Chetek News

THIBEDEAU, Darren R., 23, Cameron, two counts of fourth-degree sexual assault and exposing genitals to child Sept.

More than 6,000 miles separate Nate Pintens and his family, but that didn't stop the proud father from witnessing the birth of his second child.

Members of the 600-plus Woodbury High School Class of 2009 throw their caps into the air following their graduation ceremony at Aldrich Arena in Maplewood on Sunday, June 7, 2009.

Jun. 13, 2009 10:16 a.m. Madison a ' The State Assembly passed its version of the next state budget early Saturday - a budget Republicans opposed because of what they said was a record $2.1 billion in tax and fee increases over the next two years.

We're one step closer to consolidating two western Wisconsin school districts. The school boards from Chetek and Weyerhaeuser meet Monday night and passed a resolution to consider consolidating.

The Chetek and Weyerhaeuser Area school boards voted to continue with consolidation talks during a joint meeting Monday.

Two school boards could take the next step to become one. The school boards from Chetek and Weyerhaeuser meet Monday night and could vote on a resolution to consider consolidating.

A merger between two school districts is one step closer to reality. At a joint meeting between the Weyerhaeuser and Chetek school boards, both groups passed a resolution to formally consider consolidating.

A potential merger between two area school districts is moving forward. The Weyerhaeuser superintendent says the study committee on a Weyerhaeuer and Chetek merger plans to recommend that the two school boards look at consolidating.

When U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold recently trumpeted news of federal stimulus money for a nursing home renovation, the numbers were eye-catching for Wisconsin, never a leader in grabbing bucks from Uncle Sam.

Our sluggish economy has many in the tourism industry wondering what this summer will bring.

New and amazing deals are carefully selected each month by our editors. This month we have a wide range of great bargains, including cooking classes in Chicago and Radda in Chianti, Italy .

An area school district superintendent says it appears a merge between two districts is likely.

The Nu-To-U garage sale will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday and 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Chetek Lutheran Church, 1419 Second St., Chetek.

Donald W. Matts, 62, of Birchwood, died Sunday, April 26, 2009, at the Sacred Heart Hospital in Eau Claire.

Daily walleye bag limits have been revised on 418 lakes in the Wisconsin Ceded Territory in response to harvest declarations made by six bands of Chippewa Indians in Wisconsin, the state Department of Natural Resources has announced.

Four people, including an Eau Claire man, were taken into custody Saturday night outside a Chetek tavern and face criminal charges, according to Barron County Court records.

U.S. Senator Russ Feingold will hold listening sessions in Barron and Rusk Counties on Monday, April 13.

Starting March 18 Burning permits are required in all of the northwest Wisconsin counties of Washburn, Burnett, Rusk and Sawyer and in the following townships in Barron County: Bear Lake, Cedar Lake, Chetek, ...

When you've got to tighten your budget, one district asked itself, how do you maintain quality with less money? Their answer? Virtual classrooms.