Trempealeau County Times

01/03/2025

Two wrestlers from G-E-T/Mel-Min will compete for Division Two state titles today. Colton Koss will wrestle for the 120-pound championship and Gunnar Johnson will compete for the 157-pound title. Two others from the same team, Koda Purney (113 pounds) and Aaron Dunigan (215), have a chance to place fifth.

25/02/2025

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20/02/2025

The Independence/Gilmanton and Whitehall wrestling programs had strong showings at the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division Three La Crosse Aquinas regional on Saturday, combining to send 13 wrestlers to this Saturday’s Westby sectional.

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19/02/2025

A recent listening session in Whitehall gave area residents an opportunity to give their feedback to a member of U.S. Senator Ron Johnson’s staff. On this occasion, that turned into a venting session from the several dozens of people present.

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19/02/2025

Arcadia sophomore Kalyce Sobotta has enjoyed a breakout season during her sophomore campaign — one that she hopes ends at the Kohl Center in Madison for the state tournament. She took her next emphatic step toward achieving that goal with a dominant showing at the regional tournament.

READ MORE: https://www.trempcountytimes.com/sports/arcadias-sobotta-headlines-raider-sectional-qualifiers

18/02/2025

When the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau boys basketball team is able to execute their defensive gameplan, head coach Ian Anderson always feels good about their chances of winning on a given night. Never was that more evident than the Red Hawks’ latest meeting with rival Arcadia, where a suffocating defensive performance powered them to a road win.

READ MORE: https://www.trempcountytimes.com/sports/red-hawks-beat-arcadia-brf-run-winning-streak-four

18/02/2025

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13/02/2025

The Trempealeau village board is making it known to the state’s transportation department that they strongly support the construction of temporary bypass structures during a scheduled bridge replacement project.

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Trempealeau board urges bypass option in Highway 35 bridge project Tue, 02/11/2025 - 11:32am TimesEditor_Andrew By: Zach Rastall — [email protected] The Trempealeau village board is making it known to the state’s transportation department that they strongly support the constructi...

12/02/2025

The Arcadia city council approved the hiring of Eric Puent to serve as the interim chief of police while the city works to find a full-time replacement.

The search began following the mid-January resignation of Diana Anderson, who had led the department since 2012.

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Arcadia hires interim police chief Tue, 02/11/2025 - 11:32am TimesEditor_Andrew Full text available to online subscribers only. To purchase an online subscription, please click here.

12/02/2025

The Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau/Melrose-Mindoro Titans did not put together the type of performance they wanted in their final conference dual of the season. Rather than let it carry over any further, the team used it as motivation to help fuel the program’s latest conference title.

The Titans reigned supreme at this year’s Coulee conference tournament held last Friday in Westby, as they battled past West Salem/Bangor for the tournament crown.

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11/02/2025

The Arcadia boys basketball team was not happy with how things went against Westby at the end of January. Against a team they had beaten on the road earlier in the season, the Raiders were outscored by eight in the second half in a 56-50 home loss to the Norsemen in their Jan. 31 rematch.

Arcadia responded with a renewed focus at its next practice and followed that up with a lopsided road win against Bangor early last week.

“We just kept that fire — that feeling you feel when you’re in the locker room and you can hear them celebrating on the other side,” said Arcadia senior guard Kaiden Rotering. “It’s that fire that brings you to the next game, that gives you motivation to push through.”

READ MORE: https://www.trempcountytimes.com/sports/arcadia-blows-bangor-comes-just-short-against-luther

11/02/2025

After acknowledging some concerns heard from community members, the Whitehall district school board heard from administrators that the implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) in classrooms is going well.

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Looking to the future: Whitehall board hears update on AI pilots Tue, 02/04/2025 - 11:37am TimesEditor_Andrew Full text available to online subscribers only. To purchase an online subscription, please click here.

11/02/2025

For just over a full year, the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau girls basketball program has been searching for a win. When the time finally arrived and the Red Hawks snapped their lengthy losing skid, they enjoyed the taste of winning so much that they figured they might as well do it again their next time out.

G-E-T ended its 371-day wait to get back in the win column and snapped its 25-game losing streak with a 56-48 win over Tomah early last week. The program’s last win had come in a 45-42 triumph at Black River Falls on Jan. 30, 2024.

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Red Hawks end losing streak with back-to-back wins Tue, 02/11/2025 - 11:26am TimesEditor_Andrew By: Zach Rastall — [email protected] For just over a full year, the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau girls basketball program has been searching for a win. When the time finally arrived and the ...

11/02/2025

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04/02/2025

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30/01/2025

Before former Trempealeau County Clerk of Courts Kari Tidquist resigned, the Trempealeau County Board of Supervisors attempted to have her removed from office.

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County sought to remove clerk of courts before resignation Tue, 01/28/2025 - 11:37am TimesEditor_Andrew Kari Tidquist Full text available to online subscribers only. To purchase an online subscription, please click here.

29/01/2025

UPDATE: The city of Arcadia has canceled its closed-session meeting that was scheduled for tonight.

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The public deserves to know why Arcadia is without a police chief and what the city officials intend to do about it. Unfortunately, members of the city government disagree.

But, there’s one small problem with the city’s action. It isn’t just that the public deserves more information, it has a legal right to information. The city council is scheduled to meet on the topic for a second time tonight. Like the first time, the meeting is scheduled to be closed to the public.

That isn’t right.

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OPINION: Arcadia Deserves More Transparency Wed, 01/29/2025 - 12:05pm TimesEditor_Andrew By: ANDREW DANNEHY — [email protected] public deserves to know why Arcadia is without a police chief and what the city officials intend to do about it. Unfortunately, members of the city governme...

29/01/2025

Firefighters from the Blair-Preston and Whitehall departments are working to extinguish a fire at the Blair Dollar General store this morning.