Op-Ed
25 YEARS AGO
April 9, 1998
Lee Meinerz and Mandy Kampa were the 1998 recipients of the boys’ and girls’ Norse Awards, presented to the top senior athletes at Whitehall Memorial High School. Meinerz and Laura Bender are the school’s Scholar Athlete Award winners and are thus eligible for the...
25 YEARS AGO
April 2, 1998
City of Whitehall officials may have to reconsider plans for a new fire station since bids on the project came in much higher than architects’ estimates. Bids for the new fire station, which would be built in the west side commercial park on Highway 121 were opened last...
25 YEARS AGO
March 26, 1998
Whitehall district school board members got an idea Monday night of what the local schools will gain, and lose, under the state of Wisconsin’s new public school choice program. The board, at its regular monthly meeting, approved applications for admission to the...
25 YEARS AGO
March 19, 1998
A proposed historical museum for Trempealeau County got a boost from the county board of supervisors. The county board voted unanimously to approve a resolution calling for the county to proceed with the development of a historical center. The resolution reconfigures...
25 YEARS AGO
March 12, 1998
Trempealeau County’s groundbreaking program to train new farmers is set to get underway in less than three weeks. The county University of Wisconsin-Extension office is currently taking applications for the Beginning Farmer Incubator Program, which will be operated at...
25 YEARS AGO
March 5, 1998
A last-minute settlement has headed off a test of Whitehall’s dangerous-dog ordinance, but apparently will cost a city family their pet. A public hearing was called under provisions of the eight-year-old ordinance, but was cancelled after the agreement. As a result of the...
25 YEARS AGO
February 26, 1998
Even though it could hold a special meeting on the question, the Whitehall district board of education will wait to decide whether to sell all or part of the school forest land. The board, at its regular meeting Monday night, favored putting the issue on the agenda...
25 YEARS AGO
February 19, 1998
The Trempealeau County Board of Supervisors created a new office in the sheriff’s department and abolished one that had existed since the county was created. On a 14-3 vote, with two abstentions, the board created the position of chief deputy. The measures enacted...
25 YEARS AGO
February 12, 1998
Whitehall will get its first historical marker, courtesy of the Whitehall Area Chamber of Commerce. The business group voted to purchase a marker commemorating Seymour Gardens from the state of Wisconsin. Seymour Gardens was the area of flowers and bushes formerly...
25 YEARS AGO
February 5, 1998
Jerry Freimark wasn’t planning on spending last week Wednesday afternoon in La Crosse. But then, the Whitehall School District administrator wasn’t expecting a call from the White House last week, either. But there he was on Monday, taking a call from an aide to...
