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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Chetek.

Our newspaper information for Chetek is based on data taken from the Chronicling America website. For more information, please see our description of the Chronicling America website.

The following list contains the names of 1 papers that were published in the immediate area of Chetek. In addition, the list contains another 73 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Chetek. In total, we've identified 74 papers within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Chetek.

Newspapers Published In Chetek ...

We know of only one newspaper that was published in the Chetek area:

  • The Chetek Alert (from 1882)

Newspapers Neighboring Chetek ...

The following newspapers were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Chetek.

The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Chetek.

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Chetek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Chetek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.3158, Longitude: -91.6532       In this case, the coordinates for Chetek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).