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Wayne E. Barcus, ‘57, DVM, Menomonie, Wis., died on October 15, 2025, at 94. Dr. Barcus grew up on Little Island Lake, where his family built and ran Wildview Lodge. After two years at NDSU, Dr. Barcus started at the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine. After graduation Wayne worked for the state of Minnesota testing cattle out of the Princeton area, and later worked in a practice there. Wayne and Colleen seized an opportunity to move to Menomonie, Wisconsin in 1960 to join a practice with his classmate, Jack Register. The two built a large, dairy-focused, mixed animal practice called the Menomonie Veterinary Clinic, where Dr. Barcus worked well into his 80s. He and his wife also started their own lake lodge, the Cedar Cove Resort, on Red Cedar Lake in Barron County, and ran the resort for 48 years.