Barron County is home to one of the country’s premier restorative justice programs — if it’s not the best — and two local authors have penned a book describing how it came to be and how other communities can create their own.
Mary Hoeft, a longtime volunteer for Barron County Restorative Justice Programs, and Monika Audette, program operations leader, released the book Jan. 8.
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