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Three Galesville pillars are coming together to freshen up the city ‘Welcome’ signs.
Total costs for the purchase and installation of the signs will be $44,845, not including permit fees with the county—signs from La Crosse Sign Group will cost $33,495 with an $11,100 installation quote from the...
Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau School District leaders hope a longer spring break every other year will help improve attendance.
The G-E-T School Board last Monday voted 7-0—with members Todd Roessler and Kara Nelson absent—to approve the 2024-25 school calendar, which includes a full week for spring...
Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau School District officials had mixed reactions to the district’s annual report cards issued by the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) for 2022-23, which saw a slight drop for G-E-T.
Despite Ettrick Elementary (88.4) having the top individual building score in the Times...
The village of Ettrick doesn’t have much wiggle room when it comes to its budget, but an increase in state aid allowed officials to put more money for street repairs and to give staff members a five percent raise.
The village board approved a budget of $385,668 last week Tuesday. That amount is...
Anyone who saw the movie “Saving Private Ryan” or the docuseries “Band of Brothers” came away with a good understanding of what the combat of war puts men through.
The 2016 Mel Gibson directed film “Hacksaw Ridge” showed what the war in the Pacific was like. Focusing on a specific event during the...
Wednesday, Dec. 6
08:47 — Independence: Caller’s husband grabbed her by the wrist.
09:42 — Arcadia: Caller believes horses aren’t getting exercise, food or water.
10:29 — Osseo: Probation and parole is doing a home check and a female is barricaded in her bedroom.
11:59 — Galesville: A male...
The Galesville fire board will allow its fire department chief to continue investigating a full-time lead position for the city of Galesville and the town of Gale in the future, but no such addition is in the immediate future.
The board unanimously agreed in its meeting at the fire station last...
Galesville Fire Chief Lucas Teska said a recent phone call with Galesville Mayor Vince Howe nearly resulted in his resignation.
The conversation came after the decision to move an annual department fundraiser to Drugan’s Castle Mound in Holmen this year.
Howe took issue with the event leaving the...
The Village of Trempealeau’s tax levy — or the amount the village receives in resident taxes — will increase in 2024 largely due to the pool referendum approved by voters last year, but village officials say the budget approved last week is responsible.
An estimated $1.08 million in taxes will go...
A jury found a man from Lone Rock not guilty of operating while intoxicated and oper-ating with a prohibited alcohol concentration in Trempealeau County court last week.
James Nelson, 64, was cleared of both charges — which would’ve been his fifth or sixth offenses — after the jury deliberated for...
