Unattended Death and Biohazard Cleanup in Osseo, WI

Osseo is a city in Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, located at the confluence of the North and South Forks of the Buffalo River.

Osseo was platted in September 1857 by J. E. Irish, the county surveyor, and the city dates its founding to that year.

Osseo's post office opened in 1867, a decade after the town was laid out.

A fire on May 29, 1891 destroyed an important part of Osseo's business section, but the burned blocks were immediately rebuilt with larger and better buildings.

Osseo incorporated as a village in 1893 after an official census counted just 305 residents; the incorporation vote passed 33 to 8.

Osseo's business section grew up along the Beef River, where a dam formed a pretty artificial lake used for bathing and boating.

Three major highways converge at Osseo - Interstate 94 and U.S. Highways 10 and 53 all intersect in the community, making it a natural stopping point in west-central Wisconsin.

Osseo's population was 1,811 at the 2020 census; at the 2010 census it had 1,701 people in 737 households and was Trempealeau County's fourth most populous community.

Osseo is the original home of the Norske Nook, the Norwegian-American restaurant and bakery founded by Helen Myhre in 1973 that has become a nationally known pie destination.

The Norske Nook's pies have won 36 blue ribbons at the National Pie Championships, and the bakery offers more than 70 varieties of pie alongside Norwegian specialties like lefse wraps.