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 ...

Chetek’s new water tower is looking brighter after its first coat of white paint. Painters arrived on Tuesday, May 27 to ...

At long last, construction on Chetek’s Sports Complex is underway. Peak Excavating arrived at Gotham Pioneer Park to break ...

Barron County Sheriff’s Department Patrol Captain Darren Hodek spoke to the County Board about his candidacy for sheriff on ...

A 59-year-old Chetek man now being held on $10,000 cash bond is scheduled to be arraigned June 20, 2025, following a ...

A month-long investigation by members of the Barron County Sheriff’s Department and the Rice Lake office of the Wisconsin ...

William Peters, a 2020 graduate of Chetek Weyerhaeuser High School, graduated from the United States Naval Academy in ...

Molly Pederstuen shared a photo with The Chetek Alert of her neighbors recently completed veterans memorial. Jim and Janet ...

A nearly 10-month-old felony drunk driving case involving a man from Buffalo County has been delayed until at least mid-September 2025, according to Barron County Circuit Court records.

Chetek’s brand new, state-of-the-art wastewater treatment plant is officially up and running. The city invited the public for ...

The Chetek-Weyerhaeuser baseball team snapped a six-game losing streak last week, winning both games of a home doubleheader ...