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Wednesday, Oct. 22
01:00 — Osseo: A motion alarm was tripped three times.
02:11 — Osseo: A motion alarm was activated.
04:03 — Independence: 911 hang-up.
08:33 — Blair: The caller reported a trespasser on their property.
08:57 — Independence: A male is circling the caller’s house and their...
At Monday night’s regular board meeting for the Arcadia School District, principals from each school in the district gave presentations about how they are implementing the district’s continuous improvement plan.
Wyatt Anderson, high school principal and co-athletic director, discussed the high...
Arcadia’s school board approved a budget of $18,177,477 Monday of last week. Superintendent Lori Frerk announced a mill rate of $5.41132 per $1,000 of equalized property value. This is lower than last year’s rate of $5.87849. She cautioned, however, that residents should still expect their taxes...
The mill rate for residents living within the Blair-Taylor School District will drop by more than a dollar this coming year due in large part to a sizable spike in the estimated value of the municipalities within the district.
The school district’s tax levy, mill rate and budget for the 2025-26...
Local legend and lifetime Pigeon Falls resident Reynolds Tomter passed away Sunday at the age of 108.
Thought to be the oldest man in Wisconsin, Reynolds Tomter, 108, was known locally for his kindness, wisdom, service to his country and, perhaps, for drinking more black coffee than anyone in the world.
Tomter passed away at Pigeon Falls Health Care Center on Sunday, concluding what he told the...
Wednesday, Oct. 15
00:34 — Strum: Road debris.
08:08 — Blair: 911 open line.
19:34 — Arcadia: A car hit a deer.
21:44 — Arcadia: The caller possibly hit a deer.
22:36 — La Crosse County: The caller said someone is running in a field.
Thursday, Oct. 16
01:09 — Ettrick: An intoxicated male said...
The Trempealeau County Board of Supervisors weighed employee pay raises and a new finance director position while reviewing a proposed 2026 budget that includes a slight property tax increase.
The budget presented Monday of last week was balanced, with an increase of $1.17 million over the 2025...
With the Whitehall School District needing to raise their property tax levy by just over $500,000 from the prior year, superintendent Mike Beighley offered pointed criticism toward state lawmakers for not doing more to help out public schools across Wisconsin despite a sizable budget surplus.
The...
Despite the unexpected impact of a private voucher school, the Independence School District was able to keep its mill rate for 2025-26 in line with what they projected when they most recently went to referendum.
The district’s property tax levy and budget for 2025-26 were approved during the budget...
The Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau School District approved its 2025-26 budget with the lowest mill rate in the last 10 years.
The budget was approved at the district’s annual meeting with a mill rate of $6.61 per $1,000 of equalized property value. Not only is the rate lower than last year’s rate of $7...
