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On Thursday Sept. 19, Chetek-Weyerhaeuser hosted the annual Dan Conway Invitational. Plans for the race went through last minute changes due to the forecast for thunderstorms. Because of this forecast ...

Sharon Stietz (left), of Argyle, reeled in the sixth $500 panfish of the 2024 Fish-O-Rama season on Sept. 17. The bluegill ...

Wolf Pack Charities recently presented the Boys & Girls Club of Barron County with a check for $5,000. Half of the funds were ...

Chetek’s outdoor recreation options are going to expand with the sports complex at Gotham Pioneer Park in the coming months.

Panic in the streets of Rice Lake, lockdowns in schools and commercial buildings, and the deployment of law enforcement ...

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation has agreed to leave one lane of travel open for the duration of the Chetek Long Bridge construction project scheduled for 2026.

A late-night pursuit in Chetek last Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024, has resulted in the arrest of a man involved in two open felony ...

The Chetek-Weyerhaeuser girls’ golf team had two matches last week both being at home. The first match was against Luck and ...

Volunteers from Walleyes for Chetek installed another 38 fish cribs to in to Prairie Lake last week. Since last fall, a total ...