Chetek-Weyerhaeuser High School recently recognized the best of the best in Bulldog athletes, announcing the winter 2025-2026 ...

Pictured are the seven supervisors retiring from the Barron County Board who were recognized at the Tuesday, March 17, ...

After being arrested in June 2025, Robert Karstensen, 83, of Eau Claire, received what amounts to a life sentence on Friday, ...

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources began selling bonus harvest authorizations for the 2026 spring turkey season on Monday, March 16, with a designated sale date for each zone.

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources encourages all heading out on ice to use caution and remember that no ice is safe ice.

The 2025-26 Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Iron Dogs powerlifting team wrapped up an extremely successful season with four athletes ...

My brothers and I had three paper routes in the family. Each of us delivered between 70 and 80 papers per day. Because I was the oldest, I delivered the ...

Pinecrest Golf Course, located in Dallas, is looking for new teams for both Monday Night and Tuesday Night Men’s Leagues. Both leagues feature a 4-man league with prizes for first ...

Short and sweet was the theme of the city’s most recent council meeting. The City of Chetek Common Council gathered at City Hall on Tuesday, March 10.

A mid-March blizzard Saturday evening through Monday morning, March 14-16, dumped around 6-8 inches of snow in the Chetek area, and 8-12 inches in Chippewa, Dunn and Rusk counties.

The Chetek Alert office will be closed Friday, March 20, due to a Wisconsin Newspaper Association Awards staff outing. The office will reopen Monday, March 23, at 8 a.m.

Gregg and Gen Brion of Brion’s Smokehouse Deli announced that starting Monday, April 6, the beloved deli will be under new ownership—and a new name. The Brion’s operated a grocery store out of the ...