Arcadia News

When you retire, what do you see yourself doing? Any plans to build a giant sculpture garden? Well that's what a farmer from Arcadia did in the late 50's. Now it's known as Prairie Moon Sculpture Garden and we take you there in this Wandering Wisconsin from Buffalo County.

ROCHESTER -- Alice Augusta Ebner, age 86 of Rochester, passed away Monday, June 8, 2009.

Despite these difficult budget times, there are some bright spots for western Wisconsin.

My husband, Mark, and I needed a weekend getaway from Chicago. Some place far enough away that it would feel like a different world, but close enough that we could drive there without spending two days in the car.

* Robert W. Guza, 18, of 150 Harrison St., Arcadia; no contest plea; disorderly conduct; $412.98 fine.

Three people are taken to the hospital following a crash in Trempealeau County. It happened Saturday morning around 9:30 a.m. in the Town of Ettrick, on County Road T. Deputies say Karin J. Fischer, 26, of Arcadia lost control of her Dodge Intrepid, crossed the centerline and then hit a Chevy pick-up truck traveling in the opposite direction.

THURSDAY, 6:32 p.m., Water Street and Seventh Avenue. A motorcycle driven by Justin R. McFarlin, 22, 1007 Second Ave., was eastbound on Water Street and overturned after he attempted to avoid a vehicle stopped in traffic ahead of him.

Omnicom Group's Zimmerman here has added national retailer Ashley Furniture HomeStores to its roster following a review.

Fire fighters say the blaze on Nicholls Lane in Arcadia could have been a lot worse.

From language barriers, to competition for jobs, many Hispanics we spoke to say they're working for a better life in the United States, but many people living in town tell us they fear for their traditional way of life.

A fire killed hundreds of chickens at a business in Arcadia Wednesday. It happened around 11 a.m. at a barn owned by Gold'n Plump off County Road A and Boberg Lane.

* Jesus G. Agyukera-Valenzuela, 21, of 106 S. Pine St., Dorchester; no contest plea; disorderly conduct; $283 fine.

A chemical spill of about 8,000 gallons of liquid nitrogen fertilizer in Arcadia this week does not appear to pose any health, or environmental threats.

A chemical spill of 8,000 gallons of 28% liquid nitrogen fertilizer in Arcadia Monday does not appear to pose an health, or environmental threats.

The DNR is responding to the scene of a fertilizer leak in Trempealeau County. DNR spokesperson Ed Culhane says a 12,500 gallon tank containing liquid nitrogen fertilizer had been leaking since Sunday at the ...

Indy hotel fire victims identified Jessica Shawley 26.FEB.09 Trempealeau County Coroner Bonnie Kindschy notified officials last week that her office had completed the identification of the three bodies found in ...

Six candidates named for Arcadia district superintendent Jessica Shawley 26.FEB.09 Six people from around the state of Wisconsin have been chosen by the Arcadia School Board as the final candidates for the ...

If a Department of Motor Vehicles service center in Whitehall is closed with 39 other centers throughout the state, residents would need to drive to Eau Claire or La Crosse for those services, said a Whitehall ...

Little Leila Barritt probably won't remember this day, but her father, Sgt. Gene Sheets says the precious memories of holding his one-month old baby girl will keep him going while he's deployed for his second ...

Hotel fire kills three Jessica Shawley 19.FEB.09 Just two months after a fire ravaged Arcadia's 110-year-old Hotel & Tap building, another fire ripped through the Hotel & Tap in Independence.