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Peterson to speak on famed battle at Genealogical Society
The Blue Hills Genealogical Society welcomes Don Peterson of Barron as the guest speaker at its July 8 meeting at 6:30 p.m. at the Barron Senior Center, 12 N. Third St. The public is invited to attend. Peterson has been a war history buff from an early age. He toured the famed Higgins Museum, the National World War II Museum in New Orleans and took a commemorative tour of the Battle of the Bulge area in 2023. ...
Grandpa dies saving grandkid from drowning in western Wisconsin, sheriff says
BARRON COUNTY, Wis. — Authorities in western Wisconsin say a man died trying to save his grandchild from drowning on Saturday.The Barron County Sheriff's Office says it received a report of a man who went into the water below the Mikana Dam to help a struggling child. The child safely got out of the water, but the man did not return.Upon arrival, responders searched the area for the man but were unsuccessful. The Mikana Dam was closed as the search continued. Eventually, a dive team found and recovered the man.Investigators say the 71-year-old man had taken his two grandchildren fishing and swimming in the area. Both kids had been wearing lifejackets when one of them began to struggle. Their grandfather went into the water, got them to where they could stand again and the children made it back to shore.The sheriff's office says that for an unknown reason, the man went underwater and drowned.The incident remains under investigation.
Man alleged to have threatened Rice Lake police officer
A man is accused of threatening a Rice Lake police officer after two separate reports of him allegedly trying to start a fight with a construction worker, and another of him undressing himself and trying to climb a tree. Tyler S. Ball, 36, of Rice Lake was charged on Monday in Barron County Circuit Court with threatening a police officer, a felony, and misdemeanors of disorderly conduct and bail jumping. ...
Sheriff: Grandfather drowns after helping grandchild
MIKANA, Wis. — Authorities in western Wisconsin said a 71-year-old grandfather died in an apparent drowning after saving one of his grandchildren from the water on Saturday. According to a social media post by the Barron Co. Sheriff's Office, the man had taken his two grandchildren fishing and swimming just below the Mikana Dam when one of the children started to struggle.
Waste plant asks to borrow $1.5M for shredder, material handler
The manager of Barron County's Waste to Energy plant appeared at Monday morning's Executive Committee meeting with a request to borrow $1.5 million through the State Trust Fund, at 6% for 10 years, to establish a new revenue stream at the incinerator south of Almena. "We are here to ask you to approve the purchase of equipment," plant manager Brent Bohn said. The equipment is a shredder, called the Komptech...
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