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The above map was found in newspaper archives showing the location of Hans Jakob Olson was hung along Brekke Ridge Road in the town of Preston.
Just as shocking as the events that occurred on Nov. 24, 1889, are the people responsible for the lynching of Hans Jakob Olson and the punishment they received.
Reading other articles and documents about this incident; there is no shortage of rationales as to why Hans Jakob was lynched, but there...
The Trempealeau village board voted to open their municipal swimming pool at a special meeting held Thursday.
In accordance with Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines, the pool will develop regulations for patrons prior to their June 14 opening day. While the majority of these...
Rob Grover (top center) showed off his Trempealeau County shirt to former vice president and current presidential candidate Joe Biden during a round table discussion streamed online last week.
“It feels like rural Wisconsin gets forgotten about,” Rob Grover, Trempealeau County economic development and tourism coordinator, told presidential candidate Joe Biden.
Grover was given the chance to speak with the former vice president under Barak Obama and current democratic presidential nominee...
Trempealeau County Health Director Barb Barczak has been at the center of Trempealeau County's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. She credits her staff, county officials and the community with meeting the demands of the lockdown driven by the virus. (Times photograph by Debbie Foss)
The woman with the sole authority to shut down Trempealeau County because of COVID-19 also has the unenviable job of balancing the advice of health experts against the aggravation of some members of the community.
And despite her state statute-bestowed authority to do “what is reasonable and...
Two cars made their way through the drive-through community COVID-19 testing set up by the National Guard and Trempealeau County Health Department in the Arcadia High School parking lot last Wednesday. According to the Trempealeau County Sheriff’s Department, 180 symptomatic individuals were tested during the event, but the results of those tests had not yet been announced as of Monday of this week. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
With five more positive tests for COVID-19 announced on Sunday and two on Tuesday, Trempealeau County surpassed the total number of active cases in Buffalo, Jackson and La Crosse counties combined as of early this week.
The seven positive tests early this week put the county’s total at 21 —...
The Trempealeau County Times was awarded in the 2019 Wisconsin Newspaper Association's Better Newspaper Contest for a feature that ran June 26, 2019 about The Farm in rural Ettrick.
The Trempealeau County Times was again awarded in the Wisconsin Newspaper Association’s Better Newspaper Contest.
The feature titled “Life on the Farm: Changing the World from Ettrick” written by managing editor Andrew Dannehy received a second-place award in the feature (non-profile) category in...
County supervisors approved going forward with a design and promotion plan for a new county building, but made it clear they had not yet approved the project.
The county board Monday unanimously voted to allow a construction consultant to prepare a request for proposals for more detailed plans...
Shari's Bar and Grill in Whitehall opened, serving breakfast earlier this week after the Safe at Home extension was overruled by the state supreme court last week. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
After never having more than one case in a day, the number of COVID-19 cases in Trempealeau County saw a big jump last weekend with four more positives, but Trempealeau County Health Department Director Barb Barczak said it’s too soon to know if those cases are related to the reopening of the...
Charlotte Thomley, owner of Sylver's Bar in Independence, awaits customers on a rainy Sunday after finally opening Friday. She said business was "OK" following a state supreme court decision that a stay-at-home order because of the pandemic was invalid. Thomley was disinfecting her business and had removed half the seats at the bar to keep customers apart. "We've been closed for 58 days," she sighed.
Based on comments and observations that are a long way from scientific, it appears Trempealeau County residents are not crowding into businesses reopening after the lifting of the COVID-19 lockdown.
Business was “pretty good” for the Newcomb Valley Inn in Arcadia last Friday as it opened after the...
As part of its focus on community health and safety during the COVID-19 pandemic, Gundersen Tri-County Hospital and Clinics is now testing all Gundersen Tri-County Care Center residents and staff for the virus. This is in addition to temperature checks for staff at the start of each shift,...
