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A county judge used the wrong standard for “vindictiveness” when he dismissed child sex assault charges against an Independence man, a state prosecutor argues in a brief to the state appellate court. Assistant Attorney General Kara Janson argues to the Wisconsin Court of Appeals that when...
The former clerk and treasurer for the town of Dodge’s sanitary district was in court last week after being charged with theft for allegedly not paying his own utility bills and not depositing the cash payments of others. Keith Michael Jereczek, 57, is charged with two felonies, theft in a business...
A 62-year-old man died at the Trempealeau bike park last month, according to an announcement from the Village of Trempealeau office. The village announced the June 6 death in a press release posted on its Facebook last Wednesday. A name and residency were not listed for the deceased. “A 62-year-old...
If a local property owner is willing to pay the fees associated with the transaction, the Blair city council agreed to vacate a rarely used city street. Last November, city resident Owen Berg told the council he has had a number of people drive through that street which runs through his property....
While village trustees had previously been clear they didn’t want to allow a person to make door-to-door sales in Ettrick, the board approved a peddler permit at the recommendation of its legal counsel last week. At a special Independence Day meeting, trustees heard from Village President Marc...

            Joe Bragger showed his spring-fed trout pond to Elk Rod and Gun Club members Mike Blaha and Doug Yapp as well as Waumandee Rod and Gun Club President Joe Sendelbach last Friday. Trout have been raised in the pond since around World War II, but the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources recently eliminated the co-op trout rearing program that supplied the fish. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)

How does a program that has run successfully for about 75 years suddenly end?  It depends on who you ask. In an interview with the Times, a Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources official said the agency can no longer afford to run the co-op trout rearing program. However, several people...
The Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau legion baseball program earned a sweep over Black River Falls’ summer team last week.  Post 354 won both of its games against Black River Falls last Wednesday at home to improve to 4-4 this summer. The La Crosse A’s hosted Post 354 this Wednesday before the G-E-T squad...

 

 

Wednesday, June 26 01:33 — Dodge: Commercial burglary alarm.  01:56 — Arcadia: A female pushed the caller’s son.  03:29 — Arcadia: Commercial burglary alarm.  04:25 — Osseo: The caller reported a deer carcass is in the roadway.  05:44 —Eleva: A male pulled a gun on a female.  08:46 — Trempealeau...
Trempealeau County’s administrator is proposing to spend the county’s final CapX payment primarily on economic development, especially for small businesses. Administrator Rebecca Glewen told the executive finance committee Monday that the $167,000, along with a possible additional $40,000 for an...
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled that an order issued by a Trempealeau County judge violated an abortion protestor’s freedom of speech rights. All seven of the justices on the state’s highest court agreed that Brian Aish of Black River Falls was denied his First Amendment rights when Circuit...

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