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3rd man charged in Barron burglary, beating case
A third man has been charged in connection with the burglary and beating of an elderly man on Dec. 19 in Barron and an arrest warrant has been issued. Felony charges of armed robbery, burglary while armed with a dangerous weapon, physical abuse of an elder person intentionally causing harm, false imprisonment and theft of movable property valued between $10,000 and $100,000 — all as party to a crime — were filed against Dennis M. Ritchie, 62, of Clear Lake. ...
Barron County Truck Show raises funds for 8-year-old, parades through city
The Barron County Truck Show, held Sept. 27-28, continued the truckin’ tradition of raising funds for local families in need with lines of shiny semi-trucks parked at the Barron County Fairgrounds for people to see before they paraded down Rice Lake’s Main Street Saturday evening. But the show did not go off without some debate over the scope of the parade as organizers had hoped for help from the Police Department and Community Services Department to block intersections and turn lights green on Main Street...
Rice Lake woman qualifies for Ironman World Championships
Nicole Finstad of Rice Lake was looking to run one more Ironman triathlon while she still could. It was her sixth time at Ironman Wisconsin and seventh Ironman overall, and despite not achieving her fastest time, she succeeded in another goal she had set out to accomplish since her first race. On Sept. 8, Finstad completed the Ironman Wisconsin race — a 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bicycle ride and 26.2-mile marathon — in 13 hours and 14 minutes. That placed the 50-year-old Finstad fourth among women...
Rice Lake High School 's Homecoming Court
Rice Lake High School celebrated Homecoming last week with dress-up days, schoolwide activities during lunch and after school, and a home football game Friday evening, culminating with a dance on Saturday where seniors Connor Durand and Avery Ash reigned as homecoming king and queen. Selected to the 2024 Homecoming Court were freshman class representatives Luke Schieffer and Elise Johnson, sophomore class representatives Andy Acedvedo-Sanchez and Delaina Bowen, junior class representatives Grant Pacholke and Sedona Gay, and the senior class court of Will Johnson, Wyatt Gifford, Bailey MacDonald, Lucas Peters, Evan Strand, Connor Durand, Zach Orr, Anna Lipke, Ava Anderson, Amorie Bowen, Madilyn Delawyer, Liza Nelson, Avery Ash and Grace Farm.
Man pleads not guilty to threatening police
A man 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, has pleaded not guilty to all charges in Barron County Circuit Court. Tyler S. Ball, 37, of Rice Lake was charged on July 1 with threatening a police officer, a felony, and misdemeanors of disorderly conduct and bail jumping. ...
CF man sentenced to three years prison for endangering safety, drunk driving
CHIPPEWA FALLS — A Chippewa Falls man who was convicted of his fifth drunk-driving offense and physically assaulting another person has been sentenced to serve three years in prison. Sharod D. Weaver, 51, 557 E. Park Ave., pleaded guilty Monday in Chippewa County Court to OWI-5 as well as no contest to second-degree recklessly endangering safety from a separate incident. Other charges including strangulation and suffocation, battery, intentionally pointing a firearm at another, and bail jumping were read-in and dismissed. ...
Rails top Beavers; Barron here Oct. 4 for Homecoming
CUMBERLAND — On the road in Heart O’ North Conference action on Friday, Sept. 27, the Spooner Rails football team pounded out a 28-8 victory at Cumberland. “I was proud of the way we played Friday night,” said coach Josh Fizel. “We continued to fight and compete throughout the night even when we didn’t have great rhythm. I thought Cumberland did an excellent job of keeping the ball away from us and really slowing the game down. Our kids responded to adversity well and found...
Spooner volleyball falls to Beavers; Rails girls will host Bulldogs, Comets
SPOONER — In Heart O’ North Conference volleyball action, the Spooner Rails girls fell 3-1 to Cumberland. Spooner coach Megan Danielsen discussed the game. “On Tuesday, we lost in 4 to a much improved Cumberland team,” said Coach Danielsen. “They have 5 seniors playing and their experience showed with their passing; they were right on target nearly every pass. Nerves got the best of us in the first set and...
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