The Barron Golden Bears are Wisconsin’s Division 3 state volleyball champions! Making the program’s eighth trip to the WIAA ...

After months of preparation and renovations, Uncorked Chetek wine lounge made its debut this weekend during a grand opening ...

A Minnesota teen drowned while kayaking on Kirby Lake over the weekend. The Barron County Sheriff’s Department received 911 ...

The public attended the Veterans Day Program at the Chetek-Weyerhaeuser High School gym on Monday, Nov. 11. The program ...

Barron County had a huge voter turnout for the Tuesday, Nov. 5, General Election, with a total of 26,967 votes cast.

The Barron County Board of Supervisors approved Monday, Nov. 4, the 2025 county budget. In the process of doing so, the board restored funding to the Barron County Fair, Pioneer ...

In the aftermath of hurricane Helene’s devastation on the East Coast in late September, area residents and churches joined countless people and organizations who volunteered time and resources to ...

Following is a recent list of donations to the Chetek Flag Fund: •$20 in memory of John Fostvedt from Evangeline Anderson. • $50 in memory of LaVerne Peterson from Chuck and Cindy Spang. • $200 in ...

People had a “smashing” time at Fire Away Roadhouse and Rest Camp and Motzer’s Countyline Pumpkins’ second annual Pig Roast and Pumpkin Smash event on Saturday, Nov. 2. Attendees had the opportunity ...

The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Board of Control approved coaches advisory committee rule change recommendations in softball, lacrosse and track and field at its October meeting ...

8:52 a.m., A caller requested assistance in the 400 block of Third St. in Chetek. An officer spoke with the involved parties, one of whom was transported to a center of government.

A Rice Lake man who allegedly engaged in sex with a then 13-year-old Chetek girl in 2020 will be allowed work release privileges while serving out a jail sentence in connection with the offense, ...