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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...
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...
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...
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