Op-Ed
25 YEARS AGO
March 18, 1999
The Trempealeau County Board of Supervisors Monday night approved spending an estimated $250,000 for initial architectural and engineering services for a proposed new county jail. The board unanimously approved a request for proposals for initial design and feasibility...
25 YEARS AGO
March 11, 1999
Trempealeau County will use state funds to develop bicycle touring on its back roads with the hopes of attracting cyclists and their dollars. The Trempealeau County Tourism Council was awarded a grant from the state Department of Transportation to help pay for the...
25 YEARS AGO
February 25, 1999
Five Whitehall property owners are suing the city and a local industry for damages caused when sanitary sewer lines backed up into their basements. The suit was filed in Trempealeau County Circuit Court last month by Kevin and Tammy Anderson, Todd and Anna Bronkema,...
25 YEARS AGO
February 18, 1999
Members of the Trempealeau County Board of Supervisors Monday night got an earful from several citizens unhappy with plans to build a new multi-million-dollar county jail in Whitehall. One of the citizens, Sandra Albertson, appeared before the board’s regular monthly...
25 YEARS AGO
February 11, 1999
The city of Whitehall, which acquired a large public building for a dollar several years ago, may find itself on the other end of a similar transaction in the future. The city council Tuesday night reviewed an appraisal of the former City Hall building, which was...
I was shocked at what I was hearing.
The school my son attends was promoting beliefs that I, personally, find disgusting. What really got me, however, was the encouragement that students wear certain clothes to further promote those beliefs.
The good news is: It didn’t work.
I consider myself a...
25 YEARS AGO
February 4, 1999
The Trempealeau County Board of Supervisors had adopted a timetable that likely will lead to the construction of a new county jail sometime within the next two years. The board approved a plan of action for submission to the state Department of Corrections. The...
25 YEARS AGO
January 28, 1999
If experience in the business is any predictor of success, the new owners of Whitehall’s only motel should be able to make it a successful business. Steve Sendele, Linda Mossman and family have a total of more than 20 years experience in the hospitality industry. The...
25 YEARS AGO
January 21, 1999
The Whitehall Police Department is back at full strength again as the result of action taken at last week’s city council meeting. The council voted to hire Paul Laursen as the fourth full-time WPD officer. Laursen replaced Dale Lyngen, who resigned in December. ...
25 YEARS AGO
January 14, 1999
Whitehall resident John Radke retired last week after more than three decades as a driver’s license examiner with the state Department of Transportation, but not before he was given an award that has gone to only a handful of his peers. Radke was named the Outstanding...