The Chetek Alert is a weekly newspaper published in Chetek, Wisconsin, a city of 2,000 residents located in southeastern Barron County, which has a total county population of 43,308. The Alert has ...

The Hay River Quilters are hosting a quilt show in Prairie Farm this weekend. The quilters will be celebrating their 27th ...

Belinda Gibson and Danielle Motzer, pictured above, opened Taco Therapy inside the Elite Market on Tuesdays. Taco Therapy is ...

This week’s second winner of Chetek’s 2025 Catch-and-Release Fishing Photo Contest is Adan Chiu from Oglesby, Illinois, who ...

The next project of the Chetek Public Arts League has begun on the north-facing wall of the Edgewood Bakeshop in downtown ...

The Pioneer Village Museum in Cameron has been dedicated to preserving and interpreting the history of Northwestern Wisconsin ...

For the sixth time in the event’s history, more than 1,000 people participated in the annual Fishy Four Run/Walk. The 37th ...

B&B/ Watertight took home the title in the 50th Annual Gary Haugen Liberty Fest Softball Tournament. B&B/ Watertight defeated ...

Panfishing paid off for longtime visitor of Chetek, Rich Case (right) on Tuesday, July 1, as he landed the first $500 panfish ...

A veteran Wisconsin State Patrol officer has been appointed by Gov. Tony Evers as the next Barron County Sheriff. Jodi Kummet ...

Team H” formerly team Sterling Bank, extended its winning streak to an impressive 12 consecutive years with another ...

The maximum field of 14, four-person teams competed in the 14th annual Liberty Fest Golf Tournament at Sunset View Golf.