Barron County News

A Wisconsin teen is lucky to be alive after getting struck by a semi. Austin Wold, 16, of Barron, was on a bicycle when he was hit about 5:30 p.m. Monday on Hwy.

A teenager was taken to the hospital after a semi hit him while he was riding his bike.

Deputies were called to a home this morning after a man with a weapon refused to leave his house.

A man from Rice Lake dies following a crash in Barron County. Around 8:10 p.m. Monday night, the Barron County Dispatch Center received a call of a crash on Highway 63 near Echo Lake.

Health officials say the H1N1 virus is now widespread in Barron County. But what about the H1N1 vaccine? H1N1 vaccine clinics at the Red Cedar Medical Center in Menomonie are full, no walk-ins will be accepted during clinics scheduled Wednesday and Friday.

The man accused of giving kids alcohol and having pictures of them engaged in sexual activity is headed to jail.

Barron County health officials say the H1N1 flu virus is now widespread in the county.

A local sheriff says artifact hunters are illegally digging where ancient human remains were found this summer.

Family members of an Eau Claire man killed in a Barron County traffic collision last year expressed forgiveness and mercy during the sentencing hearing for the man convicted of vehicular homicide.

A woman who was driving with her infant grandchild in the car has been arrested for drunk driving.

A St. Croix Falls woman who last summer racked up her 13th drunken-driving arrest won't be getting behind the wheel any time soon.

The College of Eastern Utah has an athletic department that is rich in history. Over the years, the athletic department has enticed many athletes to begin their collegiate careers in Price.

Unemployment numbers have doubled in Rusk, Barron and Washburn counties this year, causing many people in that region to lose their medical insurance, said Bette Colville.

An update on those skeletal remains found on an island near Chetek. Achaeologists have now removed a practically complete skeleton from the site on Prairie Lake.

A Barron County mechanic accused of offering to reduce a woman's car repair bill in return for sex, will be on probation.

A bus drove around neighborhoods near UW-Stout on Friday, but it wasn't your typical motor coach trip.

Human skeletal remains found more than a month ago have been removed for analysis, the Barron County Sheriff's Department said Tuesday.

A man deemed "sexually violent" and committed to a mental institution by the court in 2001 will be released to a home in Ladysmith.

Kayla Solum's summer job did more than just give her a little extra cash going into college this fall.

A former Rusk County man deemed a sexually violent person in 2001 will soon be released in Ladysmith, according to a supervised release plan obtained Friday by the Leader-Telegram. Ray L. Wimer, 48, who was convicted of second-degree sexual assault in Rusk County in 1984 and sexual assaults in 1988 in Racine County, has been held in a secure mental ...