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Potato Lake is a lake located in the northwestern part of Wisconsin. It is in the far southwestern corner of Rusk County , approximately 12 miles east of Chetek, Wisconsin . Potato Lake is one of Rusk County's 88 named lakes, and can be accessed by a ramped public boat landing.
Chetek is a town in Barron County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 1,726 at the 2020 census , [ 1 ] up from 1,644 at the 2010 census . [ 2 ] The City of Chetek is located partially within the town.
Lake Shetek State Park occupies 1,109 acres (449 ha) on the east shore of Lake Shetek in northeastern Murray County, 4 miles (6.4 km) outside the town of Currie. [5] The park is about 13 miles (21 km) equidistant from both Tracy to the north and Slayton to the southwest, and 33 miles (53 km) southeast of the city of Marshall.
Fishing report, Nov. 1-7: Courtright and Wishon trout action excellent, good bites at Delta and New Melones. Roger George and Dave Hurley. ... Call: Mike Beighey, Bass Lake Fishing 676-8133.
As a shallow lake with a fairly high watershed-to-basin ratio, Lake Shetek can be strongly affected by environmental issues. Maintaining the water level has been a local concern for decades. The lake was dammed in the 1920s, then raised another 18 inches (46 cm) in the 1930s. Additional improvements were made to the dam in 1966 and 1995. [2]
The 1967 Coho Salmon Fishing Disaster [a] refers to a squall over Lake Michigan, off the coast of Michigan in the United States, which occurred on September 23, 1967. Hundreds of small fishing boats were on the lake to take advantage of a coho salmon run. More than 150 boats capsized, seven people died, and 46 people were injured.
Chetek is a city in Barron County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 2,172 at the 2020 census , [ 5 ] down from 2,221 at the 2010 census . The city is located partially within the Town of Chetek .
The Chetek Alert is a weekly newspaper published in the Barron County, Wisconsin city of Chetek since September 15, 1882. [2] It has been owned by Jim Bell since 2011. [ 3 ]