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A village of Trempealeau police officer received a citation after his squad car was involved in a crash on Oct. 18.
Christopher Carley, 50, of Onalaska received a $175.30 ticket for failing to yield the right of way from a stop sign after a crash at approximately 5:42 p.m. A release sent by the...
The good news is that the spread of COVID-19 in Trempealeau County doesn’t appear to be getting any worse. The number of new cases dropped significantly in October, but seem to have steadied.
The Wisconsin Department of Health services reported 86 new COVID-19 cases in the county last week, one...
A budget that shows a 7.76 percent decrease in the tax levy from the 2020-21 school year was approved at the Blair-Taylor School District annual meeting last week Monday.
District superintendent Jeff Eide said that the property taxes were reduced because the district received more state aid. A levy...
Arcadia Municipal Court Judge David Hesch presented Judy Grzadzielewski with a plaque recognizing her 22 and a half years as the municipal court clerk. Hesch, Arcadia Police Chief Diana Anderson and Grzadzielewski's successor, Patrick Ganschow, see about 150 cases a month in the county's only municipal court. (Times photograph by Debbie Foss)
Arcadia’s Municipal Court Judge David Hesch was considering the penalty for a juvenile who had been caught smoking when he learned her mother was buying her cigarettes.
It wasn’t the first time Hesch had learned that a parent had a large role in a juvenile’s troubles, and so he included the mother...
The first year of full Coulee Conference play has proven to be a success for the La Crosse Aquinas football team as they are the last team in either the Coulee or Dairyland conference still playing.
Aquinas extended its season with a 47-8 win over Stanley-Boyd last week. S-B was the fifth seed and...
Arcadia senior Jose Landeros pulled the ball away from a pair of Washburn/Bayfield defenders in the first half of a sectional final game at Baldwin-Woodville High School last Saturday. The Raiders won 1-0 behind a goal in the 66th minute and advanced to the state tournament. The Raiders play this Thursday in Milwaukee. (Times photograph by Benjamin Pierce)
As Arcadia boys soccer coach Luis Cruz prepared his team on the field Saturday ahead of a WIAA Division Four sectional final game with a trip to state on the line, he talked more about inspiration and love for the game than he did Xs and Os.
And as he recalled the conversation following a 1-0 win...
Wednesday, Oct. 20
00:12 — Independence: A semi hit a deer.
07:04 — Whitehall: A vehicle went into Whitehall at excessive speeds and was crossing the center line.
07:56 — Independence: A red vehicle was all over the road and almost caused a couple of accidents. Caller said the vehicle has crossed...
25 YEARS AGO
Nov. 7, 1996
Trempealeau County, which went with the incumbent at the top of the ticket during Tuesday’s general election, got two new courthouse officers on the local level. Deputy Register of Deeds Rose Ottum defeated Bill Thoma, 6,825 to 3,588, in the race to succeed the former’s...
An old Arcadia map (below) shows the whereabouts of Lehrbach Island, close to downtown Arcadia. The island regularly was used as a picnic destination (above).
(Submitted photos)
Legend has it that the shrieks are deafening and terrifying. The noise doesn’t come from a human and doesn’t even sound like an animal, at least not like anything living around here.
That, according to legend, is why nobody should row down Turton Creek late at night because the remains of an island...
The balanced budget was passed at the Whitehall School District’s annual meeting last Wednesday, but district superintendent Mike Beighley warned that there could be problems in the future.
“If we continue to allow politics to impact our public education system like they currently are — and I’m...
