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The Arcadia school board is searching for its next member. An opening on the board was finalized last week with the board unanimously approving the resignation of former member Rob Hurlburt, who resigned because his family moved outside the district boundaries. Those interested in filling the open...
Arcadia officials said they want to see a clearer financial summary from the Arcadia Ambulance Service before agreeing to an increase in the city’s share of the service’s budget. Council and ambulance board member Kyle Myhre told the Arcadia council last Wednesday that he intends to dispute two...
Trempealeau County supervisors gave the nod to a change in land use regulations that could make more sellable more than 50 parcels of land that could not meet frontage road requirements because of their location between a railroad and a natural barrier. The county board Monday approved a change...
A national tour designed to educate and spread awareness on solar power and renewable energy will include Trempealeau for the first time this week. The American Solar Energy Society is in the midst of its 27th annual solar tour, which highlights homeowners and businesses which utilize renewable...

Chad Hawkins

As he leaves his post as administrator for the city of Arcadia, Chad Hawkins sees the community’s number one block to growth — not enough housing — only slightly easing.  With thousands more jobs than housing units, it remains difficult for the city to attract additional commercial businesses,...
The flow of the game was different for the Whitehall football team, but the end result was the same as they lost to undefeated Cochrane-Fountain City 42-27 on the road Friday night. Throughout the season, Whitehall has been competitive in the first half before its opponent has pulled away in the...

            Ahnna Bautch putted at Drugan’s Castle Mound Golf Course in Holmen last Thursday. Bautch and the Raiders took second place at the meet to help them to a Coulee Conference title at the championship meet. (Times photograph by Benjamin Pierce)

When the 2022 girls golf season opened a few months back, Arcadia coach Mike Sobotta knew his team was facing an uphill battle to win the Coulee Conference championship. With just four golfers on the team, every scorecard was going to count toward the team total at every meet. There was little room...

 

 

  Wednesday, Sept. 14 00:34 — Arcadia: A physical altercation between sisters reported.  05:48 — Blair: Single vehicle accident reported. A vehicle did not stop at the intersection and is in a cornfield.  07:11 — Osseo: A bag of trash is in the lane of travel. Cars are swerving around it.  07:22 —...
Students should not be denied the right to a quality meal inside the walls of a public school due to a lack of money in their lunch account. That’s the thought that has the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau School District reexamining its current policy on school lunch accounts and low balances, a topic...
The Blair city council voted unanimously last week Monday to declare a public emergency in order to expedite the repair process of repairing sewer mains on Highway 95 from Broadway St. to 4th Street.  In a special meeting held on Aug. 18, the city heard from street department manager Andy Graff...

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