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BARRON, Wis. (WEAU) -Barron Police have identified the cause of death for three people, including two children, in a Barron house fire. The cause of death is believed to be smoke inhalation. The manner of death is pending fire investigation. According to Barron Police Chief, Joe Vierkandt, he received the...

BARRON Wis. (WLAX/WEUX) – An autopsy shows two children and their father died from smoke inhalation after a fire in Barron last week. Last Thursday, fire crews were sent to a house fire on River Avenue in Barron just before 3:30 in the morning. Six-year-old Conner Albee and 5-year-old...

TOWN OF WILLARD (RUSK COUNTY), Wis. (WEAU) - The three people killed in a crash Saturday afternoon in Rusk County are identified. 24-year-old Christian Ollinger of Ladysmith, 32-year-old Matthew Krisik of Hawkins and 41-year-old Shanna Krisik of Hawkins died after their vehicles collided head-on in the crash, according to the Rusk County Sheriff’s Office.

(TNS) - The aftermath of the tornado that ripped through a rural Chetek mobile home park five years ago still ranks as the worst natural disaster site witnessed by Barron County Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald. As he stood at ground zero of the tornado's destruction zone, Fitzgerald was surrounded by random...

“Fortune Cookies,” is free community event that helps family members, caregivers, local businesses, and the broader community talk about brain health, dementia and the most well-known form of memory loss, Alzheimer’s disease. All community members are welcome to attend any of these three local events:. June 7th, 5:00-7:30...

TOWN OF WILLARD (RUSK COUNTY), Wis. (WLAX/WEUX) – Three people are dead after a crash Saturday afternoon in Rusk County. The Rusk County Sheriff’s Office said that the two-vehicle crash happened on Highway 27 south of Broken Arrow Road in the Town of Willard, or about eight miles south of Ladysmith, at about 3:23 p.m. Saturday.

CHETEK, Wis. (WEAU) - Exactly five years ago on May 16th, 2017 a historic tornado ripped across 83 miles through four Western Wisconsin counties killing one person and injuring 25 others. The National Weather Services dubbed the tornado the longest in modern Wisconsin History. One Chetek residential area that was...

Wisconsin health officials are urging people in seven counties with high COVID-19 levels to wear masks indoors, and they’re encouraging precautions statewide. The counties that meet the CDC definition for a high COVID burden are Racine, Kenosha, Vernon, Monroe, La Crosse, Rusk and Barron. Most other Wisconsin counties, including Milwaukee, are in the medium category.

BARRON COUNTY -- Seven students have completed their HSED requirements this past fall and current spring semesters as part of a collaboration between the Sheriff's Office and Northwood Tech, according to a press release from the Barron County Sheriff's Office. Press Release. Barron County Sheriff’s Department and Northwood Technical College...