People wishing to donate to the Closs Family can do so with a new benefit account set up at Sterling Bank.

Local, state and federal investigators are aggressively following up on the hundreds of leads being submitted by the public, said Barron County Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald on Friday, Oct. 19, the fifth day and counting that 13-year-old Jayme Closs went missing from her rural Barron home where h…

An afternoon search of the roadside along Hwy. 8 has not turned up anything of "evidentiary value" said Barron County Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald in a press release on Thursday, Oct. 18.

Barron County Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald is urging the public to call with any information they can provide regarding the whereabouts of 13-year-old Jayme Closs, who disappeared from her rural Barron home early Monday morning, Oct. 15, at about the same time as the deaths of her parents, James…

The identities of two adults found dead in their residence west of Barron early Monday morning, Oct. 15, have been released.

On Monday, Oct. 15, 2018, at 12:58 a.m. the Barron County Sheriff’s Department received a 911 call from a subject asking for help at 1268 Hwy 8.

Court documents filed last week allege that the companies operating Atrium Health & Senior Living facilities are insolvent and unable to service debt owed to the group's major lenders.

It’s back to school time again! School buses will be making their rounds and kids will be walking on the roads. The first day of school for Bloomer and New Auburn is Tuesday, Sept. 4.

The Bloomer/New Auburn Area Food Pantry has launched a fundraising campaign to eliminate its debt. The goal of the campaign is to raise $58,000 and eliminate the $1,000 principle and interest mortgage payment.

The public has a final opportunity to provide comments on antlerless deer harvest quota, permit level and season structure recommendations for Chippewa County.

Monday, Feb. 19, Rep. Rob Summerfield (R-Bloomer) announced he will no longer be holding an in-district listening session today, February 19th at the Anson Town Hall due to inclement weather.

MADISON – Governor Scott Walker has directed the Wisconsin National Guard and Wisconsin Emergency Management (WEM) to be ready to respond Christmas Eve to ensure Santa is able to deliver presents to all the good boys and girls across Wisconsin.

Unidentified human remains were found on a rural Dallas property midday Sunday, Dec. 3, after a man’s dog apparently brought home a fragment of a human skull, according to Barron County reports.

Gordy's Markets stores will likely remain under the Gordy's banner after it was announced Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 29, that members of the Schafer family are purchasing six stores including Chetek, Barron, Ladysmith, Cornell, Chippewa Falls and Lake Wissota.

Bloomer Veterans went around to Bloomer Schools for Veterans Day. Photos are from Bloomer Middle School, but they also went to Bloomer Elementary School, Bloomer High School and St. Paul's Catholic School. Jared Siverling served as keynote speaker, Jim Hudacek served as emcee at St. Paul's a…

In 2016 the Cities of Bloomer and Chippewa Falls were awarded an Urban Forestry Grant. The grant included the following:

Excellent video of Tour de Farm Safety Awareness Ride held in July.

After an 11-hour auction proceeding in Milwaukee, 15 Gordy’s Market locations are likely to have new owners.

The Red Cedar Riders Saddle Club will host their annual Barrel Blast at the Chetek arena on Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 5–6.

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The Parade Chair of the New Auburn Jamboree Days parade has announced that they are taking entries for the Jamboree Days parade to be held Sunday, July 23 starting at Noon. Anyone interested in having an entry is encouraged to contact Andrea Lemmons at Security Bank 715-237-2658 or alemmons@…

The American Red Cross and the New Auburn Fire Department will be holding a blood drive Wednesday, July 5, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The blood drive will be located at the New Auburn Community Fire Department 410 S Old 53 Street, New Auburn.

Registration Form for Girls' Basketball Camp. Deadline June 1.

For the second time in five days a car has run into a slow moving train in Bloomer. Wednesday, May 17, the car pictured above hit a train at the 17th Avenue crossing and was dragged behind the old creamery building. It is unclear why the driver drove into the side of the last car of a train …

The man killed in the Tuesday, May 16, storm was identified during a press conference at the Prairie Lake Estates trailer park on Wednesday, May 17. 

The second stop on the “Tour de Farm” bike ride will feature an outstanding dairy operation owned and operated by Tony Pecha, Tom Short, and their families. On the ride to their farm, you will have the opportunity to see how the landscape of agriculture has changed. You will see land conserv…

The “Tour de Farm” bike tour will officially begin at the Bloomer Golf Course, on Saturday, July 8, with registration beginning at 7:15 a.m. and bikes and bikers ready to hit the road promptly at 8:30 a.m. At 8:15 a.m. Bob Bosold of WAXX radio will give the kick-off for the ride and bikers w…

It’s time to get the bikes out and start training for Tour de Farm 2017. This is a Farm Safety Awareness bicycle ride sponsored by the Bloomer FFA Alumni. The bike tour will be a 35–40 mile ride to five different farms in the area. This ride is a spin-off from the “Ride To Farm” bike ride of…

Members of the Barron City Council have approved applying for a $500,000 federal grant to help pay the cost of a proposed second water tower for the city, following a recommendation from the city Utility Commission and a professional consulting firm.

For more than two centuries, governments in this country have paid newspapers to publish public notices about the actions of government.

When you read your weekly or daily newspaper, do you read the minutes from a school board meeting or the details of an ordinance passed by your municipality? All of these notices can be found in the public notice section of your local newspaper.

The School District of Bloomer is pleased to announce that the Board of Education has selected Brian C. Misfeldt of Antigo to be the next Administrator to lead the Bloomer Schools. Bloomer Board President, Noah Michaelsen, released the information at the meeting of the Board on Thursday even…

Menomonee Falls, WI (February 7, 2017) – Sometimes peer pressure can produce positive results. A recent Healthy Hand Washing Survey conducted by Bradley Corporation in Menomonee Falls reveals that Americans are more likely to wash their hands after using a public restroom if others are around.

By Barry Hoff | Bloomer Advance

Editor's Note: This article originally ran in the Bloomer Advance, Dec. 14 with an incorrect headline stating that the Snowmobile Trails were open. The lakes are not frozen and neither are the swamp areas and the trails are NOT open. The Bloomer Advance regrets the error.

A semi truck hauling U.S. Postal Service mail on eastbound I-94 near Hudson caught fire at 8:19 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 13, and was destroyed, according to a press release from the Wisconsin State Patrol.

An 18-year-old man was arrested at Chetek Friday evening, Nov. 25,  after he allegedly took his grandmother at gunpoint from her Chippewa County home and drove to Chetek, according to Barron County Dispatch reports. The man was later taken into custody at Chetek, without incident, after his …

You may want to take a moment and gaze up into the night sky if you are out this week.