Significant flooding from Lake Barney caused damage to homes and farmland surrounding the area. In 2018, Lake Barney flooded for the first time since the 1950s, according to the City of Fitchburg.

FITCHBURG (WKOW) — After years of wet summers and snowy winters, Lake Barney on the border of Fitchburg and Oregon is growing. It’s usually about 30 acres wide but it’s expanded to 800 in the past few ...