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  The staff of Arcadia Public Library are just a few weeks away from completing the move of books and furniture into new space at the Wanek Center, but the fate of the city’s soon-to-be-empty Carnegie library is still unknown. Head librarian Jennifer Losinski told the city council last Wednesday...
Numerous county attractions and businesses have been nominated for 2020 Best of River awards by a magazine that promotes attractions along the Mississippi River. The winners of multiple nominations include the Oak Park Inn in Whitehall that was nominated in four categories: Best B&B, Best Inn,...
A late surge came up short in the team’s season opener last week Tuesday, but the Independence/Gilmanton girls basketball squad took control early in a lopsided win on Thursday. The Indees trailed by double digits at halftime of their season opener in Whitehall last week Tuesday before making a...
Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau softball coach Dan Stuhr still laughs when he thinks about the speech he delivered to his team shortly after Coulee Conference games began early in the season. It’s partly because the girls still tease him for it, but it’s also because it turned out to be advice that the...
The mill dam renovations in Galesville by Andersen Feeds have come to a halt after construction company Wapasha Construction discovered a large mass of concrete underneath the parking lot adjacent to the dam.  Initially, the plan was to build a modular block retaining wall on the side of the dam....
After several bars in Ettrick announced a coordinated event this weekend, board president John Beirne and trustee Marc Baures called a meeting last Thursday to express their concern to the event’s organizers: bar owner Seth Dale and fellow village board trustee and bar owner Josh Hanson. According...
The city of Blair won’t be celebrating Cheese Festival this year, but that doesn’t mean there won’t be celebrations on the weekend the event is typically held.  Cheese Fest was cancelled last month due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but last week Monday, the Blair council approved of plans for other...
The end may finally be in sight for a five-month back-and-forth for the village of Trempealeau in their efforts to pass a floodplain zoning ordinance amendment. Despite a state bill being signed into law on March 3 that removed a controversial 50 percent rule regarding limits to home improvements...
Arcadia officials are considering trying to sell the city’s historic library building and, depending on an agreement with the school district, the city recreation center could also soon have a for-sale sign. The city council last Wednesday agree to explore whether its designation as a historic...

2010 Arcadia flood

The city of Arcadia is “next in line” for another review by a federal agency controlling a large share of the money for one of two flood-control projects slated for the city. The additional work by the federal Economic Development Agency came after the city had to drop elements of its “internal...

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