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County employees are being encouraged but not required to wear masks and get vaccinated while supervisors debate how to allocate millions in federal pandemic relief dollars.
Supervisor Sally Miller, a member of the county’s COVID-19 committee, told supervisors Monday that there would be no change...
Wednesday, Aug. 4
04:15 — Osseo: A pickup pulling a stolen trailer turned into a police chase. The vehicle was apprehended east of Osseo.
11:16 — Osseo: A deer needs to be dispatched. It is in the median on Interstate 94.
12:42 — Galesville: Caller advised there was a rear-end accident on the...
25 YEARS AGO
Aug. 22, 1996
Helped by near-perfect weather, a small army of volunteers and a bigger one of participants, Beef and Dairy Days 1996 was an unqualified success. That’s the word from Dave Anderson, president of Beef and Dairy Days, Inc., the nonprofit corporation that stages the annual...
Both the Blair-Taylor and Whitehall School District have invited members of the public to discuss each district’s “back-to-school” plan, which includes making masks optional for students and staff.
The meetings will take place as part of each district’s regular meeting this coming Monday.
The...
The Arcadia School District has invited members of the public to comment on the school’s back-to-school plan, which includes making masks optional for students and staff.
The meeting will be held at the Arcadia Elementary School library, 358 E. River St. at 6 p.m. this coming Monday. It will...
As the discussion about whether or not to follow the recommendation of local health officials and require students and staff wear face coverings in school continued last week Wednesday, Independence school board president Joe Bragger started noticing the band on his wrist more.
Bragger said he...
While the majority of school board members in attendance expressed concern with the proposal laid out by Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau School District Superintendent Michele Butler regarding masking in school, most agreed that the board should support its administration.
Butler presented a plan at the...
The Independence School District announced Monday night that Paul Franzwa has accepted an offer to take over as the district superintendent following the 2021-22 school year.
Franzwa is currently the elementary school principal at Mondovi, but worked as a middle school teacher in Independence from...
All signs point to a new attraction coming to Trempealeau after the village board agreed to allow a pump track to be built on village land on Thursday.
The planning for the bicycle track is in its initial stages. Jed Olson, executive director of the Outdoor Recreation Alliance, said the first step...
As COVID-19 cases are back on the rise, the Trempealeau County Health Department has recommended that area residents wear face coverings indoors.
That recommendation came last Wednesday after the county saw 17 new cases in a three-day span, according to daily reports from the health department. The...
