More H1N1 flu virus arrives
Barron County health officials have announced that more vaccine has arrived to combat swine flu, also known as the H1N1 virus. As the supply of vaccine has increased, so has the list of people eligible to receive it.
To date, the groups targeted to receive any available swine flu vaccine has
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City budget carries slight 1.08 percent increase
Falling a bit shy from Mayor Dave Vruwink's goal of a flat budget, city officials in Barron approved a 2010 budget last week that includes a 1.08 percent increase to the levy.
There were a couple options that members of city council were entertaining in order to keep the 2010 levy at a 0 percent increase. One option was to factor
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News-Shield prints early next week
Due to the Thanksgiving Day Holiday, the Barron News-Shield will be printing one day early next week. The newspapers will be for sale on the newsstand
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Investigation reveals robbers put little planning into bank holdup
A Barron County Sheriff's Department investigation into the fatal ending of a high-speed chase with a suspected bank robber was still ongoing as of late Tuesday afternoon, according to Rusk County Sheriff David Kaminski.
He said the investigation into the law enforcement shooting of suspected
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Girlfriend listened to high-speed chase during final cell phone call with suspect
Jessica Krich was on the phone with Rudolf Frenzer in the minutes after her boyfriend had robbed a bank on Oct. 30, and he was leading law enforcement officers on a dangerous high speed chase.
The Exeland Branch of the Dairyland State Bank was robbed at gunpoint by two Price County men wearing masks. They fled on foot before getting into a
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Last minute amendments flood county board budget action
After all was said and done at Tuesday's meeting, members of the Barron County Board of Supervisors approved a 2010 budget with a levy increase of 2.37 percent from the prior year. They didn't reach that point, however, until wading through a flurry of last-minute amendments to the budget.
Incorporating changes to the budget that the executive committee had OK'd
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Murder trial draws nearer
As the jury trial start date draws closer for the homicide case surrounding Daniel Grindheim's beating death nearly 10 months ago, the Barron County District Attorney's Office has filed a witness list with 58 entries.
District Attorney Angela Beranek said at Friday's motion hearing that the state
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Make-A-Wish: Turtle Lake boy's hopes for a greenhouse come true
The Make-A-Wish Foundation of Wisconsin made the dream of a 10-year-old Turtle Lake boy come true Saturday when the organization granted his wish, and volunteers helped assemble a greenhouse at his family's home.
Lucas West suffers from osteosarcoma. The condition involves a bone tumor
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Chester Miller was Powerball winner
The mystery of Barron's $20,000 Powerball winner has been solved.
The Wisconsin Lottery announced this week that Chester Miller was the lucky winner. Miller bought his ticket for the Oct. 24 drawing at the Korner Stop in
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County consolidation creates new department
Effective today, a successful resolution from the Barron County Board of Supervisors' meeting Tuesday absorbs several departments into a new entity called the department of land services.
This new department in county government is comprised of what were the
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H1N1 vaccination clinics scaled back
Vaccination clinics scheduled to take place at schools in order to protect young students from swine flu, or the H1N1 virus as medical experts call it, have been scaled back from original plans.
Kaye Thompson of Barron County Public Health said that her department had
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Sesquicentennial donor list continues to grow
The list of Barron Sesquicentennial donors has been updated. With the Sesquicentennial and Community Garden Park funded, the fundraising effort is now directed at improvements at Anderson Park, which will include
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Weyerhaeuser school referendum passes
By almost a 6-to-1 margin in the Weyerhaeuser Area School District and more than a 2-to-1 margin in the Chetek School District, voters in a binding referendum, Tuesday, overwhelmingly authorized merging into a single
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Robberies lead to more visible police patrols
In reaction to the recent string of bank robberies that have gripped western Wisconsin, Barron police have gone to greater lengths to make their presence known.
Officers have been visiting local banks and performing "walk throughs." While Police Chief Byron Miller said that his department isn't doing anything it
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Rider treated, released in semi vs bike crash
A teenaged boy has been treated and released from a medical facility following a Monday evening crash where the bicycle he had been riding collided with a semi.
The accident took place at approximately 5:30 p.m. a few feet east of
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Fire departments called out to barn fire north of Almena |  | | | | | | A backhoe was used in an attempt to help put out the fire that burned the main barn at the Tom and Lynn Fiedt farm last Friday afternoon. Firemen from Almena and Turtle Lake arrived at the scene of the fire in the afternoon hours and left at approximately 7:30 p.m. | |
Firemen from the Almena and Turtle Lake fire departments were called out to a barn fire at the Tom and Lynn Feidt farm north of Almena Friday afternoon.
Tom Feidt said that he and other family members were finishing up a late lunch when they spotted smoke and then fire coming from the barn. "The
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Man killed in shootout following bank robbery
A suspect in an Exeland bank robbery was killed in an exchange of gunfire Friday after leading law enforcement officers on a high-speed chase through two counties.
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Conservation Warden Jeremy Peery told dispatchers he was in pursuit at speeds more than 100 mph and
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Washburn manhunt follows discovery of charred remains
During the early morning hours of Nov. 1, 2009, the Washburn County Sheriff's Office was notified by the Sawyer County Sheriff's Office that during the investigation of a structure fire in Edgewater Township, a body was
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Mass vaccinations planned at schools when flu shot arrives
Mass vaccinations are planned at school districts across Barron County once the area receives its share of the serum aimed at shielding the population from the new H1N1 virus, commonly known as swine flu.
Officials for the Barron Area School District have announced that later this month, or possibly into December, an immunization clinic will be held for
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City's $20,000 winner wishes to remain anonymous
Barron's $20,000 Power Ball winner is camera shy and wishes to remain anonymous, at least for now, according to Korner Stop manager Dennis Olson.
Olson said the winner has talked to him and that he is a well-known resident of the city. "Other than that, I have to respect the winner's request to remain
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City's $20,000 winner wishes to remain anonymous
Barron's $20,000 Power Ball winner is camera shy and wishes to remain anonymous, at least for now, according to Korner Stop manager Dennis Olson.
Olson said the winner has talked to him and that he is a well-known resident
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