Trempealeau County News

Bank Robberies Campaign Manitowoc Stabbing Annual Disabled Deer Hunt Sign-Up for Disabled Hunt Begins Obesity Rate on the Rise: Wisconsin 25th Study: Wisconsin has the 25th highest rate of adult obesity in the nation, at 26.0 percent and the 12th lowest of overweight youths at 27.9 percent Associated Press - July 2, 2009 8:35 PM ET BLAIR, Wis.

There's a dispute over where to build a new jail. We know you've heard that before, but this time, we're not talking about Eau Claire County.

A convicted sex offender and former police officer will be released from custody Tuesday and is expected to move to Stevens Point.

A sex offender convicted in western Wisconsin, is being released. This felon is a former police officer.

Daniel Wineski, a former veteran Whitehall police officer sentenced to prison in late 2004 for misusing his position to sexually assault and repeatedly threaten a teenage girl in 1996, will be released from prison next week and live in Stevens Point.

A Wisconsin company could face more than $1.1 million in penalties for alleged violations of federal workplace safety and health standards at its whey processing plant.

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

The DeKalb County Planning and Zoning Committee's recommendation of Florida Power & Light's permit request is another act in an ongoing circus starring our county board and county officials.

A crash in Trempealeau county sends a 16-year-old to the hospital. It happened around 5:30 p.m. Sunday night, on Highway 53 about 1/2 mile south of Daulton Road in the Town of Gale.

A former Pierce County man has turned to the Court of Appeals in hopes of being released from prison.

In the early 1900s, a little church was built in the midst of a hardworking farm community.

A man was ejected from his tractor after it had a mechanical failure. The Trempealeau County Sheriff's department says 42-year-old John Ratz of Fountain City was driving his tractor up a driveway just before 5 Saturday afternoon when the incident happened.

A person is hospitalized after a rollover crash Sunday. It happened on State Highway 93 in Trempeleau County in the Town of Arcadia.

Whitey, a broad-winged raptor with rakish good looks and a large fan club, had everyone worried.

Deputies released the name of the man who they say had a loaded gun when he crashed on Saturday.

A golden eagle that was caught in a trap in Trempealeau County in November - then rehabilitated and released in March - has made its way to northern Ontario after spending much of the spring wandering around western Wisconsin.

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation plans to collect soil samples for testing for the future replacement of the US 53 truss arch bridge over Beaver Creek in Galesville.

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.

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.

One person is brought to the hospital after the car she was riding in rolled over.