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While members of Trempealeau County’s Executive Finance Committee acknowledged they still had reservations about making the change, it ultimately voted to send to the full county board a resolution that would abolish the elected coroner position and replace it with a hired medical examiner.
The...
Following a closed session last week, the Blair city council voted to increase Police Chief Kent Johnson’s salary and reinstate some benefits. The alternative, apparently, was Johnson would walk away from the post, leaving the city without any police officers.
At the council’s August meeting,...
The Arcadia city council approved one action that will help people construct new homes in the city and another that will assist current homeowners in making repairs.
Funding for the programs will come from the closure of TIF 4 last May. Mayor John Kimmel told the council at last Wednesday’s...
In the coming years, the village of Trempealeau has plans for a slate of projects stemming from a recently prepared water and sewer master plan.
The village board approved engineering agreements with Davy Engineering for those phase one projects at last Thursday’s regular monthly meeting. Those...
As the Independence School District tries chart a path forward on how to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) tools into teaching their curriculum, district leaders gave the school board a presentation on how they are utilizing AI.
Before diving into the topic of using AI tools in the classroom...
Arcadia Street Superintendent Rollie Conrad fears the pump station on Van Buren Street may require even more repairs than initially thought after a lightning strike on Aug. 15.
Conrad clarified that the pump station is currently working and operating off of city power. The lightning strike rendered...
Wednesday, Aug. 20
02:55 — Whitehall: A disabled vehicle is partially in the lane of traffic.
09:35 — Galesville: A trailer was backed into.
11:08 — Osseo: A caller wants to report harassment.
11:37 — Dodge: An unoccupied pickup is in the ditch.
13:15 — Osseo: A house is on fire.
13:33 —...
A second man has officially been charged for his role in a June 29 altercation in Arcadia’s Memorial Park that left several people injured.
Antonio Lorenzo Blas, 47, Arcadia, was charged with substantial battery—intend bodily harm, a felony, and a misdemeanor for disorderly conduct. He told police...
A man who works as a police officer in Minnesota has been charged for an incident that took place in Arcadia last month.
Isaac Caron, 22, Faribault, Minn., has been charged with substantial battery-intending bodily harm and falsely exercising function/public office, both felonies. He also faces...
The town of Gale board will meet again next week to determine if it will recommend the rezoning of land that previously housed Sacia Orchards for the construction of a new fertilizer plant.
Allied Cooperative requested 28 acres of land that it purchased from Sacia Enterprises Inc. be rezoned from...
