Op-Ed
25 YEARS AGO
May 9, 1996
The village of Pigeon Falls, which witnessed a building boom last year, may see another one in the near future. The village board Monday night agreed to participate financially in a project that would develop up to 16 new residential lots.
A judge has refused to shorten the...
25 YEARS AGO
May 2, 1996
Among the Whitehall High School vocal and instrumental musicians who will be competing at the state solo and ensemble contest in Eau Claire are soloists Leah Hanson, Erika Skadahl, Eric Moe, Mandy Kampa, Ryan Martinovici, Elizabeth Foltz, Lindsay Nelson, Kris Van Sickle,...
To the Editor:
Associated conservation club of Trempealeau County, which is really some men who like to deer hunt. Why get all excited that federal legislation might pass laws to require background checks to purchase guns, stop the sale of military assault weapons and allow the court system to take...
25 YEARS AGO
April 25, 1996
The Whitehall city council held a reorganizational meeting last week, but most of the resulting changes were due to the appointment of a week earlier of new alderman Jeff Hauser.
Whitehall High School sophomore Erika Skadahl earned a gold medal in prose reading during...
25 YEARS AGO
April 18, 1996
Despite a substantial turnover of the Trempealeau County Board of Supervisors, and a run of bad luck for people occupying his position, John Killian was reelected as the county board chairman this week Tuesday.
A Whitehall city council committee has given Beef and Dairy...
25 YEARS AGO
April 11, 1996
Members of the 1996 Whitehall High School Junior Prom court are Chris Schroeder, Jeff Martinovici, Chad Foss, Travis Schroeder, Larry Paul, Cameron Severson, Rebecca Thompson, Amanda Staff, Tracie Schroeder, ALisha Sharp, Jarrod Fromm, Arne Berg, Annesa Semingson and...
As glimpses of “normal” begin to return to our daily lives with vaccination numbers growing, an unfortunate reminder of America’s other pandemic reared its head in Georgia.
From well prior to COVID-19 shutdowns, America has been grappling with the widespread embrace of blatant falsehoods....
To the Editor:
Facing similar needs to address failing jail facilities, both Winona and Trempealeau counties hired the same jail-planning consultant in the first month of 2018.
Three years later, both counties are planning and budgeting 80-bed jail / law enforcement centers immediately adjacent to...
25 YEARS AGO
March 14, 1996
In the contest for the District Eight Trempealeau County Board of Supervisor’s seat on Tuesday’s ballot, it is the challenger who has the edge over the incumbent in government experience. Supervisor Norm Herman of Whitehall is being opposed by Gordon Johnson of rural...
25 YEARS AGO
March 7, 1996
With no opposition raised at a public hearing held Monday night, the city of Whitehall will proceed with an application for state funds to help a new business locate in the east-side industrial park. Only two citizens appeared at the hearing on the $80,000 Community...
