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The Independence School District board approved changes to their master calendar designed to alleviate the burden on teachers in the coming months.
Winter break was extended by two days for students, as Dec. 21 and Dec. 22 will now be teacher in-service days. District superintendent Barry Schmitt...
The Village of Trempealeau Community Center will undergo some repairs after a vehicle crashed through one of the walls Thursday afternoon.
A gold 2000 Chrysler Cirrus LXI had to be extracted from the building — located on 3rd Street in the village — after its driver, Donna Parkhurst, 86, of...
Ice fishing contest organizers told the Independence city council that they will likely host a modified version of the annual event.
Mike Blaha, president of the Elk Rod and Gun Club, told the council Monday that the changes the club is considering include moving most activities to drive-through or...
25 YEARS AGO
Dec. 14, 1995
Despite all the problems the city of Whitehall has had with its swimming pool the past few years, city officials have maintained that replacing the facility would be too expensive. Building a new pool or renovating the existing one hasn’t gotten any cheaper. But as of...
Samantha Huff attempted a layup during Whitehall's 58-51 loss to Blair-Taylor on Friday. (Times photograph by Zac Bellman)
The Whitehall girls basketball team is still looking to get over the hump after losing two close games to what might be the best teams in the Dairyland Conference.
While trailing, the Norse were within striking distance for much of their game against Melrose-Mindoro, but couldn’t keep up as the...
The number of new COVID-19 cases in Trempealeau County saw a significant decrease from previous weeks, but the death total continued to rise as five more county residents died from the virus last week.
The deaths brought the total number of deaths of county residents to 17 with 12 coming in the...
Wednesday, Nov. 18
10:20 — Trempealeau County: Caller is the landowner’s son reporting a trespassing complaint. Caller will wait for an officer at the suspect’s truck.
11:29 — Ettrick: Someone is throwing garbage in the caller’s dumpster. Caller found a name in the garbage.
16:16 — Blair: Kids are...
John Kelly will be leaving as the director for Trempealeau County Community Television after overseeing a technological makeover at the local station. (Submitted photo)
John Kelly has overseen technology that went from clunky tape to digital just during his tenure, yet it is Trempealeau County itself he’ll remember most as he leaves as director of Trempealeau County Community Television, or TCCTV.
“I got to do things and see things that I wouldn’t ever have gotten...
25 YEARS AGO
Dec. 7, 1995
A jury deliberated just over three and a half hours Friday before putting an end to the five-year-old Trempealeau County Circuit Court Case against a Blair man charged with causing the death of his passenger by the intoxicated use of a motor vehicle. The seven-man, five-...
After finishing last season on a tear, the Whitehall boys basketball team is hoping to keep momentum going and repeat as champions of the Dairyland Conference Large Division.
After losing the first four games, Whitehall won 16 of 18 games before losing to Fall Creek in the Wisconsin Interscholastic...
