An overflow crowd filled the Blue Hills Lecture Hall at UW-Eau Claire – Barron County on Thursday as a celebration of the 60th year of the local campus began the fall series of Thursdays at the U lecture series. The campus opened with an enrollment of 109... See more
Wisconsin Counties Association President and CEO Mark O'Connell informed the Barron County Board of Supervisors at a special 3-plus hour meeting Monday, Aug. 31, that it is not the job of municipalities to pick and chose winners and losers when it comes t... See more
A horse that has been grazing on county forest land this summer is the reason for a new ordinance unanimously approved by the Barron County Property Committee at its meeting held Thursday afternoon. The committee typically meets on the first Monday of the... See more
The Rice Lake Area School District Board of Education heard that a total of 1,203 students in grades 4K-8 participated in either one or both of the two sessions of the district's Summer Academy. Summer Academy Principal Natalie Springer shared a review of... See more
Eight members of the Rice Lake High School Class of 1951 attended their 75th class reunion on Saturday afternoon at Lehman's Supper Club. All around 92 or 93 years old, they are among 14 left of their 127-member class. The seven women who attended were El... See more
