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            As the number of new COVID-19 cases declines and the rate in which Trempealeau County residents test positive has decreased, the county health department has introduced a new metric to help residents determine the risk of spreading the virus.             The county announced the new...
            A woman originally arrested for violating her bond by being in the company of an alleged drug user now faces charges of hurting deputies and damaging the county jail.             Cherish Roberts, 26, of Holmen, was initially arrested Aug. 20 when the car she was driving was stopped by...

It wasn’t quite like the stage at the Grammys but it’s home for Pleasantville native Jimmy Herman. Herman (inset, left) has toured the country, playing on various large stages — including the Grammys — as a part of Carrie Underwood’s band, but he returned home last week, playing with Chris Hennessee (inset, right) at the bandstand in downtown Whitehall as part of his Grass Roots Tour. It was his final  local performance before returning to Tennessee.  (Times photographs by Andrew Dannehy)

   
            Whitehall could be facing a hefty bill for another roof for its 22-year-old fire station.             Fire chief Jeremiah Pientok told the city council last Tuesday that a helicopter recently blew off portions of the roof, revealing water damage. Cost for repairs could range from $30,...
  Wednesday, Aug. 12             11:48 — Independence: Anonymous complaint that grain trucks are tailgating, driving aggressively and speeding.              13:18 — Ettrick: Caller was rear-ended by a feed truck. Nobody is injured.              14:12 — Trempealeau: Report of a vehicle that crossed...
              The building oversight committee Monday approved the concept for a new county justice center that will be refined before going to the county board Sept. 28 for a vote.             The latest building design moves a jail drop-off port and delivery bays from Dewey Street to the ally...
            As students prepare to return to school, teachers are working to implement new protocols to keep pupils and educators as safe as possible.             In the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau school district, teachers concede that there are kinks to be worked out, but that they are working in...
            The wait may be nearly over for Trempealeau residents living within the floodplain waiting to make improvements to their homes beyond 50 percent of the value of the property.             At a special meeting of the Trempealeau village board on Thursday, the board unanimously approved...

            Independence-raised Russ Sobotta dips his rear wheel in the Puget Sound in Washington before beginning his cross-country bike ride on June 25.            (Submitted photo)

            The cross-country journey from Mukliteo, Wash. to Jamestown, R.I. is over 3,000 miles and nearly 50 hours by car, but for Russ Sobotta the ride took a bit longer.             Though he began his transcontinental bike ride on June 25, the dream of dipping a wheel of his bike off the edge...
            Trempealeau County residents and businesses who have been missing the Coulee COVID-19 Compass can expect a replacement in the near future.             Trempealeau County Health Department Information Officer Kaila Baer said on Monday that the department hopes to release a metric that...

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