Almena, Wisconsin

The venison donation program is up and running in Barron County. For each deer a hunter donates, the hunter's name will be placed in a drawing.

Supervisor Ken Jost, of Chetek, tells fellow county board members Monday that he does not support moving ahead quickly with a plan to install an electric generator at the county's Waste-to-Energy plant in ...

The first of two hurdles has been cleared for expanding electrical generation capabilities at Barron County's incinerator in Almena.

The Barron County Board of Supervisors took its first look at a proposed $2 million electric generation project during Monday's monthly meeting.

A Turtle Lake man died in a one-car rollover crash in Almena Township early this morning, the Barron County sheriff's department said.

Donald R. Hagen, 65, Turtle Lake, Wis., died Sunday, Oct. 19, 2008, at Heritage Manor Nursing Home, Rice Lake, after a hard-fought battle with cancer.

With the retirement of Barron County's current forestry director fast approaching, county officials are showing support for a proposal that would save money by contracting out for forestry services instead of ...

The Almena Fire Department was called out to a barn fire at the Alfred and Joyce Becker farm southwest of Almena Sunday morning.

Loader Jeff Collier, of Barron, pushes trash into a pile at the Barron County Waste-to-Energy plant in Almena.

A former Turtle Lake wrestling coach was sentenced to 60 days in jail for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl at the high school.

New VSO Scott Bachowski of Rice Lake, front, has been joined by secretary Kathy Harland, left, of Almena, and Assistant VSO Dawn Anderson, of Chetek.

A 0.05-percent decrease in equalized value in Barron County has signaled the end of a golden era in the county's economic history.

Brandon G. Brekke, 25, of Clayton. Disorderly conduct. Fined $249. Adam C. Casperson, 19, of Neenah, Wis.

Kenneth L. Bergman, 53, of Barron. OWI ; vehicle operator eluding an officer. Sentence of 3 years in prison with 5 years of extended supervision and 36 months of license revocation imposed and stayed; 5 years ...

Preliminary hearing proceedings are scheduled today in Barron County Circuit Court for an Almena resident facing two counts of sexual assault of a child.

On Thursday, July 24, at approximately 9:15 p.m. the Barron County Sheriff's Department started receiving reports of a significant explosion in the Turtle Lake area.

A vacation home situated on the west side of Upper Turtle Lake was leveled in a major explosion just after 9 Thursday evening that wrought devastation to nearby residences and was reportedly heard up to 20 ...

The Northwest Wisconsin Graziers Network will host a pasture walk focused on grazing horses starting 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug.

An investigation is under way into an explosion that leveled a cabin and damaged several others in western Wisconsin last night.