Op-Ed
25 YEARS AGO
March 2, 2000
A threatening message scrawled on a bathroom wall closed Whitehall district schools Friday. School officials called off classes even though a search of the Memorial High School building turned up no explosive devices or other suspicious objects. Whitehall police and...
I’ve covered hundreds of meetings and hearings throughout my time, but one that stands out came just before the pandemic when former Congressman Ron Kind came to Whitehall to answer questions from the public.
Of course, Kind had some ideas he wanted to sell since the top priority for most...
25 YEARS AGO
February 24, 2000
Although members of the Trempealeau County Board of Supervisors voted against putting a proposed new jail to a referendum, opponents of the county’s plans are still demanding that the public be allowed to vote on the issue. Two citizens appeared before Monday’s...
Any action on the topic may not have been noticed and certainly wouldn’t have been controversial, but the Ettrick village board didn’t do it simply because they weren’t sure if it would be legal.
I spend a lot of space writing about what governments are doing wrong, but sometimes it’s nice to...
25 YEARS AGO
February 17, 2000
The Whitehall city council doesn’t get to vote on whether Trempealeau County will build a new jail or not, but council members got an earful about the issue at their regular meeting last week Tuesday nevertheless. Bea Van Tassel, a Whitehall resident opposed to the...
25 YEARS AGO
February 10, 2000
Pigeon Falls native, John Ackley, left last weekend for his third trip to Antarctica, where he will again spend eight months working for a Colorado firm that provides services to scientific bases there. Ackley will spend most of his time at the National Science...
25 YEARS AGO
February 3, 2000
The Whitehall city council likely will act next week or next month on a proposed annexation that would increase the city’s area by about half. Trempealeau County and two private landowners are expected to petition to annex nearly 1,000 acres of land located west of the...
25 YEARS AGO
January 27, 2000
Unless county board members change their minds, Trempealeau County residents won’t get to vote on a proposed new county jail and sheriff’s department building. The county’s jail study committee voted down a motion to put the new law enforcement facility on an advisory...
Blair-Taylor’s CJ Dummer released a jump shot during their game against Independence/Gilmanton on Thursday. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
The Blair-Taylor boys basketball team showed it can score and play defense as it won three more games last week.
The Wildcats began the week with an 83-point showing to beat Augusta at home on Tuesday. On Friday, B-T started slowly but pulled ahead of Independence/Gilmanton and held on for a 55-44...
25 YEARS AGO
January 20, 2000
The Whitehall Volunteer Fire Department elected Scott Stendahl as chief, succeeding Randy Olson, who is stepping down after serving nine years. Olson, a 22-year veteran of the department will continue as a volunteer fireman. Stendahl’s election, however, requires...
