintendent Lynn Halverson said he wishes attendance at community meetings to discuss next week’s referendum was better, but hopes the lack of turnout means taxpayers trust the district.
Addressing the school board at last Tuesday’s regular monthly meeting, Halverson referenced a...
The Galesville swinging bridge was closed due to safety issues in 2016 and then washed away in a 2017 flood. Last week, city council members heard a plan to replace that bridge with a new structure. (Times file photos)
Replacing Galesville’s swinging bridge — closed in 2016 and washed away by flooding a year later — has long been considered unaffordable, but city officials last week heard a proposal to build a new pedestrian bridge that likely would not swing and may not require public funding.
Todd Duellman,...
Wednesday, March 11
06:03 — Eleva: The caller said a male showed up at his home and then started walking back toward the highway.
06:21 — Osseo: A truck is in the median on the interstate.
06:58 — Osseo: The caller reported a slide-in.
09:05 — Whitehall: A female is at the front door wanting to...
Challenger Robert Ortez is looking to unseat an incumbent in this spring’s election for seats on the Arcadia school board, where current board president Brian Steinlicht and fellow board member Dana Conrad are each seeking another term.
The three candidates will be on the ballot during the April 7...
The Arcadia school board discussed and approved several facilities improvement projects at its meeting last Monday night.
The district has been working with Upper 90, a design and contracting company, to identify needs and make necessary improvements to district buildings. The approved projects...
The city of Arcadia has a verbal agreement to purchase the former city hall building. The property, purchased by Tienda Guerrero Whitehall, Inc. in late 2021, has operated as an auto repair shop since then. The building served as city hall from its construction in 1893 until 2021, when city operations moved to the current city hall on Dettloff Drive. The city is currently planning to tear the building down once the sale is finalized, though the plan is not yet finalized. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
Though it is not yet completely finalized, the city of Arcadia is nearing the finish line on the purchase of the old city hall building and weighing options for the property once it is reacquired.
At their first meeting of the month, the council voted to put in an offer of $125,000 to purchase the...
