Op-Ed
25 YEARS AGO
April 23, 1998
The Trempealeau County Board of Supervisors got its third change of chairman in the past six years, this week. Supervisor Lyle Anderson of Blair was elected chair on the third ballot during the board’s biennial reorganization meeting. Anderson defeated Ernest Vold and...
25 YEARS AGO
April 16, 1998
There may not have been many contests for seats on the Trempealeau County Board of Supervisors, but last week’s election nevertheless will result in a shakeup on the board. Only two of the 21 seats on the board were contested, but both incumbents lost — and, in both...
25 YEARS AGO
April 9, 1998
Lee Meinerz and Mandy Kampa were the 1998 recipients of the boys’ and girls’ Norse Awards, presented to the top senior athletes at Whitehall Memorial High School. Meinerz and Laura Bender are the school’s Scholar Athlete Award winners and are thus eligible for the...
25 YEARS AGO
April 2, 1998
City of Whitehall officials may have to reconsider plans for a new fire station since bids on the project came in much higher than architects’ estimates. Bids for the new fire station, which would be built in the west side commercial park on Highway 121 were opened last...
25 YEARS AGO
March 26, 1998
Whitehall district school board members got an idea Monday night of what the local schools will gain, and lose, under the state of Wisconsin’s new public school choice program. The board, at its regular monthly meeting, approved applications for admission to the...
25 YEARS AGO
March 19, 1998
A proposed historical museum for Trempealeau County got a boost from the county board of supervisors. The county board voted unanimously to approve a resolution calling for the county to proceed with the development of a historical center. The resolution reconfigures...
25 YEARS AGO
March 12, 1998
Trempealeau County’s groundbreaking program to train new farmers is set to get underway in less than three weeks. The county University of Wisconsin-Extension office is currently taking applications for the Beginning Farmer Incubator Program, which will be operated at...
25 YEARS AGO
March 5, 1998
A last-minute settlement has headed off a test of Whitehall’s dangerous-dog ordinance, but apparently will cost a city family their pet. A public hearing was called under provisions of the eight-year-old ordinance, but was cancelled after the agreement. As a result of the...
25 YEARS AGO
February 26, 1998
Even though it could hold a special meeting on the question, the Whitehall district board of education will wait to decide whether to sell all or part of the school forest land. The board, at its regular meeting Monday night, favored putting the issue on the agenda...
25 YEARS AGO
February 19, 1998
The Trempealeau County Board of Supervisors created a new office in the sheriff’s department and abolished one that had existed since the county was created. On a 14-3 vote, with two abstentions, the board created the position of chief deputy. The measures enacted...
