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(2008/07/25)
Continuing problems with West Salem’s tree and brush disposal may cause the village to take the free service to the curb.
(2008/07/25)
You might be tempted to think that school administrators would use the summer months to kick back and catch their breath before students return in the fall. If so, you couldn’t be more wrong.
(2008/07/25)
Bangor schools Superintendent Roger Foegen outlined the upcoming year’s budget concerns at the July 16 meeting of the Bangor School Board. And, like virtually everyone else these days, fuel price increases have gotten his attention.
(2008/07/25)
It was a time of approval and renewal as the Hamilton Town Board met Tuesday, July 8 for its monthly meeting.
(2008/07/25)
The West Salem Sharks swim team had their final home meet of the season on July 12. It was attended by Tomah, Sparta, La Crescent and Galesville.
(2008/07/25)
“We came out of retirement for this — it’s that important to us,” said Kathleen Elmstrand last week on the first day of the La Crosse Interstate Fair.
(2008/07/25)
Here is a selection of brief news items from this week's paper edition.
(2008/07/22)
After years of delay, progress was seen this week on the fate of the old Sprehn Mill/Hussa Brewery site in Bangor.
(2008/07/22)
Acting upon the recommendation of the recreation committee, the Bangor Village Board approved the appointment of Scott Solberg as the village’s new recreation director.
(2008/07/22)
The West Salem School Board learned Monday night from district Superintendent Nancy Burns that the hiring process to find a replacement for Principal Troy Gunderson will kick into high gear during the rest of this month.
(2008/07/22)
The weather and gas prices have made a less-than-fortunate impact on tourism in Wisconsin and the Upper Mississippi River region, although the area is still attracting more people than a decade ago.
(2008/07/22)
When La Crosse County’s Special Waste Manager Jeff Gloyd was told he’d won the Lloyd D. Gladfelter Award and the $3,000 that goes with it, he couldn’t believe it.
(2008/07/22)
Whether he was on patrol, investigating a homicide or making sure a major county structure was being properly built, La Crosse County Sheriff’s Department’s Sgt. John Schmidt attacked the job in the same way — with all of the attention, tenacity and dedication he could muster.
(2008/07/22)
Here is a selection of brief news items from this week's paper edition.
(2008/07/16)
The village of West Salem has hired its next public works director and he will begin on Monday.
(2008/07/16)
Prepare to be thrilled, entertained, educated and well fed — the La Crosse Interstate Fair returns to West Salem next week.
(2008/07/16)
Barrel racing, pole bending, goat-tying, breakaway roping.
(2008/07/16)
The Melrose-Mindoro School District faces an approximate $250,000 budget deficit as it gets closer to the 2008-09 school year.
(2008/07/16)
A person needs a pretty good reason to walk 60 miles, and Mary Lynn Sinclair and her husband, Rich, have got it: They want to fight breast cancer, and for them it’s personal.
(2008/07/16)
State health officials have reactivated the statewide, toll-free Dead Bird Reporting Hotline at 1-800-433-1610. Hotline staff can answer questions about dead birds and provide information on safe handling and disposal. The bird may also be tested for West Nile virus.
(2008/07/16)
Here is a selection of brief news items from this week's paper edition.
(2008/07/09)
Authorities have apprehended the individuals believed to be behind the trashing of the old Bangor middle and high school building almost a year after the incident.
(2008/07/09)
West Salem High School Principal Troy Gunderson will be leaving to become the next superintendent of the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau School District.
(2008/07/09)
West Salem School District Superintendent Nancy Burns referred to three ex-board members as “contentious” in a personal e-mail sent from her school account that was also accidentally transmitted to others.
(2008/07/09)
A Bangor home may finally be razed after repairs and clean-up have failed to be completed.
(2008/07/09)
A grant application that would improve downtown West Salem was ranked last in a prioritization of local enhancement projects, although supporters are hopeful it will do better at the state level.
(2008/07/09)
This year’s annual Fourth of July celebration in Bangor’s Village Park will offer plenty for kids and adults to do before the big bangs light up the evening sky. It should provide an opportunity for an old-fashioned all-day picnic, topped off by a fireworks display
(2008/07/09)
The West Salem Police Department’s bike sale two weeks ago was so successful that many of the 150 to 200 people who showed up had to be turned away.
(2008/07/09)
Here is a selection of brief news items from this week's paper edition.
(2008/07/09)
With warmer summer weather comes both construction and more people wanting to gather together, so it was little surprise that when the Hamilton Town Board met on June 10 for its monthly meeting, its agenda mainly concerned construction and approving licenses for gatherings.
(2008/07/09)
In a special session June 26, the Bangor School Board approved a 3.99 percent total package increase (wages and benefits) for non-union staff and for four administrators, elementary Principal Lois Meinking, school psychologist Kathy Carson, high school Principal Don Addington and district Superintendent Roger Foegen.
(2008/07/01)
A Bangor man was found guilty last week of child enticement and sexual assault after reportedly luring a 10-year-old into his apartment last September.
(2008/07/01)
West Salem’s downtown warning siren will be moving out of the residential area to Industrial Drive.
(2008/07/01)
The village of West Salem has narrowed its search for a new public works director to four applicants, and the finance and personnel committee had interviews scheduled for this week.
(2008/07/01)
Here’s one good side effect of high gas prices: drivers are slowing down and getting involved in fewer fatal auto accidents.
(2008/07/01)
Charges were filed last week against a 53-year-old Bangor sex offender accused of photographing two teenage boys.
(2008/07/01)
West Salem High School Principal Troy Gunderson said his decision to apply for the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau School District superintendent job was “extremely difficult” but would be a good career move.
(2008/07/01)
Here is a selection of brief news items from this week's paper edition.
(2008/06/24)
The Bangor Recreation Department is in state of disarray after the unexpected resignation of its director.
(2008/06/24)
Perseverance finally paid off for the Bangor School District as they were notified that the school has qualified for a startup grant for the four-year-old kindergarten program set to begin this fall.
(2008/06/24)
At the request of the La Crosse County Board, the La Crosse Area Planning Committee recently came up with a concept for a fixed-route transit service between West Salem and La Crosse. The proposal, still in the preliminary stages, outlines a two-phased expansion of the transit system.
(2008/06/24)
The West Salem Police Department hopes to match bicycles with new owners as it will be selling unclaimed and abandoned bikes on Saturday.
(2008/06/24)
After a lengthy discussion, the Bangor Village Board awarded a Class B Combined Liquor License to Bruce’s Place at its June 10 meeting.
(2008/06/24)
Assembly Speaker Mike Huebsch, R-West Salem, was given the Legislator of the Year Award by the Professional Firefighters of Wisconsin June 10 at a ceremony during the firefighters’ annual convention in Appleton.
(2008/06/24)
Here is a selection of brief news items from this week's paper edition.
(2008/06/17)
Something of a sandstorm is brewing in the Lake Neshonoc Protection and Rehabilitation District as it says the county hasn’t shared in the sale of sand from the lake.
(2008/06/17)
Motorists in West Salem will have a few less calendar dates to worry about when it comes to alternate side parking.
(2008/06/17)
The West Salem School District will save taxpayers over $222,000 after it refinanced bonds taken out for the elementary school referendum.
(2008/06/17)
There’s a new book out about West Salem’s most famous native son. “Hamlin Garland: A Life,” only the second biography of the novelist, writer and essayist ever published — the first came out 40 years ago — required almost a decade of research and writing by its author, Keith Newlin.
(2008/06/17)
Thanks to a group of kindergartners, Dan Odenbach, principal of Coulee Region Christian School in West Salem, will be spending a lot of more time in his running shoes this summer than he originally planned.
(2008/06/17)
On May 30, the Quality of Worklife-Employee Involvement team and the U.S. Postal Service honored Stacy Ziemke, a rural carrier from the Rockland Post Office, with the Carrier of the Month award for January 2008.
(2008/06/17)
Here is a selection of brief news items from this week's paper edition.
(2008/06/17)
Wildcat Mountain State Park in Vernon County has been evacuated and closed to the public because of storm damage, the state Department of Natural Resources reported Monday morning.
(2008/06/11)
After almost a year of trying to get a 90-day agreement that would provide time to draw up a more permanent boundary agreement, the village of West Salem and the town of Hamilton have withdrawn their interest in having any agreement between the two municipalities and the city of Onalaska.
(2008/06/11)
A West Salem man died last week after he was pinned between two vehicles at his residence.
(2008/06/11)
West Salem’s June Dairy Days once again celebrated the dairy industry while drawing the crowds.
(2008/06/11)
Purses at West Salem High School have become such a problem that they are now banned from classrooms.
(2008/06/11)
Hamilton Township’s planning commission may have quickly decided a date and time for their upcoming public hearing on the town’s comprehensive plan, but that didn’t mean there wasn’t still animated debate at their May 27 meeting.
(2008/06/11)
Democrat Cheryl Hancock launched her campaign May 29 to unseat Assembly Speaker Mike Huebsch, R-West Salem, in the 94th District.
(2008/06/11)
Here is a selection of brief news items from this week's paper edition.
(2008/06/03)
Creating minimum property maintenance standards is back before the West Salem Village Board after a group of residents addressed concerns over a Van Ness Street house.
(2008/06/03)
June Dairy Days is such a popular event that there’s no problem starting it in May.
(2008/06/03)
The Bangor School Board approved 2008-09 building budgets for supplies and equipment for the elementary school and the high school/middle schools at its meeting May 21 that were almost identical to this year’s building budgets.
(2008/06/03)
The West Salem farmer’s market returns next week and will offer a variety of produce and other items over the summer.
(2008/06/03)
The West Salem Village Board will hold a public hearing in June on a proposed change to the village’s alternate side parking dates.
(2008/06/03)
On May 19, Charter Communications Inc. announced the addition of Charter Telephone service to Melrose, Mindoro and Warrens, offering customers a new choice for telephone service.
(2008/06/03)
Here is a selection of brief news items from this week's paper edition.
(2008/05/27)
The town of Bangor will stop contracting work on private property after some residents raised questions of legality.
(2008/05/27)
The fifth-annual Neshonoc Dayz returns to West Salem this weekend with some changes to the list of events while bringing back crowd favorites.
(2008/05/27)
American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars groups in the West Salem and Bangor area will hold a number of special Memorial Day events to commemorate the nation’s service men and women.
(2008/05/27)
After the Bangor School District voted to start a 4-year-old kindergarten program next fall, the school had only about two weeks to put together an application for a 4K startup grant. Last month, when the list of schools receiving the grant was released by the state’s Department of Public Instruction, Bangor was not on the list.
(2008/05/27)
Breakers has complied with all but two health codes after the La Crosse County Health Department found nine violations during a preliminary inspection two weeks ago.
(2008/05/27)
The Bangor Village Board learned that the exploration of a possible tax increment financing district for the old Sprehn Mill/Hussa Brewery site is going forward, with village engineer Chuck Sulik reviewing proposals by potential developers.
(2008/05/27)
Here is a selection of brief news items from this week's paper edition.
(2008/05/27)
Lively discussion abounded as the Hamilton Town Board and the Hamilton Planning Commission met April 29 to further review their comprehensive plan for the township.
(2008/05/27)
ST. LOUIS — It wasn’t until the Rev. Jaroslav Vajda was nearly 50 that he began to pursue the craft that would leave his name etched in history. Or at least the hymnal.
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