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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...
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. ...
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. ...
Softball: Rice Lake splits high-scoring doubleheader with Wisconsin Rapids
There were a combined 46 runs scored as the Rice Lake softball team split its nonconference doubleheader at Wisconsin Rapids on Saturday. Rice Lake 15, Wisconsin Rapids 9 The Warriors (9-6) collected 19 hits in a game one victory, which included a 5 for 5 game from Madi Rowe, who homered twice, drove in five runs and scored five times. ...
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...
Horticulture class invites public to plant sale at high school
Opening day is Thursday from 3:30-7:30 p.m. of a plant sale put on by horticulture students at Rice Lake High School. It will continue Friday, May 3, and again next Thursday, May 9, and Friday, May 10, all from 3:30-5 p.m. The greenhouse is located on the west side of the high school at the W-7 doors. More than 40 students have contributed to and cared for plants raised in the horticulture class greenhouse. ...
Rice Lake area churches unite for National Day of Prayer
Rice Lake area churches invite the public to the annual National Day of Prayer observance, this year hosted by the First United Methodist Church, 1221 Wesley Drive, Rice Lake. It is Thursday from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Pastors of the following churches will be participating: First United Methodist, Maranatha Evangelical Free Church, Rice Lake Area Parish Catholic Churches, The River Church, Providence Reformed Baptist Church, Rice Lake Assembly of God and Red Cedar Church.
Library update: Chair yoga, garden program coming up
The Rice Lake Public Library will host another yoga session with Evie from Sacred Dream Studio, located just across the street on Main. Chair yoga is a gentle form of yoga that's done while seated or using a chair for balance, which makes the practice more accessible. Come meet Evie and try chair yoga on Thursday at 10 a.m. in the RCU Community Room. On Tuesday at 6 p.m., also in the community room, the Rice Lake Garden Club will host speaker Carrie Larson of...
Warrior wrap-up (4-25): Boys place 2nd, girls 3rd at Rice Lake track and field invitational
The Rice Lake boys track and field team was runner-up, with the girls in third for their respective standings, as the Warriors hosted the Rice Lake Invitational on Thursday. In total the Warriors won five individual titles and one relay. Adaline Sheplee won both the 300-meter hurdles and the high jump. Rice Lake took both shot put titles with Addison Schmidt and Dayton Eck winning their respective events. Warriors took first and second in 110 hurdles as Jacob Madsen and Kaden Willger finished back-to-back, and...
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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