Op-Ed
25 YEARS AGO
September 13, 2001
Whitehall’s newest businessman has been around for a while, but its oldest hasn’t been gone long. Eyvind Peterson officially severed his association with the business that bore his name for 55 years as of Sept. 1. The name Peterson Implement continues under new owner...
25 YEARS AGO
September 6, 2001
New members of the teaching staff this year in the Whitehall schools are Donna Wojciechowski, Alysha Rosenthan, Janet Bowerman, Joe Mesner, and Patricia Wathke.
A request from a Whitehall restaurant for a loan from a city development fund ran into a cool reception...
25 YEARS AGO
August 30, 2001
The city of Whitehall has had problems with librarians quitting for the last year — but now they’re quitting before they’re hired. After holding a couple of meetings over the past week and a half, the Whitehall Public Library Board this week was back to looking for a...
25 YEARS AGO
August 23, 2001
Whitehall Postmaster Midge Feyen presented a plaque to John Manka, mail carrier on Route One, recognizing him as a member of the Million Mile Club. The award, which is given by the National Safety Council, honors 30 years, or one million miles, of accident-free driving...
25 YEARS AGO
August 16, 2001
City of Whitehall officials have a solution for Ashley Furniture Industries’ legal problems with a proposed expansion in Arcadia: build it here. Ashley, Trempealeau County’s largest private employer, is crying foul over a ruling handed down in county court here a couple...
25 YEARS AGO
August 9, 2001
A county organization dedicated to finding homes for abandoned animals apparently will have a home of its own. The Trempealeau County Humane Society, organized earlier this year, announced that land had been donated to it for a headquarters and permanent animal shelter....
25 YEARS AGO
August 2, 2001
A new state emphasis on sanitary measures has resulted in the Whitehall Family Aquatic Center being closed for longer periods this summer. The municipal pool has had to close for the day three times in only the past three weeks, as a result of contamination by fecal...
25 YEARS AGO
July 26, 2001
Sarah Wegner, the daughter of Jeff and Betty Wegner of Ettrick, was crowned the 2001 Trempealeau County Fair Ambassador during the opening night ceremonies for the 143rd annual fair on Thursday. The first attendant was Laura Matchey, the second attendant was Shannon...
25 YEARS AGO
July 19, 2001
A petition to recall one of the two Trempealeau County Board of Supervisors representing the city of Whitehall has failed to meet legal requirements. County Clerk Paul Syverson on Friday declined to certify a petition by Dave Anderson of Whitehall against District Seven...
25 YEARS AGO
July 12, 2001
The Trempealeau County Jail issue that prompted them in the first place is on the back burner, but the recalls of two county board members apparently are colder than that. One petition to seek a recall election of a county supervisor has already been rejected. A second...
