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Main Street closures coming up as reconstruction project comes to conclusion
The finishing touches to the Rice Lake Main Street reconstruction project will be added over the next two weeks and the road will be closed to vehicle traffic for a few days. Removal and replacement of defective concrete sidewalk is anticipated to take approximately three days next week, likely beginning Tuesday or Wednesday, said SEH, the city’s civil engineering firm that is overseeing the project. The street will not be closed for this work. Concrete trucks and other construction equipment will be parked in the...
Rice Lake to install new dock near Hospital Bay
The Rice Lake Parks and Recreation Department will be installing a new dock off Lakeshore Drive across from Heritage Lakeside just north of Indian Mound Park this month. The dock is anticipated to be put in before fishing opener around the same time the other public docks on Rice Lake are installed. It will be open for public use and will feature enhanced stability and a solid railing system for wheelchair users. It will also have a ramp to allow for wheelchairs to safely board...
Hulback named to Rice Lake City Council
Ryan Hulback is the Rice Lake City Council’s new representative from District 3. Hulback and Jeremy Boehme made their cases to the City Council on Tuesday to take over the seat vacated by Harlan Dodge when he was elected mayor on April 2. A third candidate, Larry Tripp, also had put his name up for consideration but withdrew. Hulback is a longtime resident of Barron County and has lived in...
Rice Lake Municipal Court
Aguilar, Alfredo, 23, Eleva, Speeding on Expressway (1-10 mph), $124. Braun, Brandon L., 27, Peoria, Ill., Possess Open Intoxicants in MV-Passenger, $124. Davis, Randy S., 63, Rice Lake, Operating While Under the Influence, $1,011. Davis, Randy S., 63, Rice Lake, Illegible License Plates, $67.30. ...
OakLeaf Clinics open in Menomonie, Rice Lake
MENOMONIE — OakLeaf Clinics announced Tuesday it has opened its new clinic sites in Rice Lake and Menomonie. Former Prevea Rice Lake providers Bailey Yeager PA-C and Kaley Wilson, APNP, and their team are now at OakLeaf Clinics Rice Lake, which is located at 1024 N. Main Street. It is co-located with OakLeaf Medical Network member Diagnostic Radiology Associates. OakLeaf Medical Network member Foot & Ankle Clinic and OakLeaf clinics...
Hormel Foods gives state layoff notification for Barron hatchery
Hormel Foods officially notified the state Department of Workforce Development and the mayor of Barron on Tuesday of its intention to permanently lay off 38 workers at its Barron hatchery, but emphasized in an online statement that employees had the option to accept a transfer within the company or take a severance package. At the end of last year, Hormel, the owner of Jennie-O Turkey Store which is the largest employer in Barron County with 1,800 workers, announced it was shuttering its harvesting operations at...
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