Op-Ed
25 YEARS AGO
December 14, 2000
The roles are set for next year’s school/community musical production at Whitehall High School. Director Jackie Goplin and her assistant, Kaye Henrickson, last week announced the cast selections for the popular Broadway show “Oklahoma!” Taking the lead roles will be...
25 YEARS AGO
December 7, 2000
The Whitehall city council approved a $1.47 million 2001 budget and a major increase in the city tax levy last week. The budget is up about $174,000 from this year’s total — an increase of about 13.4%. Actual city expenses are down slightly, the difference being in...
25 YEARS AGO
November 30, 2000
Tryouts for Whitehall High School’s second annual school-community musical-theater production will be held next week. The WHS vocal and instrumental music departments will host auditions for the musical “Oklahoma!” this coming Monday in the school auditorium. The...
25 YEARS AGO
November 23, 2000
The Trempealeau County Board of Supervisors last week Tuesday approved a 2001 budget that results in about a 10-percent increase in the county property tax levy. The board unanimously okayed a $44.8 million package of expenditures for the coming year during its annual...
25 YEARS AGO
November 16, 2000
If the 2001 city budget is approved as proposed, Whitehall property owners will be looking at a 25.9% increase in the taxes they pay to the city. The city council’s finance committee last week approved a spending package for the coming year that totals $1,279,750. ...
25 YEARS AGO
November 9, 2000
Trempealeau County voters picked Randy Niederkorn of Whitehall for sheriff, succeeding fellow Democrat Ralph Weisenberger. Niederkorn, a former sheriff’s deputy and detective, defeated Republican Mark Smick, of Independence, a retired Western Wisconsin Technical...
25 YEARS AGO
November 2, 2000
It almost certainly won’t be as big as the one that was discussed by a city council committee last week, but city of Whitehall property owners will likely be looking at a major tax increase next year. If the 2001 city budget were to be adopted as presented to the...
25 YEARS AGO
October 26, 2000
An Independence man who was shot after he allegedly tried to run over a Trempealeau County sheriff’s deputy likely will serve less than 11 months in jail. Steven Burch was sentenced to a year in the county jail during a hearing held in Trempealeau County Circuit Court...
25 YEARS AGO
October 19, 2000
For the fifth time in just over five months, the Trempealeau County Board of Supervisors Monday night voted down borrowing money for a proposed new county jail. After coming closer to approval on the last couple of tries, the resolution authorizing the county to borrow...
25 YEARS AGO
October 12, 2000
A gymnasium full of sixth-graders with tissue paper and balsa wood airplanes sounds like a recipe for recess, not for education. But the sixth-graders at Whitehall Middle School were learning while they played last week. The students in the classrooms of Stuart Dodge...
