Despite dissent from a minority, the Barron County Board of Supervisors approved by a two-third vote a resolution authorizing a no-interest lo…
Barron County Treasurer Yvonne “Vonnie” Ritchie shared best and worst highlights and looked back on changes in her workplace and staff as she …
A succession plan for the county administrator position was discussed at the Dec. 7 meeting of the Barron County Executive Committee.
After discussion at its Dec. 7 meeting, the Barron County Executive Committee will recommend to the County Board that committee meetings not b…
A special Monday morning meeting of the Barron County Board of Supervisors opened with the sad news that Supervisor Terry Lee, 78, of Cameron,…
The Barron County Board’s Executive Committee met Thursday morning to discuss and give direction on a variety of matters that were passed on t…
The Highway Facilities project that is 80% complete on the north end of Barron and already $4.5 million over budget will proceed after a 25-4 …
Barron County Board Chair Louie Okey informed the 35 citizens gathered in the audience at Monday evening’s County Board meeting that if they w…
A $72 million proposed budget for 2023 got the approval of the Executive Committee on Oct. 5 and will be now be reviewed by the Barron County …
At its meeting on Oct. 5, the Executive Committee voted to recommend that the Barron County Board of Supervisors borrow up to $4 million from …
At the Sept. 12 meeting of the Barron County Board of Supervisors, two Barron County citizens questioned why political ads are appearing in th…
After a Monday afternoon tour of the old jail, where offices are still in use by the county maintenance department, medical examiner and Depar…
There were no comments from the audience at a public hearing on the 2023-2028 Library Plan held prior to the Barron County Board of Supervisor…
The Barron County Board of Supervisors differed in views on whether all county employees should be given bonus pay for working during the pand…
Rice Lake City Council will be meeting on Thursday instead of its usual Tuesday and a question about the newly added Fire Department Ambulance…
At its Aug. 3 meeting, the Barron County Executive Committee discussed using a portion of the American Rescue Plan Act funds to reward its own…
Fifteen of the 29 members of the Barron County Board of Supervisors took part in a tour of the Barron County Highway Department’s old and up-a…
By a 26-3 vote, the Barron County Board of Supervisors approved both a resolution and ordinance that prohibits the county clerk from accepting…
The Barron County Property Committee gave the nod to improvements to Silver Lake Grant Park and the Chetek dam at its July 11 meeting.
Five neighbors of Barron County’s Owen Anderson Public Shooting Range in the town of Arland attended and three spoke at Monday afternoon’s Pro…
The Barron County Board chair said at the end of the board’s June meeting that he did not want to put a partisan issue on the July agenda of t…
The Wisconsin Economic Development Association recently presented three Chippewa Valley area state lawmakers with the organization’s 2022 Cham…
Except for 17 places in the county deemed hazardous, all county highways will be designated as ATV/UTV routes after action by the Barron Count…
MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers announced Friday that he has granted another 56 pardons, including ones to residents in Eau Claire, Chippewa Falls a…
At its July meeting, the Barron County Property Committee is expected set in place new guidelines at the Owen Anderson Public Shooting Range o…
Barron County Clerk DeeAnn Cook is keeping a promise she made to her husband as she retires this month after 17 years in the position.
A native planting project along 325 feet of shoreline at the Lumbering Hall of Fame Park was approved by the Barron County Board’s Property Co…
Spectrum Carnival rides are a go in the parking lot of the county-owned Lumbering Hall of Fame property, just south of the Main Street bridge …
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