Op-Ed
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...
25 YEARS AGO
July 17, 1997
Attorneys for an Independence teenager charged with killing his mother’s boyfriend have succeeded in getting the youth’s bond reduced. The bond was reduced from $50,000 to $25,000, but friends and neighbors trying to raise money to free Ryan Bogdonovich haven’t been...
25 YEARS AGO
July 10, 1997
A new swimming pool for the city of Whitehall moved a step closer to reality last week when a special committee approved plans for the new facility and authorized the advertising of bids. The city council, meeting last week as a special pool committee, unanimously...
I was a bit surprised and mildly disappointed at the response to the June 15 poll question asking if readers have been following the hearings held by the Jan. 6 Committee.
There has been a lot of complaining about “fake news” and witch-hunts, especially regarding what happened at the nation’s...
25 YEARS AGO
July 3, 1997
The Jackson/Trempealeau Counties Crime Stoppers organization is asking for help with solving the theft of a gun from a Whitehall store. Sometime between June 11 and June 16, a Ruger P85 nine-millimeter semi-automatic pistol was removed from behind a counter at Holtan’s...
25 YEARS AGO
June 12, 1997
The Trempealeau County Jail and operations are getting a thorough overview this week by representatives of a federal agency. No, this isn’t quite like the state inspections that eventually compelled the county to build the existing jail 15 years ago. But the final...
25 YEARS AGO
June 5, 1997
An Independence teenager this week Tuesday morning pleaded not guilty to fatally shooting his mother’s boyfriend. Ryan Bogdonovich entered the plea at his arraignment in Trempealeau County Circuit Court on one count of first-degree intentional homicide. Bogdonovich, 16,...
25 YEARS AGO
May 8, 1997
A public informational meeting held last week concerning a new swimming pool in Whitehall hasn’t changed the city’s plans. Although questions were raised about a proposed new outdoor pool, and several persons spoke in favor of building an indoor facility instead, city...
