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A woman has been charged with allowing a convicted felon with an arrest warrant to reside in her Blair residence.
Alissa Coombs, 34, was set to appear Monday in Trempealeau County Circuit Court for a pretrial conference facing a Class G felony of harboring/aiding a felon. She has a status...
After Elmwood-Plum City made a run before halftime, the Blair-Taylor boys basketball team regrouped and pulled away for a 74-52 win.
The Wildcats took a 14-point lead early, but the Wolves rallied to pull within one at 32-31 at halftime.
“Man, we went cold in that later part of the first half,” B-T...
Wednesday, Dec. 18
01:16 — Osseo: 911 hang-up.
01:25 — Trempealeau: An officer is out with a suspicious vehicle.
06:43 — Eleva: A female has chest pain.
12:47 — Osseo: The caller requested an officer to be in the area while they address an employee issue.
15:49 — Trempealeau: A silver car was...
As the 4th Marine Division landed on Iwo Jima’s Yellow Beaches 1 and 2 on D-Day, Feb. 19, 1945, alongside the 5th Marine Division, the hope was to keep the 3rd Marine Division in reserve and not use it at all to keep it fresh for the upcoming Okinawa invasion. Japanese General Kuribayashi had a...
The Arcadia city council reviewed a proposal for the new El Dorado subdivision at its meeting last Monday.
Discussions focused on construction details, off-street parking, curbs, and gutters. Alderman Donald Kreibich expressed concerns regarding the entrance design, suggesting it should be more...
Wednesday, Dec. 11
00:50 — Trempealeau: Commercial burglary alarm.
04:31 — Whitehall: An officer is going to pick up an inmate from Broomfield, Colo.
06:10 — Osseo: The caller reported a rollover.
06:17 — Osseo: The caller reported a rollover.
08:29 — Trempealeau: Two-vehicle crash with airbag...
The Independence school board was presented with a data review showing a deep dive into where the district is seeing success in terms of student testing and what areas need improvement. It also showed how Independence stacks up against demographically similar districts.
The presentation noted that...
Artificial intelligence in education has been a recurring topic at Blair-Taylor school board meetings. In their latest effort to get a feel on how AI might be best utilized as an educational tool, the district will participate in a program to implement it on a limited basis.
At their meeting last...
The Arcadia school board heard from several citizens who were concerned about a policy the board is considering that would govern the display of flags within the district facilities, but a decision on whether or not a policy needed to be adopted was not made.
Concerns originally stemmed from a flag...
The fourth-grade Arcadia Elementary School class petitioned the Arcadia city council to allow them to build an ice-skating rink in Schank Park, which is within walking distance from the elementary school.
Mayor John Kimmel announced that high school students participating in shop class have agreed...
