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Three more summer events bit the dust last week as officials in Independence, Whitehall and Trempealeau decided to cancel their annual summer celebrations.
The Beef and Dairy Days Committee announced the cancellation of Whitehall’s celebration, scheduled for Aug. 20-23 last week Monday.
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With a Sunday morning ceremony, the Mount Calvary Evangelical Lutheran Church last winter congregation has celebrated completion of a long-hoped-for land conservation agreement or easement for its 19-acre Little Bluff property high above the church at Trempealeau.
The congregation has concluded a...
Citing the recent increase in cases, the Trempealeau County Health Department released a list of guidelines for county residents following the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the Safer at Home order on Wednesday.
“Trempealeau County is not ready to return to normal, pre-COVID...
Wednesday, May 6
13:51 — Ettrick: Caller has a restraining order against a subject who is next door and just called her a profanity. The subject is now sitting in a car across the street and watching her.
14:58 — Independence: Caller reported a truck pulling a trailer passed in a no-passing zone...
Independence’s Sura-Wiersgalla American Legion Post 186 will be hosting Memorial Day ceremonies in various cemeteries this year.
The full ceremony will be held at Ss. Peter and Paul Cemetery at 10 a.m. with gun salutes at Greenwood Cemetery at 9 a.m. and Bethel Cemetery at 9:15.
Attendees of the...
The Runnestrand-Pederson American Legion Post 354 of Ettrick has announced there will be an abbreviated Memorial Day Service on Memorial Day in Ettrick.
Legionnaires will meet at Gametime Park at 10:20 a.m. and march to the Bank Parking Lot and Legion Veteran Cemetery at 10:45 a.m. where there...
The Arcadia public library now has curbside pick-up of books.
Readers may call 608-323-7505, email rkdpubli@wrlsweb.org or visit the library online at www.wrlsweb.org/arcadia to order, said librarian Jen Losinski. When the requested material arrives, the library will contact the reader and have...
Dr. Paul Dettloff of Arcadia received the 2019 Eco-Ag Lifetime Achievement Award from Acres, USA last December. Dettloff is pictured with his daughter, Megan, at the convention, which was held in Minneapolis, Minn. this year. (Submitted photo)
Paul Dettloff — know by some as Dr. Paul and others as Doc Dettloff — didn’t know it was coming.
“My daughter and wife conspired against me,” Dettloff said. “I’m going to get Trump to pass a law saying you can’t do that.”
Thinking he was attending the Acres USA Eco-Ag Conference and Trade Show in...
Charlotte Thomley, owner of Sylver's Bar in Independence, awaits customers on a rainy Sunday after finally opening Friday. She said business was "OK" following a state supreme court decision that a stay-at-home order because of the pandemic was invalid. Thomley was disinfecting her business and had removed half the seats at the bar to keep customers apart. "We've been closed for 58 days," she sighed.
Based on comments and observations that are a long way from scientific, it appears Trempealeau County residents are not crowding into businesses reopening after the lifting of the COVID-19 lockdown.
Business was “pretty good” for the Newcomb Valley Inn in Arcadia last Friday as it opened after the...
Two businesses in Whitehall are helping others through the pandemic by offering $25 gift cards throughout the month of May.
Johnson Hardware and Rental and Jack Funeral Homes are helping to support other businesses in the city and surrounding area that have been impacted by COVID-19 and the Safer...
