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WEB1 day ago · Orioles 4, Tigers 2 Corbin Burnes tossed seven shutout innings and Gunnar Henderson blasted his 37th home run as visiting Baltimore beat Detroit. Burnes (14-8) gave up two hits, walked one and struck out seven for the Orioles. Henderson had two hits, scored two runs and knocked in a pair, while Cedric Mullins supplied two hits and an RBI.
Obituaries | news-shield.com
WEB5 days ago · Updated Aug 8, 2024. Mark Thomas “Whitey” Anderson, aged 63, passed away on July 22, 2024, in St. Cloud, Minn. He was born in Barron, Wis., June 23, 1961. Mark graduated from Barron High School in 1979, and earned an Automotive Servicing Diploma from Wisconsin Indianhead Technical Institute. He married Debra Jan….
Primary turnout in Barron County beats state average
WEBAug 21, 2024 · Barron County had a total of 9,451 votes cast in the Tuesday, Aug. 13, primary election, corresponding to a 35 percent turnout of registered voters and a 20 percent turnout of eligible voters, according to Barron County Clerk Jessica Hodek. Statewide, the turnout for the Primary was 26 percent, the highest percentage in 60 years.
Prison for Minn. man for drug death, vehicle theft offenses
WEBAug 21, 2024 · A former Barron man who has been in jail for more than a year was sentenced to more than six years in prison Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024, in connection with the drug-related death of a Barron woman two years ago and the theft of a vehicle in Barron in May 2021, Barron County Circuit Court records said. Sade A. Shirwa, 29, who lived in …
Sandmann known for positive spirit | Free News | news-shield.com
WEBAug 21, 2024 · Sandmann known for positive spirit. Chuck Sandmann receives a “Quilt of Valor” from Linda Kurschner, representing the Hay River Quilters, at a Veterans Day program at Riverview Middle School in 2021. Sandmann, who was active in numerous Barron area groups and causes, passed away last week at …
Eugene H. “Buzz” Olson | Obituaries | news-shield.com
WEBAug 20, 2024 · Eugene H. “Buzz” Olson. Eugene H. “Buzz” Olson, 87, Barron, Wis., formerly of Prairie Farm, died Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024, at Monroe Manor in Barron. He was born May 24, 1937, to Otto and Matilda (Johansen) Olson in the Town of Sheridan, Dunn County. He was baptized at Zion Lutheran Church, Town of …
Trial for Birchwood man on child pornography charge
WEBAug 21, 2024 Updated Aug 21, 2024. A November 2024 jury trial has been set for a 20-year-old Birchwood man who faces up to 25 years in prison in connection with a child pornography charge filed last February in Barron County Circuit Court. Defendant Tyler C. Sprague was scheduled to enter a plea on Friday, Aug. 16, but his attorney reported ...
News-Shield History | Site | news-shield.com
WEB4 days ago · The history of the Barron News-Shield, the community's oldest business, dates back to Nov. 1, 1876, when A. Dewey published the first issue of the Barron County Shield. The "Shield" was not Barron's first newspaper. That publication was the Barron County Gazette, which opened for business two years earlier in 1874.
Barron man charged with 3rd OWI after Cameron stop
WEBAug 21, 2024 · A traffic stop in Cameron earlier this summer could result in as much as a year in jail for a 36-year-old Barron man, according to a complaint filed Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024, in Barron County Circuit Court. The defendant, identified as Steven R. Rosado, was allegedly at the wheel of a vehicle stopped by …
Airplane crash at the Chetek airport - news-shield.com
WEBAug 21, 2024 · This was the scene following an airplane crash at the Chetek Municipal Airport Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 14. The pilot, Travis Turner of Cameron, was injured in the crash and was transported via helicopter to the Mayo Clinic hospital in Eau Claire. He is expected to make a full recovery. The plane Turner was piloting was a Piper Cherokee 6.