GALESVILLE, Wis. — Police ordered a lockdown at the Galesville elementary school while they set up a perimeter at a nearby apartment building. A man armed with an AR-style military weapon and a handgun had been reported in a domestic disturbance. Eventually the man came out and tried to drive away but was stopped. He was taken 25 miles to the Trempealeau County jail in Whitehall. Sheriff Erica Koxlien said the man was booked for recklessly endangering safety, false imprisonment, disorderly conduct, and resisting arrest. The sheriff declined to release the prisoner’s name. Her department has a history of turning away news media inquiries despite the usual policing practice of transparency and public accountability.
On an earlier fall day. The whole Galesville elementary school turned out for a scrapbook photograph. Pre-kindergarten through fifth grade.