Welcome to the Town of Barnes

 Ice Rescue training held on the 9th of January, 2010

 For other images, click here to go to the Town of Barnes Digital Library page. Also, check out all the activities in the right hand column.

Thinking About Visiting Us?

Barnes has a lot to offer.
About Barnes and
Tourism, Business & Lodging
to the left will provide more information.

We have a New mapping system. The system allows local points of interest to be identified on the map. Controls allow the viewer to change the zoom level and move around on the map. Now there are map links to many of the recreational facilities that are described in the web site. Here is a link to the town hall map.

For new sites and local and regional information links, check the Useful WEB Links button. For ongoing events or ongoing information, click the Useful  Links items in the left collumn. 

Click here for current Wisconsin information about H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu)

2010 Census recruiting for thousands of short-term jobs
The U.S. Census Bureau's Regional Census Center in Chicago recently announced some positive employment news: about 48,000 people are now being recruited across the State of Wisconsin to work as census takers for the 2010 Census. Click for info.

FIREWISE program looking for volunteers

Community Events
Click here for an overview of future upcoming events.

The Barnes Blog available at Town Hall

WITC Community Education
Click here to see schedules of Spring 2010 classes to be offered at Barnes and Drummond locations.

New email address for Douglas County Highway Commissioner
A notice n the tax statements gave the wrong email address for the Douglas County Highway Commissioner. Here is the new one: Paul.Halverson@douglascountywi.org Please email him if you agree County Highway Y is in terrible shape!

Wisconsin Could Lose Population Due to Snowbird Confusion in Census
Click headline above to see info in which the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin warned today that Wisconsins population could well be undercounted in 2010 Census due to inadequate instructions on the Census form.

We invite you to explore our web site and to come visit us any time of the year!