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The Whitehall city council at its regular meeting last Tuesday took a step toward finalizing plans to improve its water treatment plant and figuring out how much that project will cost.
The council approved a supplemental agreement with engineering firm Short Elliott Hendrickson (SEH) at cost of $...
After a late change that required some fine tuning to the numbers, the Galesville city council approved the city’s budget for 2025.
The approval came last Thursday on a night where the council held both their regular monthly meeting and the annual budget hearing, with action during the former...
The Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau school board will soon feature a new at-large representative and a new board president following Pat Malone’s resignation.
Malone, who has served as board president since being elected to that role in a vote by her fellow board members in August 2023, presided over her...
The Ettrick village board reconvened with heavy hearts for their first regular board meeting since the sudden passing of one of their own.
The board’s meeting last Tuesday marked their first since trustee Josh Hanson’s passing on Oct. 25. Upon the start of the meeting, his fellow trustees spent...
John Jones Jr.
Citing testimony given by the victim, Trempealeau County Circuit Court Judge Rian Radtke found Arcadia man John Jones Jr. guilty on 10 counts related to a 2023 case in which he was alleged to have sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl at his residence and sentenced him to serve 20 years in state...
Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau senior Halene DeJager put up a shot during a recent practice. DeJager the veteran leaders who will be key for a relatively inexperienced flock of Red Hawks. (Times photograph by Zach Rastall)
With one year under his belt as the head coach of the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau girls basketball team, John Schmidtknecht has been able to put an imprint on the program already. But heading into his second season at the helm, he’s well aware that the Red Hawks are still a work in progress.
G-E-T is...
Wednesday, Nov. 6
00:56 — Strum: The caller reported her smoke and carbon monoxide alarms are both going off.
01:37 — Whitehall: A squad car hit a deer.
02:03 — Independence: A car hit a deer.
05:46 — Trempealeau: 911 hang-up.
06:12 — Galesville: A car hit a deer.
06:17 — Osseo: A deer is in...
Those elected to the Trempealeau village board will see a slight increase to their pay moving forward, starting with next spring’s elections.
The board approved a meeting stipend increase at their regular meeting on Thursday, which came via a recommendation from the general government committee....
The Independence city council learned at last week Monday’s regular meeting that the Department of Natural Resources has determined that the current location of the city wastewater treatment plant is in the floodway, causing problems for the city expansion of the facility.
The original floodplain...
Citing the existence of a contract, the Blair city council opted not to approve a request for an additional $17,000 from engineering firm Short Elliott Hendrickson (SEH) for work done on Tappen Road.
Company representative Dave Walter said the request was made because the contractor for the...
