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A two-car garage burned down on New Year’s Eve, but firefighters were able to limit the damage.
According to information released by the Galesville Area Fire Department, a fire was reported at a residence located on McKeeth Drive at approximately 4:32 p.m. on Sunday. The local department arrived on...
The family of Independence High School history teacher Taylor Nix (second from right) helped create a history club scholarship to pay for travel expenses for one Independence student. Pictured are (left to right) Nix’s bother Cody, Morgan, Pheobe, Trey, Suzi, Sarah, Nix and Jimmy. (Submitted photo)
Shortly after Taylor Nix started teaching at Independence High School in 2013, he learned that the school’s history club was inactive.
Nix, a history teacher, led the charge to restart the club, and a new initiative by Nix’s family is making travel and education more accessible for students.
Nix...
Ettrick Elementary School Principal Derek Newsom helped first-grader Weston with an assignment earlier this month. Ettrick Elementary School scored an 88.4 on the annual Department of Public Instruction (DPI) report card, the highest of any school in the Times coverage area. (Times photograph by Benjamin Pierce)
Every staff member at Ettrick Elementary School knows the name of each student in the building, according to Principal Derek Newsom.
Staff believe that connection is a big reason the school was again Trempealeau County’s top performing school in the state Department of Public Instruction’s (DPI)...
Wednesday, Dec. 20
06:58 — Galesville: Officer is out with a male subject.
10:18 — Independence: A car has been driving in the caller’s field driveway for two weeks.
13:05 — Galesville: Threats sent over social media.
14:00 — Independence: A male subject is possibly having a stroke. He has a...
25 YEARS AGO
January 7, 1999
Three Whitehall School District board seats currently held by George Everson (town of Pigeon/village of Pigeon Falls), Scott Humphrey (towns of Curran, Garden Valley and Northfield) and David Skoyen (town of Hale) will be on the ballot for the spring election. While...
Whitehall schools will not release students early on Wednesdays for the 2024-25 school year as the district school board approved a calendar that would also call for snow days to be made up in June.
The calendar was presented by district superintendent Mike Beighley who told the board of the change...
The Trempealeau County Times will again be under new ownership, though major changes to the newspaper itself are not expected.
Dan and Mark Witte, owners of News Publishing Company, Inc. — the parent company of the Times — sold the business to longtime company Chief Financial Officer Tom Finger....
Despite the concerns of Pilgrim’s Pride representative, the Arcadia council approved a double-digit increase in sewer rates but agreed to review the hikes later in 2024.
Ray Suchla, the city’s water and wastewater utility superintendent, told the council last Wednesday that the 13.4 percent hike...
Residents and staff in the Arcadia School District want their next leader to be a strong decision maker, culturally sensitive and someone who is able to build trust and communication in Arcadia.
Hiring firm Don Stevens & Associates presented to the Arcadia school board last Monday the results...
The school days could be getting shorter at Blair-Taylor, but there may end up being more of them.
At last week Monday’s monthly meeting, B-T Superintendent Lynn Halverson told the district school board that he started investigating the possibility of reducing each day by 20 minutes for the 2024-25...
