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Area residents heading out to the woods this fall shouldn’t be surprised if they see a significantly larger antlered animal than they’re used to.
“I have had several elk sightings reported to me over the last few years in Trempealeau County,” Mark Rasmussen, Department of Natural Resources wildlife...
The Blair-Taylor school board approved hiring RJ Jurowski Construction Inc. out of Whitehall as the general contractor for work to be done on adding to and improving the school building.
The project is set to start after district residents approved a $4.145 million referendum in November. Additions...
City of Arcadia officials are shortening the time between when a written notice of a need to clean a property is sent and when a citation is issued, but the city administrator said he’s still mostly seeking communication with offenders.
The change comes after repeated objections by city residents...
After transitioning to mandatory remote learning on Nov. 11, the Arcadia School District pushed out their return to in-person instruction to Monday, Dec. 7.
At last Monday’s regular meeting of the Arcadia school board, district superintendent Lance Bagstad spoke of a “constant churn” of COVID-19-...
Arcadia officials may reconsider having curbside recycling pick up, but not so soon after city residents rejected the idea.
“I was for curbside recycling,” said Mayor Rob Reichwein at last Wednesday’s city council meeting. “But I’m not comfortable moving forward with it with the vote we just had....
The Village of Trempealeau passed a 2021 budget balanced at $1,804,828 at a special meeting Thursday night, which represents a 1.03 percent increase from the 2020 budget.
The total property tax levy in the 2021 budget will be $778,397, representing a 5.99 percent decrease from 2020’s tax levy of...
The county board ended a decades-long debate and voted to build a new jail, courtrooms and offices in a $40 million addition to the existing courthouse.
Monday’s 15-to-one vote in favor of the project came after comments from supervisors that the lead up to the decision had been “transparent” and...
Firefighters worked to extinguish a fire at Blair Haus Sports Bar and Grill Friday morning. While they were unable to save the Blair Haus, firefighters were able to prevent neighboring properties from catching on fire. See more photographs on Page 13. (Times photographs by Andrew Dannehy)
A Blair establishment burned to the ground last Friday as what started as a kitchen fire quickly spread and destroyed Blair Haus Sports Bar and Grill.
The cause of the fire is unclear as investigators were scheduled to arrive on the scene on Tuesday of this week. The fire was called in by owner...
The Trempealeau County Health Department issued a release last week saying the county is “in crisis” after yet another record-breaking week in terms of the number of COVID-19 cases.
Last week included two daily records, the first came on Tuesday with 62 new cases — breaking the previous record of...
Some Whitehall property owners this year are seeing on their tax bills extra charges for what city officials say is an unprecedented amount of unpaid city utility bills.
“We have $52,000 in arrears for utility payments,” city administrator Ashley Slaby told the council last Tuesday. “That’s the...
