News
Greg Marsten is the new editor of the Burnett County Sentinel, replacing Jonathan Richie, who accepted a job at the Portage Daily Reporter in Portage, Wisconsin.
MADISON–– As chair of the Board of Commissioners of Public Lands, State Treasurer Sarah Godlewski today announced a record $39 million will be disbursed to public school libraries across Wisconsin to help students, parents, and educators continue to tackle the challenges caused by the COVID-…
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) announced today that $320,600 in state funds will help improve more than 900 miles of public roads throughout Wisconsin’s county forests.
MADISON–– With Wisconsin wildfire season underway, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) reminds Wisconsinites to be fire smart this spring and get their free DNR annual burning permit.
MADISON–– On Thursday, the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSC) voted unanimously to allow utilities to move forward with disconnection of service for nonpayment at the end of the annual winter moratorium on disconnections on April 15, 2021. The move comes following a moratorium prev…
Siren––SOFTEC Education, Inc was awarded a Wisconsin Fast Forward (WFF) Industry Sectors Worker Training grant for $108,200 by the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD). The grant will be used to train up to twelve trainees in the area of Heavy Equipment Operator Training utili…
Sports
MADISON–– The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) confirms that a white-tail deer herd at a Burnett County breeding farm that tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD) in 2020 was depopulated on March 3, 2021. None of the remaining 14 deer teste…
The contest was postponed twice due to extreme cold weather. The temperature difference was almost 80 degrees from the first date back in February. The Men’s club reported record turn out and thanked everyone who attended the contest and gave to the Webb Lake Men’s Club.
Siren Police and Siren Fire departments were called in to help celebrate the Blizzard state championship in Marinette.
Obituaries
Robert “Bob” Baker of Webster, passed away Saturday, April 3, …
Rose M. Devine, age 67, a resident of Grantsburg passed away s…
March 27, 1958 – March 23, 2021
March 11, 2021, Allan Ray Evenson, 74, Town of Wood River.
March 23, 2021, Jane Vivian Corty, 62, Village of Grantsburg.
Opinion
I am disappointed in the Sentinel’s decision to print Mr. Hess’ letter the week before the election and leaving me no time to respond before the election. His letter to the editor is full of misstatements and it seems to be aimed at causing confusion and division.
New introductions typically require a sort of ‘elevator speech,’ where you say a little about yourself or ‘make your pitch’ before you reach your floor.
EASTER IS THE time Christians celebrate Jesus’ resurrection from the dead. Gene Peterson writes in his book, The Message, “The men said, 'Why are you looking for the Living One in a cemetery? He is not here, but raised up. Remember how he told you when you were still back in Galilee that he …
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