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Rep. Ron Kind opened Friday's listening session with various talking points before hearing from a crowd of about 30 area residents in the county board room at the Trempealeau County Government Center in Whitehall. (Times photo by Andrew Dannehy)
The comments Congressman Ron Kind — representative for Wisconsin’s 3rd congressional district, which includes Trempealeau County — heard from the roughly 30 people at his listening session in Whitehall on Friday varied, but the most common came from residents who want better roads, whole milk in...
A day after saying there would be no changes to the boys and girls basketball tournament series, the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association has changed its course, instead limiting the number of tickets sold to 88 per school.
A press release issued by the WIAA this morning states:
"The...
Gov. Tony Evers told Dodge residents that he would look for state money to finance flood-abatement for the community, while telling Arcadia residents he supports that city’s $36.7 million flood project “as long as it’s neutral” upstream and downstream.
The Wisconsin governor also told both...
The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association issued a statement Wednesday saying the state girls basketball tournament and boys basketball sectional games scheduled for this week will continue as planned.
The statement said:
“The WIAA Executive Staff...
The names of the victims of a fatal crash along Highway 93 between Independence and Eleva have been released by the Trempealeau County Sheriff's Department.
Austin Anderson, 23, of Durand and Tara Pataska, 45, of Onalaska were the victims in the two-vehicle collision which occurred near County...
A man who is accused of stealing a truck and hitting several vehicles around Preston was charged with felonies in Trempealeau County before being returned to Winona County where he is wanted for criminal damage to property.
Austin John Presson, 25, of 173 N. Baker St., Winona, is charged with...
“Common sense” precautions county residents would take to avoid the flu should be sufficient to protect against an unlikely infection by the COVID-19 or novel coronavirus, according to the county’s public health director.
“It’s important to keep perspective,” said Barb Barczak, director of public...
Those planning to open a new frac sand mine on 1,269 acres in Independence were granted a 90-extension on a city permit to allow them to solidify contracts with investors.
The four-to-one vote Monday to grant the extension to Cameron Rail for the city’s conditional use permit came after an appeal...
Aaron Engel
Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau superintendent Aaron Engel may soon be leaving for a job in a larger district.
The School District of La Crosse announced Engel as one of three finalists for its superintendent vacancy last week. He will interview against Stacey Everson, director of secondary education for...
Whitehall’s school board approved the implementation of a new visitor system last Wednesday that intends to increase school safety. They will be the first school in the area to implement the system, according to superintendent Mike Beighley.
The system is called Raptor Visitor Management, and...
