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The Whitehall city council approved a motion setting a May 1 deadline for the property owner to establish a concrete plan to either bring the former GTC Motor Parts building up to code or have it demolished. (File photo)
Whitehall city council members want to see more urgency when it comes to getting the former GTC Motor Parts building up to code.
The council began the discussion about making the building, located on Blair St., a public nuisance last summer after drone footage taken by the city fire department...
After several months of discussion, the Galesville city council took action to eliminate a parking spot in the hopes of improving pedestrian safety in the downtown area.
The motion to eliminate a parking spot in downtown Galesville was made at the council’s monthly meeting last Thursday. The spot...
The Trempealeau County Board of Supervisors will follow the lead of the Trempealeau village board in unanimously encouraging the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) to reconsider its plans regarding three bridge replacements along Highway 35.
The WisDOT currently plans to close the...
A couple of Whitehall residents may have answered the age-old question when they asked the city council to allow them to have chickens within the city limits so they could get eggs.
City residents Frank Rose and Chris Ritter both asked the Whitehall city council to consider passing an ordinance...
Pam Travis, a regional director for U.S. Senator Ron Johnson, held an hour-long listening session with community members at the Whitehall Public Library last Wednesday. (Times photograph by Zach Rastall)
A recent listening session in Whitehall gave area residents an opportunity to give their feedback to a member of U.S. Senator Ron Johnson’s staff. On this occasion, that turned into a venting session from the several dozens of people present.
The Whitehall Community Library was host last Wednesday...
Harold Olson, left, receives a plaque from G-E-T school board president Adam Leavitt commemorating his 40 years as a board member. Olson first joined the school board in 1983. (Times photograph by Zach Rastall)
The Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau School District has taken its next step in preparing for the introduction of all-day four-year-old kindergarten (4K) next school year with the approval of new positions to support that effort.
At its February monthly meeting last Monday, the G-E-T school board gave its...
Wednesday, Jan. 29
06:35 — Blair: Smoke is coming from a store.
06:58 — Blair: The caller hit a deer; the deer took off.
10:57 — Whitehall: The caller said a subject needs to be evaluated.
11:37 — Osseo: The caller reported she was attacked by microwaves again.
16:40 — Ettrick: A box of...
The Arcadia city council approved the hiring of Eric Puent to serve as the interim chief of police while the city works to find a full-time replacement.
The search began following the mid-January resignation of Diana Anderson, who had led the department since 2012.
Puent is originally from Holmen...
The Trempealeau village board is making it known to the state’s transportation department that they strongly support the construction of temporary bypass structures during a scheduled bridge replacement project.
The village’s concerns center on the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT)...
The Ettrick village board is looking to fill a vacancy left by the death of former trustee Josh Hanson.
Hanson passed away unexpectedly in October and his position on the board has remained vacant. At last week Tuesday’s regular monthly meeting, trustees decided it was time to move forward....
