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Britton elected to Conservation Congress' District Leadership Council
Mike Britton was elected to the District Leadership Council of the Wisconsin Conservation Congress at its ninth annual convention held in Appleton on May 9-11. Britton is one of two representatives serving Barron, Burnett, Chippewa, Polk, Rusk and St. Croix counties. Across Wisconsin there are 11 districts with two delegates representing each district. In 1934, lead UW professor Aldo Leopold, Chief Warden Harley MacKenzie, Superintendent of Game William Grimmer and...
Middle school to host Armed Forces Day program
Armed Forces Day, a time to pay special tribute to the men and women of the Armed Forces, is Saturday, and a half-hour program will be held at Rice Lake Middle School on Friday to mark the occasion. The program begins at 8:30 a.m., when the color guard will post the flags and the Pledge of Allegiance will be recited. A speaker will tell the audience about the significance of...
ADRC offers free memory screenings in four locations
Aging & Disability Resource Center of Barron and Rusk Counties is hosting a memory screening day on May 21 from 1-4 p.m. at four locations throughout Barron County. "Often, we are not talking with our health care providers about the most important organ in our body — the brain," said Trisha Witham, dementia care specialist with the ADRC. "The brain is the command center, and it often performs its functions...
Ice Age Trail Alliance trailbuilding season begins with Hemlock Creek boardwalk project
The trail building season along the Ice Age Trail begins this week with hundreds of volunteers scheduled to work in Barron and Rusk counties. Volunteers will be replacing boardwalks in the Hemlock Creek Segment of the trail Wednesday through Sunday. “The portion of the trail near the Murphy Flowage is one of the more popular in the area,” said Patrick Gleissner, trail operations coordinator. “As such, it’s in need of...
Main Street Association selects new executive director
Brian Dutton has been named the new Rice Lake Main Street Association executive director and he says he has some new ideas to explore. A former lawyer and legal consultant, Dutton originally comes from a small farm town near Peoria, Illinois. He became familiar with northern Wisconsin during the years his family vacationed near Hayward in the summers. When he quit practicing law, he and his son moved to a cabin near Winter. Then through basketball he got to know the northwestern area of the...
Author to speak on Lumber Barons of the Chippewa and Red Cedar Valleys
Ron Arthur, author of the book "White Pine & Red Cedar," will appear at the Rice Lake Public Library on Thursday at 5:30 p.m. to give a talk titled Lumber Barons of the Chippewa and Red Cedar Valleys. He will also do a book signing after the presentation. The book details the backstory of Stout’s Island Lodge on Red Cedar Lake, including the story of Knapp, Stout & Co., which, during the 1800s, owned almost all the land surrounding the lake. ...
UW-Eau Claire — Barron County helps grad focus on future
Paige Williams bounced around different schools growing up, but she found a home at the UW-Eau Claire — Barron County over the past two years. Williams, who will graduate with an associate degree in arts and sciences in May, calls the Rice Lake campus a special place that launched her higher education journey. “For anyone just coming out of high school, this is a great starting college,” Williams said. “The...
Rice Lake City Council to choose new District 3 representative
Three candidates have announced they want to become the District 3 representative to the City Council, which will decide the winner on Tuesday evening. Jeremy Boehme, Ryan Hulback and Larry Tripp have declared their candidacies to be appointed to the seat by the City Council and fulfill the remainder of the term of former District 3 representative Harlan Dodge. The seat became vacant in April, when Dodge was elected mayor,...
NorthLakes welcomes 3 board members
NorthLakes Community Clinic has added three new members to its Board of Directors, according to an April 29 press release. Kim Cuddeback, Megan Krause and Samantha Skuja bring their interests, passions and experiences to the federally qualified health center, which is governed by a patient majority board. "Our patients are our leaders," said NorthLakes CEO Reba Rice. "With the inclusion of Kim, Megan, and Samantha, our members anticipate added leadership and guidance as NorthLakes persists in providing high-quality health care to our communities.” ...
Challenges finding anesthesiologists partly behind temporary pause of labor, delivery services in Rice Lake
Approximately 36 expecting mothers will feel the impact of Marshfield Clinic Health System’s decision to temporarily suspend delivery and labor services in Rice Lake, a decision laid partially at the feet of challenges to covering anesthesia services. Marshfield Clinic announced April 30 that labor and delivery services at Marshfield Medical Center-Rice Lake would be suspended for a month or two due to staffing limitations while resources were diverted to Eau Claire. ...
Picnic shelter, Scout camp access, snow-making proposals OK'd; courthouse lawn project on hold
The Lumbering Hall of Fame Park in Rice Lake will be gaining a picnic shelter in memory of Stan Bergum. The Barron County Property Committee approved the proposal plus endorsed an emergency access by use of a county trail to the scout camp in Haugen and gave the go ahead to the Cumberland Area Ski Trail Association to fundraise for snowmaking equipment at its Monday meeting. However, the committee paused...
OakLeaf Clinics Rice Lake now open
OakLeaf Clinics has expanded into Rice Lake, opening the doors to a new clinic and keeping a couple of providers from the now-departed Prevea Clinics in the local health care community. Rice Lake’s new location is one of 11 OakLeaf Clinics, which provides primary and specialty care. It is part of the OakLeaf Medical Network, an independent physician association in western Wisconsin. The departure of Prevea Clinics, which closed down...
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