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When voters shot down their operational referendum this past spring, the Arcadia school district was staring at the possibility of a budget deficit for 2024-25 ranging between $300,000 and $500,000. After a slew of budget cuts, the district was able to maintain a positive general fund balance for...
After seeing the city paid $9,200 to the United States Geological Survey (USGS) for a river gauge, council members questioned if that was a worthwhile investment, but Mayor John Kimmel said it was part of a bigger picture.
City operations director Rollie Conrad said the Trempealeau River gauge...
Wednesday, Sept. 3
01:45 — Arcadia: The caller advised that the fire alarm that is going off is a false alarm.
08:15 — Osseo: A car hit a deer.
10:06 — Blair: An officer advised someone hit mailboxes.
12:40 — Arcadia: The town clerk has a report to file for stolen road signs.
12:59 — Blair: The...
Trempealeau County supervisors and the town of Albion chair both demanded answers after hearing that taxpayers were receiving notifications saying their tax payments were late and that there were discrepancies in payments made to both municipalities and school districts.
That information was...
A former city of Arcadia police officer pleaded no contest to a charge of resisting or obstructing an officer in Trempealeau County Circuit Court.
Isrrael Garcia, 26, formerly of Arcadia, entered the plea on Sept. 2 and was ordered to pay a fine and court costs totaling $705. He was arrested on...
In the latest step in the process of potentially going to a referendum in the near future, the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau school board was shown a handful of different options — which include potentially closing or consolidating elementary schools — on how they could proceed.
The full school board...
The Galesville city council couldn’t conduct any business at its meeting last Thursday because it didn’t have a quorum.
State law requires that a majority of the council members attend in order to hold a meeting. Mayor Tom Thatcher called the meeting to order at 7 p.m. and immediately adjourned it...
The city of Independence is moving forward with repairs to the dam at Bugle Lake — though they won’t be able to avoid a second drawdown of the lake to complete the repairs as originally hoped.
A few months ago, the city council broached the idea of doing dam repairs while the lake was drained this...
Wednesday, Aug. 27
01:55 — Galesville: The caller said his ex-girlfriend came and stole his phone while he was sleeping.
05:56 — Blair: A motorcycle hit a deer.
09:26 — Whitehall: The caller requested a welfare check.
09:56 — Arcadia: The caller reported the theft of multiple road signs south of...
A 20-year-old man was arrested just hours after stealing three handguns from Safe and Secure Firearms in Blair on Friday morning.
Christian Dahl was taken into custody shortly after he was seen exiting a window at the store located at 302 N. Gilbert St.
According to a press release sent by the...
