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The Arcadia city council voted unanimously to adopt Mayor John Kimmel’s Raider Renaissance as a blueprint for how the city will operate going forward.
When he introduced the plan on Aug. 19, Kimmel said it was a multifaceted effort for the revitalization and rebirth of the Arcadia community....
Wednesday, Aug. 13
02:02 — Whitehall: The caller reported possible drug use in a downstairs apartment.
04:33 — Trempealeau County: The caller reported horses and donkeys are in the road.
09:58 — Galesville: The caller reported a person is walking on the wrong side of the road.
11:13 — Blair: A...
Trempealeau County will be able to add another assistant district attorney after funding for the position was approved in the state budget last month.
Trempealeau County District Attorney John Sacia said that his office — with just him and ADA Micabil Diaz — hasn’t been sufficiently staffed and...
In the wake of the latest state budget, the Blair-Taylor School District is eyeing to improve its energy efficiency and reduce associated costs as a fiscal boost.
The school board approved a two-year agreement with Data Wrangler, a consulting firm who works with different entities to find ways to...
With an aging fleet of school vans, the Arcadia School District will need to look into replacing a couple of them in the near future.
At the Arcadia school board’s most recent monthly meeting last Monday, John Krett, the district’s transportation director, indicated during an update to the board...
Responding to comments made during a city council meeting earlier this month, Arcadia Mayor John Kimmel made it clear that all community members will have the same access to city amenities and be held to the same standard.
Kimmel’s comments made Tuesday of last week stemmed from the council’s Aug...
The Arcadia city council gave approval to pay officer Brian Kelly 75 percent of his full wages while he completes police academy training.
The request came from Chief of Police Nic Scholl who said last Tuesday that the city didn’t have an official policy regarding officers who are still in the...
Flooding was more of an issue in Arcadia than usual last week partly because the pump station located on Van Buren Street was struck by lightning on Aug. 15.
Following several inches of rain on Aug. 9, Arcadia was hit hard again with reports of nearly six inches falling from Aug. 15 to 19. That is...
Wednesday, Aug. 6
02:11 — Arcadia: 911 open line. Dispatch could hear equipment in the background.
03:34 — Ettrick: The caller’s wife made suicidal comments and then left the house.
04:20 — Arcadia: A pregnant female is having contractions every five minutes.
07:25 — Arcadia: A deer is on the...
A few weeks after saying the district could see a tax levy increase of $500,000, Whitehall School Superintendent Mike Beighley cautioned that there are still a lot of unknowns and that the district has already found a way to reduce the impact on taxpayers.
The projected increase was due to a couple...
