The Barron County Teachers Training School opened 1907 in the former Rice Lake High School building. The name was later changed to Barron County Normal School and operated until 1960/1961 when the building was torn down. The school was relocated and was renamed the Barron County Teachers College. Due to declining enrollment the school was officially closed in 1967.
For information on County Normal Schools' origin and nature, organization, powers and duties, see The Wisconsin Historical Records Survey, Division of Community Service Programs, Work Projects Administration, County Government in Wisconsin, Volume III, Madison, Wisconsin, 1942.
