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Barron County is enlisting volunteers to preserve 25 Native burial mounds
In an effort to preserve 25 Native American burial mounds, Barron County will partner with a statewide volunteer group later this year. It’s one of the latest efforts to protect thousands of burial mounds and effigy sites across Wisconsin. On the shores of Prairie Lake just north of the...
Steel Target Challenge misses mark on first attempt
A request from the Prairie Farm Sportsman Club to establish a Steel Target Challenge Area at the Arland range was put on hold by the Barron County Property Committee at its meeting Monday until it gets answers regarding frequency of use, noise and other concerns. A steel target challenge is a firearm sporting event that uses five steel targets with the object to shoot at the five targets as quickly and accurately as possible. ...
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