Blair News

The identity of a Blair house fire has been released after authorities used dental records to confirm it.

One person was found dead after fire destroyed a house in Blair. The Trempealeau County Sheriff's Department said the fire was reported about 3:20 a.m. Monday and resulted in a total loss of the residence.

A Trempealeau County town will get more than $250,000 in federal stimulus money.

Utilities hoping to build a power line between the Twin Cities and La Crosse, Wis., have proposed a new possible route in Wisconsin.

Amanda Stenberg of Whitehall, Josh Harter of Eleva, and Erika Hubbel of Blair are the children of 55-year old William Harter.

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.

A 47-year-old Blair man charged with five felonies related to a stabbing early Monday is being held on a $250,000 cash bond, according to Trempealeau County Court records.

Employment anniversaries 35 years Eugene Mikulsky, Peggy Green-Galloway, Paper Converting Machine Co.

Ashok Rai, M.D., of Prevea Health, has been named to The Green Bay Area Chamber of Commerce board of directors.

Two people rolled their vehicles within 90 minutes of each other Sunday night. The first happened just after 9:00 Sunday night on Larkin Valley Road near Blair.

Elections will be held Tuesday for McMillan town chairman and town supervisors. Town Chairman Blair Watt, M513 Cherry St., is running against challenger Russell Weichelt, M528A Birch St.

Emergency response has always interested him, new Elmwood Police Officer Matt Broehm said.

A car crashes through the walls of a Trempealeau county home. It happened Monday night at the Hickory Ridge Adult Family Home on Arneson Ridge road -- just northwest of Blair.

A western Wisconsin man faces a drunken-driving charge after his vehicle hit a guardrail and flew over the Trempealeau River before striking an embankment.

Omer "Bill" Kleppen passed away on Tuesday, February 17, 2009, at the age of 80.

The owner of the former Independence Hotel said there is no known cause yet for the fire that claimed the lives of three men early Sunday.

A man is dead after a head on crash between a pickup truck and a semi. Trempealeau County Sheriff's Deputies say 60-year-old Danny l. Hjornevik of Blair died at the scene.

Two west-central Wisconsin residents died in traffic crashes Monday and Tuesday, likely because of snow and ice on roadways, authorities said.

Danny L. Hjornevik, 60, of Blair, Wis., was killed Monday afternoon in a head-on crash with a semi tractor trailer, the Trempealeau County Sheriff's Department reported.

Road conditions apparently were a factor Monday in a Trempealeau County traffic accident that left one person dead.