Judge Radke asks county to back a second judicial branch after caseload study shows highest need
Judge Radke told the law‑enforcement committee that new state caseload data shows Trempealeau County now has the highest judicial‑need score (1.83), leaving a 1.55 unmet need after accounting for court‑commissioner coverage; the committee agreed to forward a drafted resolution to the county board and scheduled a pre‑board meeting to review it.
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Judge Radke asked the committee to support a county resolution urging the state to authorize a second judicial branch for Trempealeau County after recently released caseload data showed the county’s judicial‑need figure now ranks highest in the state. "Based on the data that just came out, we now have the highest," Judge Radke said, explaining the study calculates a 1.83 judge need, that a court commissioner covers 0.18 of that workload and that leaves a 1.55 judicial‑need figure for the county.
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