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Rice Lake seniors Sydney Gay, Hannah Miller sign college commitments
Two Rice Lake High School student-athletes put pen to paper in making college commitments during a ceremony at the high school on Wednesday morning. Sydney Gay will play volleyball at Lakeland University, and Hannah Miller will swim at South Dakota State University. Gay chose Lakeland because of her academic pursuits and the coaching style of head coach Ryan Schopf, who has led the Muskies for 10 seasons. Gay will study...
Ackerman to discuss Edmund Fitzgerald shipwreck at Thursdays at the U
Steve Ackerman is the featured speaker for the next Thursdays at the U presentation at the UW-Eau Claire — Barron County. A professor emeritus of atmospheric and oceanic sciences at UW-Madison, he will present The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald: The Ship, the Storm and the Song from 12:30-1:30 p.m. April 11 in the Blue Hills Lecture Hall in Ritzinger Hall. The presentation also will be livestreamed at ricelaketv.com. He will explore the November 1975 catastrophe from his unique perspective as a weather expert. He...
School Board approves staffing report that culls Pupil Services positions pending Finance Committee review
Despite three members expressing concerns over a proposal that eliminates two positions in Pupil Services, the Rice Lake School Board approved the second reading of the proposed staffing report — subject to further review by the Finance Committee — on Monday. School social worker Josh Morey, who at a March meeting encouraged the board to restore the two positions in Pupil Services, shared additional data on recommended ratios of pupils to social workers. He said he recognized the need to make cuts to the budget...
Birchwood school referendum passes
Voters in the Birchwood School District, which includes parts of Barron, Washburn and Sawyer counties, gave their permission for the school to exceed its revenue limit by $2.6 million. The referendum passed easily, with 67% of voters giving their approval, according to the unofficial tally. Birchwood School District can now exceed its revenue limit by $2,600,000 on a recurring basis to sustain curriculum and updated technology for students, cover costs...
Basketball: Rice Lake eighth-graders compete at State Invitational Championship
The Rice Lake eighth grade boys basketball team participated in the Wisconsin State Invitational Championship Tournament hosted in Merrill on March 23-24. This elite tournament, which is organized by The Great Northwest Basketball League, brought together 56 of the top community-based eighth grade boys basketball teams from across Wisconsin to play either six or seven games over the two-day weekend. State champions were crowned in four divisions: Division 1, Division 2, Division 3 and Division 4/5, based on the enrollment of the high school into...
Rice Lake High School's Project Showcase was collaboration of skills
Rice Lake High School teachers and students in 10 different programs collaborated and presented a Project Showcase on the evening of March 26 at the school cafeteria. Despite the mixture of rain, sleet and wind, turnout was reported as steady throughout the event. “This showcase exemplifies the ability of our talented students to embrace challenges and show resilience in dealing with setbacks,” Family and Consumer Education teacher Sara Eckstein said. “Throughout the learning process, students were able to experiment and problem-solve issues — all key...
Retired Educators hear update on Kinship program
The Barron County Retired Educators heard an update on the Kinship of Cumberland/Turtle Lake and Kinship of Rice Lake/Cameron programs at their March 21 meeting. Jim Connell and Holly Gonzalez, executive directors of the two Kinship programs, were the presenters. Kinship is a non-profit youth mentoring program that matches adult partners (mentors) with a child or children between the ages of 5-18. It provides activities to help foster the development of their friendship. The program also offers school-based mentoring programs, where adults have lunch with...
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