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After transitioning to mandatory remote learning on Nov. 11, the Arcadia School District pushed out their return to in-person instruction to Monday, Dec. 7.
At last Monday’s regular meeting of the Arcadia school board, district superintendent Lance Bagstad spoke of a “constant churn” of COVID-19-...
Arcadia officials may reconsider having curbside recycling pick up, but not so soon after city residents rejected the idea.
“I was for curbside recycling,” said Mayor Rob Reichwein at last Wednesday’s city council meeting. “But I’m not comfortable moving forward with it with the vote we just had....
The Village of Trempealeau passed a 2021 budget balanced at $1,804,828 at a special meeting Thursday night, which represents a 1.03 percent increase from the 2020 budget.
The total property tax levy in the 2021 budget will be $778,397, representing a 5.99 percent decrease from 2020’s tax levy of...
The county board ended a decades-long debate and voted to build a new jail, courtrooms and offices in a $40 million addition to the existing courthouse.
Monday’s 15-to-one vote in favor of the project came after comments from supervisors that the lead up to the decision had been “transparent” and...
Firefighters worked to extinguish a fire at Blair Haus Sports Bar and Grill Friday morning. While they were unable to save the Blair Haus, firefighters were able to prevent neighboring properties from catching on fire. See more photographs on Page 13. (Times photographs by Andrew Dannehy)
A Blair establishment burned to the ground last Friday as what started as a kitchen fire quickly spread and destroyed Blair Haus Sports Bar and Grill.
The cause of the fire is unclear as investigators were scheduled to arrive on the scene on Tuesday of this week. The fire was called in by owner...
The Trempealeau County Health Department issued a release last week saying the county is “in crisis” after yet another record-breaking week in terms of the number of COVID-19 cases.
Last week included two daily records, the first came on Tuesday with 62 new cases — breaking the previous record of...
Some Whitehall property owners this year are seeing on their tax bills extra charges for what city officials say is an unprecedented amount of unpaid city utility bills.
“We have $52,000 in arrears for utility payments,” city administrator Ashley Slaby told the council last Tuesday. “That’s the...
The city of Whitehall’s 2021 budget is, overall, lower than that of the current year, but the amount of money the city expects to collect from property taxpayers is increasing by over 11 percent.
City administrator Ashley Slaby said she will not be able to calculate the mill rate — the number...
25 YEARS AGO
Nov. 23, 1995
After all the delays that have put off the start of its “Building for the Future” expansion project, it isn’t surprising that the Tri-County Memorial Hospital officials actually jumped the gun a little last week. TCMH staff, administration and board members held a...
Wednesday, Nov. 4
12:20 — Whitehall: A student has not been in school for a week. Caller would like a welfare check done as the parents are not answering their phones. The student is also not attending virtually.
17:15 — Galesville: A black pickup with no box and no taillights has been racing up...
