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Burnett County Completes $1.8 Million Forest Carbon Credit Sale

BURNETT COUNTY — Timberlands Carbon Program, developed with The Climate Trust, turns long-term forest stewardship into new resources for the community. Almost three years after the County Board approved the Burnett County Timberlands Carbon Program, Burnett County has completed a carbon credit sale of just over $1.8 million. Working in partnership with The Climate Trust, the County developed, marketed and sold its first year of carbon credits.

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Northwest Wisconsin Highway Construction Update - Nov. 13, 2026

NORTHWEST WISCONSIN -- This week’s updates from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) on road construction projects for Barron, Burnett, Polk, Rusk, Sawyer, and Washburn counties. Barron County. Highway: County D. Location: Lake Chetek Bridge in Chetek. Schedule: Aug. 3 through late November. Cost: $2.39 million. Description of work:...

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Banning State Park closed until the fall of 2027 for construction projects

SANDSTONE, Minn. (KQDS-TV) -- Banning State Park in Sandstone has closed temporarily for upgrades. The park will be closed for around a year due to construction projects. The biggest project is an expansion of the current parking lot and adding additional parking. With an increase in traffic in the park...

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Mesabi Tribune

Outpouring of support for family of Hibbing man

HIBBING—The community is rallying around the family of Nick Groszbach, a 37-year-old husband and father of three, who lost his life in a two-car collision this past week just north of Minong, Wis. Groszbach was traveling home from work. He and the other driver, an 80-year-old man from Minong, both died as a result of the crash that happened just before 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 4, according to the Wisconsin State Patrol as reported on several news outlets. Groszbach is survived by his wife, Pia, and the couple’s three young children, ages, seven, five and one-year-old. News of the tragic loss hit close to home at the Hibbing Parents Nursery School and Daycare, where Pia Groszbach, Nick’s wife is the director. “The sweetest, most loving family is going through an unimaginable loss right now,” Niki Steel, a Board Director at the childcare center wrote on a Go-Fund-Me page she set up to help out the family. “This is just horrible,” said Sara Krauth, a teacher at the nonprofit, parent cooperative that provides childcare to children from 16 months through 11-years-old. Krauth said Pia and Nick moved to the area from Rochester in 2022, and since have been embraced by

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Prepare To Do A Double Take At This Delightfully Strange Landmark Hiding In Minnesota

Most landmarks want you to be impressed, but the World’s Largest Walleye in Rush City, Minnesota seems perfectly content to just make you confused first and let the impression come later. It’s the kind of roadside attraction that earns its place in your memory not by being flashy, but...

Rush City, MN · 4d

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Adams awesome in winning both Modified and Midwest Modified National titles

Cameron, Wisconsin’s Blake Adams isn’t just the son of 5-time WISSOTA National Champion Kevin Adams anymore. At just the age of 17, he now has 3-time WISSOTA national championships of his own to brag about. After a 53-win season between his WISSOTA Modified and WISSOTA Midwest Modified, he pulled off the unthinkable double, winning both the Modified and Midwest Modified National titles in the same season.

Cameron, WI · 2d

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Wisconsin reports second child measles death

DULUTH, Minn. (Northern News Now) - The Wisconsin Department of Health Services is reporting a second child death due to measles. Both deaths were in southwestern Wisconsin. The report comes as Wisconsin and Minnesota report the highest number of measles cases in more than 35 years. None of those cases...

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This Nostalgic Drive-In Theater In Wisconsin Will Take You Right Back To Your Childhood

Somewhere between the smell of popcorn and the glow of a giant outdoor screen, the Stardust Drive-In Movie Theater in Chetek, Wisconsin quietly does something remarkable. It gives you your childhood back, and it doesn’t even charge extra for it. There are places you visit and forget about by...

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Rice Lake Chronotype

Massie family recognized with Century certificates

The descendants of Benjamin Massie were recognized with a Century Family certificate at the Thursday, Nov. 11, meeting of the Blue Hills Genealogical Society, which met at the new Welcome Center adjacent to Pioneer Village Museum west of Cameron. Each receiving a certificate recognizing them as a Century Family were siblings Yvonne Massie Madison and Jerry Massie, the great-grandchildren of Benjamin Massie, who settled in the Sioux Creek area of Barron County in the 1880s. With them to receive the Century Family recognition were Jerry’s three sons, Chad, Kelly and Shane, and Yvonne’s daughter Leslie Madison Olson. Families who have ancestors who were living in Barron County for 100 years or more, and can provide documentation of it, are eligible to receive the Century certificate. The society awards the Pioneer certificate to those families who can provide documentation that their family was living in Barron County by 1871, when the county was formed. The society honors descendants who have researched genealogical information with the applications preserved and stored in the society’s resource room that is now housed at the Welcome Center. In addition to the recognition, a tour was given of the new building that includes a classroom, a research

Cameron, WI · 2d

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Voters give some Wisconsin school districts a financial lifeline, others face dire cuts

Voters in Sawyer County kept the small, rural school district of Winter alive by passing an operational referendum in the November midterm election. District leaders were preparing to dissolve the district if voters had rejected the tax levy increase. Other districts that failed referendums are facing the same threat, as...

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Spooner Advocate

More than Internet: Creating opportunity across Spooner's rural roads

EVERGREEN TOWNSHIP — A few miles outside of Spooner, at the Evergreen Town Hall, there is a place where residents can access technology to keep them informed about happenings in the community, create new opportunities or simply complete a form. No account, no subscription and no payment are needed. But it’s more than a computer lab. It’s a visible reminder of what can happen when communities, local leaders and technology providers work together to expand access and opportunity. What many homes and businesses need is access to the same level of high-speed internet found in larger metropolitan areas. Today, through projects like the USDA Community Connect initiative, Mosaic Technologies is helping close that gap for families, students and businesses throughout the Spooner area. For students, that means having dependable access to online learning resources, research tools and educational opportunities, regardless of where they live. A student on a rural road outside Spooner should have the same ability to complete assignments, participate in virtual learning and prepare for the future as students anywhere else in Wisconsin. For businesses, fiber Internet creates opportunities for growth. Local retailers, manufacturers, professional offices and entrepreneurs increasingly depend on cloud-based systems, video communications and online platforms

Spooner, WI · 1d

Rice Lake Chronotype

Raffle items now on display at Senior Center

The public is encouraged to support the Rice Lake Senior Center by attending its Vendor and Craft Sale, with lunch served all day, on Saturday, Nov. 21, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The sale will include crafts, jewelry, baked goods and more. In addition, a raffle is taking place that includes vintage quilts, gift baskets and more. Raffle tickets are $2 each or six for $10 and may be purchased now until the drawing on the day of the sale at 3 p.m. The public may stop by the center at 12 W. Humbird St. anytime during business hours., which are week days from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., to see and bid on the raffle items.

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Winter Artisan Market blends shopping, history

SPOONER — It takes a moment for your eyes to adjust as you step from the bright November morning into the darkness of Spooner’s new Winter Artisan Market in the old railroad yards. You might even hear shoppers commenting on the location before you can focus. “Look at those incredible old timbers,” said one. “My grandfather and father worked in this building,” adds another. “What a great old building; so much history,” says yet another. It is the history of Spooner’s railroad past. The Winter Artisan Market is set in the old Spooner Roundhouse. One can only imagine how much town history took place there and who might have walked through the building, which is the scene of ongoing renovation. With a little imagination, you can almost hear the voices of the old-time railroaders as they call out schedules, the chugging trains as they move on the tracks, the historic train whistles and bells. You can smell the wood, the steam and even coal as it powers the engines. Are you surrounded by ghosts from 1885, 1926 or just Winter Artisan Market shoppers from 2026? In the darkness, for just a split second, it is hard to tell. Then you

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Rice Lake Chronotype

Rice Lake senior Ebner excels in mountain biking as repeat state champion

When Quinn Ebner joined the Rice Lake mountain biking team in sixth grade, his focus was on the enjoyment he got from riding and not about becoming a competitive racer. He got his first taste of competition a year later and continued to improve on his way to becoming a multi-year state champion. “I went to my first race in seventh grade,” said Ebner. “I kind of just fell in love with it after that.” Late last month Ebner won the boys varsity race at the Wisconsin Interscholastic Cycling League state championships at Trek Trails in Waterloo, his second consecutive varsity championship. “It meant a lot to me,” said Ebner. “I spent a lot of time training. I would say I do around 20 races a year. State is obviously very big and important one for me and there’s a lot of stress going into it. I just wanted to get everything right.” Ebner won the three-lap race with a time of one hour, 16 minutes, and 16.4 seconds, finishing nearly a minute in front of second place. A year ago Ebner was the champion in 1:13:22.7, with a gap of 1:25 over the runner-up. He was also the freshman

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Leaders of the Land®: Berglane Farm

At Berglane Farm in Barron County, every drop of milk tells a story. For fifth-generation dairy farmer Brittany Olson, that story begins with caring for a small herd of registered Holsteins and Jerseys alongside her husband, Sam, and their young son, Titus. “The vast majority of our milk goes to...

Barron County, WI · 1d

Spooner Advocate

Spooner School Board adopts 2026-27 budget

SPOONER — The Spooner School Board adopted the 2026-27 tax levy at their annual meeting Monday, Oct. 26. Finance Director Trish Vasquez and Supt. Dr. Marggie Banker gave the budget presentation. The district total levy for 2026-27 is $19,820,673. Vasquez said they are looking at a deficit of $1.4 million for the fiscal year, which is “less than we had anticipated.” Banker said what influences the budget primarily is aid, federal funds and other resources such as grants. The district hasn’t had to do short-term borrowing. The enrollment trend continues to decline across the state. Banker said this year, they have just over 1,100 students enrolled. “We’ve been working to address (these challenges),” she said. Fewer students open enrolled out this year than the past, she added. Vasquez said that in the Heart O’ North Conference, Spooner Area School District’s mill rate is significantly below Barron and above St. Croix Falls, close to the state average, at $6.17. “That’s a point of pride,” she said. Not every school district’s levies are finalized yet. General aid is down 15% and “we do plan for it,” Vasquez said. Per-pupil aid is at $745 per student. Board member John Hedlund thanked the team

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EC City County Health Dept. Announces New Director

The Eau Claire City-County Board of Health is announcing its next leader. Julie McCallum will serve as the department’s next director. McCallum is currently the Public Health Supervisor for the Sawyer County Health and Human Services Department. She will take over the Eau Claire City-County role on January 4th after current director Lieske Giese officially retires.

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Swim and dive: Rice Lake’s Becker 7th, Kopp 8th at state meet

WAUKESHA — Bristene Becker placed seventh in diving and Alana Kopp took eighth for the 50-yard freestyle in leading the Rice Lake Warriors girls swim and dive team at Friday’s Division 2 state championships at Waukesha South High School Natatorium. “They put the whole year together and came down and performed,” said coach Bob Burdorf. “Bristene, one or two dives made the difference between getting on the podium and not getting on the podium. She dove really well all year long.” “In the 50 and 100 freestyle, it’s who gets off the blocks first and who does their foot turns good. [Alana] did it all today.” Becker just missed out on the state podium by less than four points in the sophomore’s first trip to the state meet. The Warriors also had Sarah Herpin score a personal best to finish 12th in diving and Amara King was 19th for the event. This was the first season that Becker competed in diving. She set the school record (406.65) and won a sectional championship this year. At state she was in eighth through the preliminary round and had climbed up to sixth after her ninth dive. Becker finished with a score of

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Soccer: Rice Lake trio earn all-conference honors

A trio of seniors on the Rice Lake boys soccer team received all-conference honors from the Big Rivers Conference. Cale Ash was named to the 11-member all-conference first team. Andy Acevedo-Sanchez was a second team selection and Ben Jevne was an honorable mention. According to Bound Wisconsin, Ash’s 30 goals during the season were first in the Big Rivers, and his eight goals during conference games were fifth. He also added 11 assists on the season as his 71 points were tied for 12th in the state. Ash finishes his career with 66 goals and 159 points. Acevedo-Sanchez scored eight times and had seven assists from the midfield. His assists were seventh in the league and his goals 10th. Acevedo-Sanchez scored 16 goals and had 44 total points during his career. Jevne finished second on the team with 19 goals this season, including seven during the Warriors’ playoff run to the state tournament. His goal total ranked fifth in the Big Rivers. Jevne totaled 31 goals and 22 assists during his career. Being named the Big Rivers Conference Player of the Year was Hudson senior Calvin Lessard, who repeated after the winning the award last season. Big Rivers All-Conference First