Rice Lake is a

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in Barron County,

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, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a total

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of 9,040. The city is located mostly within the Town of Rice Lake.

History

Rice Lake was named in 1870 after nearby Rice Lake. A post office has been in operation in Rice Lake since 1872.

Geography

Rice Lake is located at (45.498408, -91.738844). According to the

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, the city has a total area of , of which, is land and is water. Rice Lake is along the Red Cedar River.

Climate

Demographics

As of 2000, the median income for a household in the city was $34,637, and the median income for a family was $53,056. Males had a median income of $40,450 versus $30,211 for females. The

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for the city was $22,354. About 6.9% of families and 13.3% of the population were below the

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, including 13.4% of those under age 18 and 13.1% of those age 65 or over.

2010 census

Rice Lake Wisconsin Sign WIS48 Looking East

As of the

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of 2010, there were 8,438 people, 3,936 households, and 2,065 families residing in the city. The

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was . There were 4,239 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 96.2%

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, 0.3%

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, 0.9% Native American, 0.8% Asian, 0.5% from other races, and 1.3% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 2.4% of the population. There were 3,936 households, of which 24.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 37.6% were

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living together, 10.9% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.0% had a male householder with no wife present, and 47.5% were non-families. 39.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.09 and the average family size was 2.79. The median age in the city was 41.2 years. 20.6% of residents were under the age of 18; 10.1% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 23.5% were from 25 to 44; 24.5% were from 45 to 64; and 21.2% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 46.8% male and 53.2% female.

Infrastructure

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, County Road SS (Main Street), and County Road O (South Access Road) are the main routes in the city. The area is served by Rice Lake Regional Airport - Carl's Field (KRPD), which is located south of Rice Lake. Rice Lake formerly had passenger rail service at the

Rice Lake station Rice Lake is an unincorporated place and railway point in geographic Rice Township in Unorganized Kenora District in northwestern Ontario, Canada, east of the border with the province of Manitoba. Rice Lake station is in the community. The ...

Education

Public schools

Rice Lake Area School District Rice Lake Area School District is a school district headquartered in Rice Lake, Wisconsin. Schools Secondary: * Rice Lake High School Rice Lake High School is a four-year public high school located in Rice Lake, Wisconsin. Rice Lake High School ...

operates public schools: *

Rice Lake High School Rice Lake High School is a four-year public high school located in Rice Lake, Wisconsin. Rice Lake High School is a part of the Rice Lake Area School District. School overview The history of Rice Lake High School can be traced back to 1882. Ri ...

* Northern Lakes Regional Academy * Rice Lake Middle School * Haugen Elementary * Hilltop Elementary * Tainter Elementary

Private schools

* Redeemer Lutheran School * St. Joseph School

Post-secondary education

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- Rice Lake Campus

Economy

Rice Lake serves as a shopping, industrial, educational, and medical hub for the surrounding rural communities of Barron,

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, Chetek, Shell Lake, Cumberland, Spooner,

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Notable people

* Kenny Bednarek - American sprinter *

John G. Blystone John G. Blystone (December 2, 1892 – August 6, 1938) was an American film director. He directed 100 films between 1915 and 1938. He was born in Rice Lake, Wisconsin and died in Los Angeles, California from a heart attack. His grave is lo ...

- film director * Edward R. Brunner - justice of

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* Howard W. Cameron - Wisconsin State Senator * William M. Conley - federal judge *

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- college and NFL head coach * Henry Ellenson - professional basketball player for the

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* Foster Friess - businessman * Eric G. Gibson -

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recipient *

Hal Kolstad Harold Everette Kolstad (born June 1, 1935 in Rice Lake, Wisconsin) is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from through for the Boston Red Sox. Listed at and , Kolstad batted and threw right-handed. He was signed by Boston as a ...

- MLB player *

Isaac J. Kvam Isaac J. Kvam (January 28, 1864 – February 14, 1917) was an American Lutheran minister and elected official.Gordon, Newton S., & Franklyn Curtiss-Wedge (eds.). 1922. ''History of Barron County, Wisconsin,'' vol. 1. Minneapolis: H.C. Cooper, ...

- Wisconsin State Representative * Dick Lane - announcer, film and television actor *

James P. Leary James P. Leary is a folklorist and scholar of Scandinavian studies, and a professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Personal life Leary was born in Rice Lake, Wisconsin, in August 1950. He is married to Janet C. Gilmore, an associate p ...

- folklorist *

Warren D. Leary Warren D. Leary, Sr. (December 3, 1891 – May 19, 1959) was an American politician and newspaper editor. Born in Elmira, New York, Leary served in the United States Army during World War I and World War II and was the inspector general of ...

- Wisconsin State Representative *

Michael A. Lehman Michael A. Lehman (April 24, 1943 – August 7, 2017) was an American Republican politician from Wisconsin. Born in Rice Lake, Wisconsin, Lehman graduated from Hartford Union High School in Hartford, Wisconsin. He went to Moraine Park Technic ...

- Wisconsin State Representative * Susan Ludvigson - poet in South Carolina * Pug Lund - football player *

Harold Olsen Harold G. Olsen (May 12, 1895 – October 29, 1953) was a college men's basketball coach. The Rice Lake, Wisconsin native was the head coach of the Ohio State University from 1922 to 1946. That year, he became the first head coach of the BAA's ...

- head coach of

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, Northwestern and NBA's Chicago Stags, member of

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Clay Perry Clair Willard Perry (1887–1961), called Clay Perry, was an American writer and outdoorsman. He coined the term " spelunker". Biography Born in 1887 in Waupaca, Wisconsin, Perry moved to western Massachusetts as a young man. A novelist, short sto ...

- MLB player * Jason Rae - Secretary of

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Kapp Rasmussen Kapp Erasmus Rasmussen (October 17, 1860 – September 22, 1927) was an American lawyer and politician. Rasmussen was born in Denmark and emigrated to the United States in 1867. He eventually settled in Rice Lake, Wisconsin Rice Lake is a ...

- Wisconsin State Representative and lawyer *

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- MLB player * John W. Vaudreuil - U.S. Attorney * Ann Cameron - children's book author living in Guatemala

Sister cities

Rice Lake has two

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: * Miharu, Japan * Žamberk, Czech Republic

Local media

* WAQE (AM) 1090, Talk & Sports * WAQE-FM 97.7, All the Stars, All the Time * WJMC (AM) 1240, Good Friends and Great Information *

WJMC-FM WJMC-FM (96.1 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to Rice Lake, Wisconsin, United States, the station serves the Rice Lake-Spooner area. The station is currently owned by TKC, Inc., and features programming from ...

96.1, The Best Country Station, Number One *

WKFX WKFX (99.1 FM, "99.1 The Fox") is a radio station broadcasting a classic hits music format. Licensed to Rice Lake, Wisconsin Rice Lake is a city in Barron County, Wisconsin, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a total populati ...

FM 99.1, Classic Hits * WWJP-LP FM 101.7, 3ABN Radio, Christian * WYRL-LP FM 105.5, Eclectic Music, Local Government Discussion

References

External links

City of Rice Lake

Rice Lake Chamber of Commerce
* Sanborn fire insurance maps
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