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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...
Faced with a decision between raising prices for school meals or reducing staffing, the Whitehall school board decided to raise the cost for breakfast by 15 cents and lunch by 20 cents.
While it was the first time the district has raised prices since 2018, board members wrestled with the decision...
As the start of the 2025-26 school year quickly approaches, the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau school board received information about technology updates in the district and expected elementary class sizes at their final regular board meeting of summer break.
The district’s information, communication and...
Both the Lion of the Year and Citizen of the Year highlighted the generosity of the Ettrick community as a reason they have chosen to live in Ettrick for more than a decade.
Curt Boos will be honored as the Ettrick Lion of the Year and Tina Thompson the Citizen of the Year at the Ettrick Lions Club...
In the latest step on work being done on the west side of Galesville this year, the city council awarded a bid for a retaining wall project on West Ridge Avenue.
The city received three bids for the retaining wall project, with the streets and sidewalks committee recommending awarding it to T2...
