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25 YEARS AGO
July 25, 1996
Voters in the Independence School District will be asked to decide in September whether the district should borrow more than $6 million for a new preschool through 12th grade building. The district board of education voted unanimously Monday night to approve an initial...
The former director of the county’s department of land management won’t speak ill of the county or initiate any legal action against the county under the terms of a just-released, five-page separation agreement.
Besides paying Kevin Lien $20,000 for unused paid time off and sick leave, the county...
A Strum woman was charged with drug possession after her two-year-old child was reportedly found wandering on Oak Street, four blocks from the child’s home.
Samantha Fox, 28, of 310 Oak St., was charged with a felony being in possession of drugs in violation of a bail agreement, and misdemeanor...
Whitehall officials have entered the “early chatting stage” on an informal offer to purchase the Whitehall Public Golf Course.
The Whitehall city council was scheduled to discuss the offer Tuesday, though Mayor Jeff Hauser said a decision will require resolution of “a thousand details.”
“The...
For the second time in a little more than a month, a man has died in the town of Hale after the motorcycle he was driving struck a deer.
Michael Sanding, 55, of La Crosse died on Saturday after his motorcycle struck a deer. Sanding was driving south on County Road E near Holmen Road before hitting...
The Independence school board voted last Wednesday to pursue a waiver of educational requirements pertaining to bilingual-bicultural education, citing a lack of staff to appropriately fulfill Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) guidelines.
District superintendent Bärry Schmitt...
After some contentious debate, the Galesville City Council voted 4-1 to raise the speed limit on South 15th Street from 25 to 35 miles per hour.
Mayor Vince Howe, who proposed the change, said he had heard several comments from residents and regular drivers of the street requesting the change. The...
The Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau school board heard updates on student achievement assessments from the spring semester, as well as reports on the first session of summer school at their regular meeting on Monday.
District administrator Michele Butler reported that COVID-19 case numbers in the district...
The estimated general school aid released by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction on July 1 showed a slight increase in available 2021-22 funding for all five area schools.
While all five are projected to receive more money than they received last year, three of the schools saw an...
A Texas bankruptcy court has rebuffed an argument by Hi-Crush that bankruptcy negated suits by county residents, meaning the residents may now attempt to collect damages from the sand mine company’s insurers and contractors.
The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas ruled July 1...
