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Police Logs: Caller hears gun fire, explosion
The police dispatch center receives several hundred calls weekly. The small sampling below shows their diversity. Monday, April 229:57 a.m. Officer says he was flagged down by a male subject stating he nicked two of his fingers with a table saw. He still has both fingers. Officer will be driving the individual to MMC ER. Augusta St., Rice Lake. 2:40 p.m. Caller says female subject stole her cactus plant and...
Marshfield temporarily pausing labor and delivery services in Rice Lake
RICE LAKE, Wis. (WEAU) - Labor and delivery services at Marshfield Medical Center-Rice Lake will be temporarily paused beginning May 1 due to staffing shortages in support services. According to a news release from Marshfield Clinic Health System, the pause is expected to last 30-60 days. “Affected patients will be...
Man reaches plea deal in drunken driving crash case
A Barron man has reached a plea deal in a case in which he stood accused of injuring two people in a hit-and-run crash while drunken driving. Going into a plea and sentencing hearing on Friday, Nicholas A. Apfel, 42, was facing three charges — misdemeanor first-offense causing injury while operating under the influence, felony hit and run involving injury and misdemeanor causing injury while operating with PAC — that had been filed on Aug. 19 in Barron County Circuit Court. ...
'Living the dream': Former RLHS athletics director enjoying life at the lake building custom fishing rods
Steve Salisbury’s workplace these days looks out over woods and water. It’s a calming, quintessential Northwoods view from a walk-out basement where fishing rods in progress share space with lake decor, including boat oars for a handrail. It’s a view of Salisbury’s childhood summers, then of adult summers away from the grind of work and city, and now of a retirement dream of fishing and his one-man-team custom fishing rod business. For 21 years in Rice Lake, Salisbury’s office looked over a sprawling athletic complex,...
Trick Rider Lindy Lica will provide thrills at 70th Rodeo
SPOONER — Excitement is starting to build for the upcoming 70th Spooner Heart of the North Rodeo, set for July 11-13. Many of the top professional rodeo contestants from around the country will compete at Spooner for points and prize money that could ultimately help them qualify for the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas in December. The 69th Spooner Rodeo last July was a record breaker. A combination of record ticket sales, great action inside the arena, spectacular special acts and perfect weather all...
Feel Good Friday: Former Police officers riding along with current police officers in Rice Lake
RICE LAKE, Wis. (WLAX/WEUX) – Cop cars were spotted outside of a senior living home in Rice Lake, not for an emergency but rather a commemoration. Two “Our House Senior Living” residents were recognized for their service as police officers; ride-along style. For Feel Good Friday, First News at Nine’s Ellie Pomerleau and photojournalist Jeff Ralph have the story.
NorthLakes Community Clinic welcomes 3 new board members
NorthLakes Community Clinic has announced the addition of three new members to its Board of Directors: Kim Cuddeback, Megan Krause and Samantha Skuja. Each new member brings her own interests, passions and experiences to the federally qualified health center, which is governed by a patient majority board. Megan Krause is a bookkeeper in Barron County. Her motivation to join the board stems from personal experience. Having faced access challenges with her children’s care in the past, she is eager to contribute to the enhancement of...
Hayward’s Musky Fest advances to festival competition finals
HAYWARD, Wis. (Northern News Now) -Hayward is known for its summer celebration of the great fishing history of Wisconsin’s Northwoods. Hayward’s annual Musky Festival was announced as one of the top three finalists for the Cenex Hometown Throwdown. The Cenex Hometown Throwdown is a social media contest that...
Man charged in Rice Lake drug bust case
A Rice Lake man is facing decades in prison if convicted of charges filed against him after police say they seized more than $15,000 worth of methamphetamine during a drug bust at his residence. Police arrested 33-year-old David J. Anderson Jr. on April 19, when 211 grams of meth valued at more than $15,000 on the street were seized at his home after a weeks-long undercover drug operation, the Barron County’s Sheriff’s Department had announced Monday. ...
Lake Country Dairy awarded 7 medals at World Championship Cheese Contest
TURTLE LAKE — Lake Country Dairy is celebrating its win of seven medals at the World Championship Cheese Contest, including three Best in Class medals for Cello Extra Aged Asiago, Cello Copper Kettle Parmesan, and Black Pepper and Garlic Rubbed Fontal. The Turtle Lake facility, owned by Schuman Cheese, also brought home silver medals for another wheel of Cello Copper Kettle Parmesan and for Black Pepper and Garlic Rubbed Asiago, and bronze medals for its Cello Asiago and Smoky Pepper Rubbed Fontal. ...
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