Editor’s note: Following is a report from Rice Lake Tourism, with fishing tips provided by Jordan Marsh of Marsh Outdoors.
A year ago, society was eager to move on from 2020. Not to bring up negative memories, but 2020 saw COVID shutting down our nation. Hundreds o…
On Thanksgiving Day, nearly 50 volunteers from the Four Parishes, One Faith Community — consisting of St. Joseph Church – Rice Lake, St. John …
Barron County Public Health reported on Monday 286 new cases of COVID-19 over the previous seven days and announced two free walk-in vaccine c…
Winged Freedom Raptor Hospital in Spooner announces a fundraising match of $50,000 made possible by the generous commitment of Dave and Caroly…
In-person storytime is coming back. Starting in January, Tuesday and Friday morning storytime will return to in-person at the library. Both st…
The family of the late Charles “Babe” Cook is continuing its longtime tradition of bringing Santa to the village during the holiday season, wi…
Blue Hills Unitarian-Universalist visiting Chaplain Dennis Peters will talk about UU Women on Sunday at 10 a.m.
Six Lakes Democrats are hosting an information session on the Infrastructure and Jobs Act of 2022. The event is scheduled for Saturday from 10…
The UW-Madison Division of Extension Barron County, with Mapping Solutions, is publishing a 2022 Barron County Plat Book. All proceeds directl…
The Women of the ELCA at Chetek Lutheran Church invite the public to a Cookie Walk and Craft Sale on Saturday, Dec. 11, from 8 a.m. to noon fe…
Volunteers are sought who are interested in helping others learn more about brain health, and how to boost their own memory, through either on…
The state Department of Health Services has detected the newest variant of concern, the Omicron variant, in Wisconsin.
The state Department of Health Services and the city of Milwaukee Health Department are investigating a COVID-19 outbreak from a wedding in Mi…
There is a new lead pastor at Bethany Lutheran Church, 35 W. Messenger St., Rice Lake. He is the Rev. Arthur C. Bergren, but he goes by Pastor…
Downtown Rice Lake streets will be closed Thursday afternoon to make way for the 2021 Holiday Parade, the Police Department announced.
"Around the Farm Table" host Inga Witscher will be at the Rice Lake Pubilc Llbrary on Saturday at 10:30 a.m. for a cooking demonstration. Mask…
Operation Christmas Child's National Week Week wrapped up Nov. 22, and the Rice Lake area surpassed its goal of collecting 1,700 shoebox gifts…
About two years ago, in October 2019, I asked my students what social networking site they spend most of their time on. I assumed they’d say I…
This may well be the last time I celebrate a “Feliz Navidad” at my parent’s place in southern Texas.
The Pioneer Village Museum invites the public to the first-annual Christmas in the Village on Dec. 11 from 2-6 p.m. at the museum, 1866 13½ -1…
Microplastics have been found everywhere scientists have looked for them: in the deepest oceans, on the highest mountaintops and in some of th…
The Spirit of Christmas/Adopt-a-Family program in Rice Lake has announced its December hours when those in need and/or those with donations ca…
Barron County Public Health will be offering a free COVID-19 vaccine booster dose clinic on Dec. 15 from 1-6 p.m. and reported that 218 new ca…
The Wisconsin State Organization of Delta Kappa Gamma Society International is sponsoring the annual Mary Jo Nettesheim Memorial Literary Comp…
Well-known around the Twin Cities, jazz musicians Richard Terrill and Larry McDonough will bring their creative talents to Blue Hills Unitaria…
Nov. 13: A son, Brighton Ryn, to Becca and Nathan Malone of Cameron.
A new strain of COVID-19 first discovered in South Africa was declared a variant of concern by the World Health Organization on Friday. Here's…
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