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Machete used in Arcadia fight; four taken to hospital

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2 weeks ago

June 29, 2025

A person is arrested after was using a machete during a large fight early Sunday morning in Arcadia.

Police Chief Nic Scholl said just after 1 a.m., several 9-1-1 calls came in about a fight involving 20-30 people at Memorial Park Pavilion. During one of the calls, the person said that one of the people in the fight had a machete.

When officers arrived, they found several people with injuries. Four of them went by ambulance to Tri-County Hospital in Whitehall with non-life-threatening injuries.

Later that morning at around 10:35 a.m., the suspect who used the machete was arrested and taken to the Trempealeau County Jail.

The release from Chief Scholl said that the names of the people involved aren’t being released at this time.

The incident remains under active investigation.

Additional updates will be released as they become available, the release said.

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Kevin Millard

Kevin Millard is News Director for WIZM News. A West Salem native, he's spent most of his life, except for a year each in Florida and Wausau, here in the La Crosse area. Broadcasting and the media has been a part of his life since he was filmed in his first commercial in 2nd Grade. Most of his career has been spent working behind the scenes in the newsroom at a local television station. He's been the host of WKTY Outdoors since October 2005.