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Wednesday, Sept. 11 03:44 — Blair: 911 hang-up.  07:15 — Eleva: A car hit a deer.  11:34 — Blair: A dump truck threw a rock at the caller’s windshield.  15:06 — Osseo: The caller reported a blue SUV driving at a high rate of speed.  16:50 — Ettrick: A vehicle is tailgating and passing in a no-...
Trempealeau County supervisors will have several chances to consider the 2025 budget, the first to be authored by the county administrator and not board members themselves. “Some think (the new budget process) represents a loss of power,” County Administrator Rebecca Glewen told the board Monday...
Arcadia schools saw an increased police presence last Wednesday after area law enforcement was informed of a broad threat made on social media. A post on Snapchat late last Tuesday night talked about a school shooting and was flagged by the FBI, which notified the Arcadia Police Department. The...
In an effort to combat growing childcare needs and improve early education, the G-E-T school board last week approved adding all-day four-year-old kindergarten (4K) beginning with the 2025-26 school year. The addition was approved 8-0 with board member Deb Lakey absent. The district currently...
Students at Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau High School are experiencing tighter restrictions on cellphone use this year. During the 2023-24 school year, teachers had a cellphone caddy in each classroom for students to place phones. Using caddies was a recommendation, but this year placing phones in the...
An Arcadia man has been charged after he allegedly poured gas on an individual’s home and car and threatened to ignite them. Corey Matthew Campana, 33, of 110 N. Jackson St., is charged with felony attempted arson, attempted arson of property other than a building, false imprisonment, threats to...

 

 

As long as the property owner sees his plans through, the Whitehall city council won’t begin the abatement process on the former GTC Motor Parts building on Blair Street. Owner Scott Schmitt addressed the city council at last Thursday’s monthly meeting and presented plans to repair the building,...

Brandon Bautista Cruz

A man has been sentenced to serve two years in state prison after pleading guilty to charges related to a July 2023 burglary in the town of Arcadia. Brandon Bautista Cruz, 25, pleaded guilty to burglary-building or dwelling, taking and driving a vehicle without consent and criminal damage to...

            Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau junior Amara Brantner went for the kill during a match against Westby at last Tuesday’s Coulee Conference quad meet at Westby High School. The Red Hawks fell to Westby and Viroqua at the event.                   (Times photograph by Benjamin Pierce)

A Coulee Conference volleyball quad at Westby High School last week saw half of the conference in action, including the G-E-T High School team. The Red Hawks (0-10 this season) fell to the host Westby Norse and Viroqua at the event on Tuesday, which also included Arcadia (see story elsewhere in...

 

 

Wednesday, Sept. 4 00:36 — Strum: A male has been drinking and is being disorderly.  01:07 — Arcadia: The caller can see lights on top of a hill in the distance. She is concerned that it may be a crash.  02:14 — Independence: The 911 caller reported being locked out of a house.  05:03 — Whitehall:...

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