Op-Ed
25 YEARS AGO
October 4, 2001
In the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, many American institutions are increasing security measures. But the locking of doors in two Whitehall School District attendance centers is not in response to those incidents, or any other specific threats, according to Al...
25 YEARS AGO
September 27, 2001
Americans nationwide have been responding strongly to appeals for help since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, D.C. And Whitehall-area residents were no different when it came to the American Red Cross’s North Central Blood Services visit...
The question was simple enough, but it still caught me off guard, probably because of who was delivering it.
Last Friday, my 10-year-old began talking about the 25th anniversary of 9/11, something his class surely was discussing in school. Then he looked right at me and asked what I remembered.
I...
25 YEARS AGO
September 20, 2001
Like their fellow citizens throughout America, Whitehall area residents marked last week Tuesday’s terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C., in a number of ways. Whitehall High School fans attending Friday’s football game bowed their heads for a moment...
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....
