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25 YEARS AGO January 2, 1997 The man convicted of causing the deaths of two area residents in an alcohol-related traffic accident has been charged with drunken driving. Michel Seibel, 30, of Trempealeau was arrested in the Centerville area Nov. 23 by a Wisconsin State Patrol officer and issued a...

 

 

25 YEARS AGO December 26, 1996 It appears that Trempealeau County will be getting a zoning ordinance covering metallic mining that is much more stringent than the present codes. The county board of supervisors’ zoning and land records committee held its third meeting on revisions to the ordinance...

 

 

25 YEARS AGO December 19, 1996 In the past few years many families of Hispanic and Latin American backgrounds have moved to Buffalo and Trempealeau counties to seek employment. In an effort to create a welcoming environment for these new residents, Western Dairyland Economic Opportunity Council,...
When a member of the public asks why a topic on a government’s agenda is scheduled to be in closed session, essentially saying “because I said so” isn’t a good enough answer. That’s what happened to me last week Monday when I was preparing to cover the city of Blair’s regular monthly meeting. A...

 

 

25 YEARS AGO December 12, 1996 Facing a number of major expenditures over the next couple of years, the Whitehall city council wasn’t in a rush to take on a $1 million water-reservoir and –main project. But the rules imposed by the federal agency that will pay for about two-thirds of the cost of...

 

 

25 YEARS AGO Dec. 5, 1996 A Christmas parade, a visit from Santa and a craft show will highlight the Whitehall Area Chamber of Commerce Festival of Trees on Friday.  The Whitehall city council last week approved a 1997 budget that will result in a substantial increase in city-purpose property taxes...
  25 YEARS AGO Nov. 21, 1996 One of the arguments made against Trempealeau County’s one-half percent sales tax when the question was being debated in 1995 was that the new levy would be used as a way for county government to get around a state-imposed tax limit. After the first full budget cycle...

 

 

25 YEARS AGO Nov. 14, 1996 What was advertised as the last of the “easy” city of Whitehall budgets won’t be as easy on the city property taxpayers as it could have been. The 1997 budget recommended for adoption last week by the city council’s finance committee would result in a 17 percent increase...

 

 

25 YEARS AGO Oct. 31, 1996 Voters in the area and throughout the United States will go to the polls this coming Tuesday, cast their ballots for everything from county courthouse posts to the highest offices in the land. Heading the ballot on the Nov. 5 general election is the race for president of...

 

 

25 YEARS AGO Oct. 24, 1996 A teenager arrested for the theft of a vehicle from a Whitehall-area car dealership has been sentenced to jail fro the second time for violating the terms of his probation. David Fonstad, Taylor, appeared in Trempealeau County Circuit Court Friday for a revocation hearing...

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