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Construction of the main stage for Ashley for the Arts was well underway on Monday of this week. The stage will feature headliners such as Toby Keith, Barenaked Ladies and Little Big Town this weekend. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
As Ashley for the Arts gets underway this Thursday, attendees can expect to see more attractions and bigger names than ever before this weekend.
Headliners for this year’s event include some of the music industry’s elite such as Toby Keith, Barenaked Ladies, Little Big Town and Kip Moore. There...
How those who donated to Dusso Park should be honored and if the baseball field should be re-named after a significant donor was a topic Ettrick Village President John Beirne brought to the board at its regular meeting last week Tuesday.
Beirne presented the board with a list of 30 people who had...
Rendering
It took two identical motions, but the Arcadia city council eventually agreed to set aside $10,000 — not the suggested $20,000 — for possibly two new welcome-to-the-city signs.
“We have too many other irons in the fire,” said member Joe Feltes last Wednesday. “We can’t even pay for the flood stuff...
Whitehall head coach John Kleinhans addressed his team during practice on Saturday. The practice had to be moved indoors due to thunderstorms. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
Whitehall football coach John Kleinhans hopes quality prevails over quantity and his team wins the Dairyland Conference football title.
Kleinhans said the Norse have the most experience team in the conference. For the first time in several years, Whitehall has 10 seniors, many of whom have played...
Wednesday, July 28
05:41 — Osseo: Caller struck a deer at 4:40 a.m. Has damage to the vehicle.
07:09 — Ettrick: A 78-year-old male is unresponsive.
09:11 — Trempealeau: Scare guns are going off again.
09:16 — Osseo: Caller has been receiving harassing messages from their ex via text.
10:54 —...
25 YEARS AGO
Aug. 15, 1996
The city of Whitehall will try to get state funds to help it build a new fire station. The city council authorized filing a pre-application for a Community Development Block Grant from the state Department of Development. Such a grant could pay for up to 70 percent of the...
A lot can change between now and the first day of school, but as of last week Monday Whitehall School District officials are planning on making face coverings optional for students and staff to start the 2021-22 school year.
“Will kids have to wear masks? At this point no,” superintendent Mike...
Three Independence residents have been charged with receiving cocaine hidden in speakers and other items mailed from Puerto Rico and selling the drug in Arcadia.
Charged with felony possession with intent to deliver cocaine were Cristian Andre Vasquez Velez, 22, and Mark Ian Castro, 29, both of...
County supervisors will meet in a special, closed session Aug. 19 that could affect the fate of the director of the county’s department of Human Services.
The investigation into human services’ staff complaints against department director Deb Suchla is complete, said county board chair John Aasen....
Whitehall School District Superintendent Mike Beighley had more answers at the school board’s regular monthly meeting last week Monday than he did a month earlier, but he’s still frustrated by the lack of funding approved at the state level.
Beighley told the board that the budget, signed by Gov....
