Chetek News

The CA-RUN-BI Triathlon starts at the Chetek City Beach at 8 a.m. Please bring the registration form, from 6:30-7:45 a.m. at the beach.

The Chetek Alliance Church will celebrate its 25th anniversary this fall and is attempting to locate former members and attendees to help join in the events.

Gov. Jim Doyle recently announced that 38 communities throughout Wisconsin, including Chetek, will be reimbursed for projects to begin making their streets and intersections safer for children who walk or bike ...

Charges were filed against a man in connection with a string of crimes committed in Chetek in May.

Dispatchers like Holly Glaser, pictured at the Barron County Dispatch Center, and other emergency personnel are the first line of defense in the event of a tornado.

Bill Bates, of St. Germain, a 1967 graduate of Chetek High School, recently retired from the Northland Pines School District in Eagle River after 35 years.

The Chetek High School class of 1988 held its 20th-year reunion June 14 with a picnic at the Kjell and Tracy Jorstad farm in Chetek, followed by dinner at Chetek Bowling & Billiards.

Miss Chetek 2007 Stephanie Hanson and First Runner-Up/Miss Congeniality Janessa Wendlandt, Little Miss and Little Miss Princess, Rhianna Houston, 9, and Peyton Olson, 7. It will be an evening for the girls to ...

Violations for failure to yield to pedestrians topped the list of citations as Chetek police were busy dealing with the influx of people flocking to the city for the weekend's Liberty Fest activities.

What a disgraceful situation! The police department says Chetek has a drug problem.

Two local men were charged with trying to break into coin boxes at Cameron Laundromat last week.

A local farmer attacked by a bull is now recovering at home. Ken Haas, of rural Chetek, was attempting to put a bull in his barn June 22 when the bull turned on him and attacked.

I was shocked when I finished reading June 11 Alert. Not even one word about the 2nd Lt.

Ben Turner, son of Andrew and Joan Turner, of Chetek, graduated from the University of Minnesota Medical School May 2. Turner, a 2000 graduate of Chetek High School, will complete his residency in family ...

For the eighth year in a row, the Chetek Chamber of Commerce will award $500 to the person who has in his/her possession a Liberty Fest button indicating the winning number drawn during the Chetek Beach Party ...

Calhoun Memorial Museum co-director John Banks and volunteer Carole Morgan moved 51 volumes of The Chetek Alert to the museum's stacks last Wednesday.

Consumers will enjoy twice the farm-fresh fun when Chetek farmers market vendors sell their wares both Tuesdays and Saturdays this summer.

Chris Hansen, a Boy Scout with Chetek's Troop 29, led the troop in a community service project to earn his Life Project.

Blotz is a 2008 graduate of UW-Madison's College of Veterinary Medicine. She received a Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine degree and was a recipient of the Gayle S. Leith Equine Award in recognition of excellent ...

The annual Fishy Four-Mile Run/Walk, sponsored by The Chetek Alert, will be held July 5 at 8 a.m. No preregistration will be taken for the race.