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After representing the Third Congressional District — which includes Trempealeau County — for more than two decades, Rep. Ron Kind announced last week that he will not seek reelection in 2022.
Rumors of Kind’s decision began to circulate early last week Tuesday before Kind made it official with a...
Trempealeau County’s population may have finally topped 30,000 while the median age creeped up, according to data from the 2020 U.S. Census released last week.
The data also show the county’s median income is lower than that nationally, but more county residents than the national or Wisconsin...
The city of Galesville plans to review its employee/personnel handbook to eliminate any possible shortcomings in human resources matters, according to discussions at the city council meeting last Thursday.
But the review of the handbook led to another possibility around 2022 budget time, one in...
While not yet comparable to the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in the area, the case rate rose last week to levels not seen since January.
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services reported 57 new COVID-19 cases in Trempealeau County this week, the most since the third week of January. When 57...
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...
