On Friday, Oct. 5, parents of children at Bright Beginnings Program were invited to the Chetek Fire Hall to meet firefighters and see the fire-fighting equipment and fire trucks. Around 50 kids attended, along with their parents, along with Christa Schommer, Brenda Gustum, Cassie Palmer and …
It is the 2018 National Newspaper Week, Sunday, Oct. 7, through Saturday, Oct. 13.
A semi-trailer truck tipped on its side, blocking the southbound exit of Hwy. 53 at CTH I in Chetek on Tuesday morning, Oct. 9, after an apparent collision with a car, according to Barron County dispatch logs.
A 70-year-old Chetek man was severely injured and airlifted by helicopter after the vintage Ford he was driving crashed on CTH D on Saturday, Oct. 6.
Instead of choosing one, the Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Area Board of Education has asked the Chetek Police Department and Barron County Sheriff’s Department to work together in providing school resource officers during school hours and activities.
It will be one last “oom pah pah” for the Old Time Preservation Band at Dallas’ Oktoberfest on Saturday, Oct. 6.
A total of $3,221 has been collected as of Sept. 24 from the city’s new boat launching fee, according to Carmen Newman, Chetek Clerk/Treasurer.
The Chetek Food Shelf has again started work on a new location after a buyer was secured for its current storefront at 121 Second St., said Jim Larsen, with the food shelf, on Monday, Oct. 1.
A broken natural gas main prompted the precautionary evacuation of Roselawn Elementary Tuesday morning, Sept. 25, along with the evacuation of ABC Truss, a nearby daycare and around 20 area residences.
A brand new Kwik Trip gas station and convenience store is opening at 5 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 4, according to Scott Teigen, vice president and chief financial officer at Kwik Trip.
A jury returned verdicts Tuesday night in the trial of a Conrath man charged in the slaying of a Rusk County sheriff’s deputy, finding him guilty of the major charge of first-degree intentional homicide.
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