Op-Ed
25 YEARS AGO
September 18, 1997
An Independence teenager charged with killing his mother’s boyfriend has been convicted of a lesser charge, and may yet be sentenced as a juvenile. Ryan Bogdonovich pleaded no contest to reckless homicide with a dangerous weapon Thursday in Trempealeau County...
25 YEARS AGO
September, 11, 1997
Seven Whitehall High School students were honored when the Riverland Girl Scout Council held its annual Gold and Silver Award banquet. Lesley Back, Alyssa Glanzman, Liz Hauser, Cassandra Johnson, Sara Johnson, Sarah Lessard and Amanda Lisowski will be presented...
25 YEARS AGO
September 4, 1997
Jim Herman is your typical Wisconsin teenager who hunts, plays football, helps out on the farm and belongs to the FFA. Oh – he also wins fiddle contests, has a cassette tape-recording for sale and there’s another tape on the way too. Area residents who have attended...
25 YEARS AGO
August 28, 1997
At Ettrick man has been charged with dealing drugs are the result of a “sting” operation in Arcadia. Eric Benjamin is charged with five felony counts of delivery of THC, the active ingredient in marijuana. According to the criminal complaint, Benjamin sold the...
25 YEARS AGO
August 21, 1997
Whitehall’s attempts to raise money for its new “family aquatic center” got a major shot in the arm this week. Mayor Keith Johnson announced Monday that Ashley Furniture Industries made a gift of $50,000 to the new city facility, which is to replace the existing...
25 YEARS AGO
Aug. 14, 1997
Despite their protests that they didn’t want one, members of the Whitehall district board of education will be getting a raise. District residents attending Thursday’s annual meeting voted to raise the annual salaries paid to board members by five percent. Board members...
25 YEARS AGO
Aug. 7, 1997
Andrew Sargeant, 18, of Arcadia died when his vehicle went into a ditch on Lewis Valley Road about a mile and a half west of Hwy. 93 in the town of Arcadia on Saturday. Sargeant’s vehicle, which was eastbound on the town road, struck a concrete bridge support and...
25 YEARS AGO
July 31, 1997
For its 1997 Citizen of the Year Award, the Whitehall Lions Club chose an area native who has been active in service to the community for a long time and continues to be. Odell Schansberg was presented with the group’s award during the annual District Governor’s Night...
25 YEARS AGO
July 24, 1997
The Trempealeau County Board of Supervisors is being asked to consider building a county airport. The proposal came in a letter to county board chairman John Killian from William Koslo, an Arcadia attorney. The letter cited the growth of manufacturing and business in...
When did local sports become more about those perched in the stands than the kids wearing the jerseys?
They haven’t.
But at a recent summer baseball game, I watched parents berate an umpire over his strike zone before later taunting calls they didn’t like, eventually escalating to screaming and...
