Op-Ed
25 YEARS AGO
January 16, 1997
A Chicago man who allegedly stole a firearm from an area residence was in Trempealeau County Circuit Court last week on that and a couple other charges. George Tompoe III made his initial appearance Thursday on two counts, theft of a firearm and uttering a forged bank...
25 YEARS AGO
January 9, 1987
An area resident returned last month from helping to get a new Russian school off the ground and training workers at a new company in that eastern European country. Dr. Duane Sackett of Independence spent five weeks during November and December in the Russian cities...
25 YEARS AGO
January 2, 1997
The man convicted of causing the deaths of two area residents in an alcohol-related traffic accident has been charged with drunken driving. Michel Seibel, 30, of Trempealeau was arrested in the Centerville area Nov. 23 by a Wisconsin State Patrol officer and issued a...
25 YEARS AGO
December 26, 1996
It appears that Trempealeau County will be getting a zoning ordinance covering metallic mining that is much more stringent than the present codes. The county board of supervisors’ zoning and land records committee held its third meeting on revisions to the ordinance...
25 YEARS AGO
December 19, 1996
In the past few years many families of Hispanic and Latin American backgrounds have moved to Buffalo and Trempealeau counties to seek employment. In an effort to create a welcoming environment for these new residents, Western Dairyland Economic Opportunity Council,...
When a member of the public asks why a topic on a government’s agenda is scheduled to be in closed session, essentially saying “because I said so” isn’t a good enough answer.
That’s what happened to me last week Monday when I was preparing to cover the city of Blair’s regular monthly meeting. A...
25 YEARS AGO
December 12, 1996
Facing a number of major expenditures over the next couple of years, the Whitehall city council wasn’t in a rush to take on a $1 million water-reservoir and –main project. But the rules imposed by the federal agency that will pay for about two-thirds of the cost of...
25 YEARS AGO
Dec. 5, 1996
A Christmas parade, a visit from Santa and a craft show will highlight the Whitehall Area Chamber of Commerce Festival of Trees on Friday.
The Whitehall city council last week approved a 1997 budget that will result in a substantial increase in city-purpose property taxes...
25 YEARS AGO
Nov. 21, 1996
One of the arguments made against Trempealeau County’s one-half percent sales tax when the question was being debated in 1995 was that the new levy would be used as a way for county government to get around a state-imposed tax limit. After the first full budget cycle...
25 YEARS AGO
Nov. 14, 1996
What was advertised as the last of the “easy” city of Whitehall budgets won’t be as easy on the city property taxpayers as it could have been. The 1997 budget recommended for adoption last week by the city council’s finance committee would result in a 17 percent increase...
