Posted: Thursday, February 22 2018 at 0914 Hrs We're expecting two rounds of snow over the next few days. The first will be later today, and will be less significant than the weekend system. Generally 2-4" of snow is expected for most areas, with a few spots picking up 5". The weekend storm (starting Saturday afternoon and ending Sunday afternoon) has potential to put down a swath of 6-10" of snow in the narrow heavy band. The Saturday system will also bring breezy conditio

The Barron County Sheriff's Department Office of Emergency Services is hosting a no-cost two-day training program that addresses preparedness for and response to bombing incidents and blast effects. This will be held on Thursday, March 22nd and Friday, March 23rd at the Justice Center in Barron. Target audience is law enforcement, hospital staff, ems, fire, nurses, EOD, emergency management, public health, first responders, etc. Continuing education hours are outlined on the

A special thanks to Tyler Litwiller with the Poskin Feed Store for their $250 donation to emergency services! This will definately help as we get our new team members up and running.

A huge THANK YOU to the Chetek Area Chamber of Commerce for their generous donation of $100 for Emergency Services of Barron County!