With spring elections now less than a week away, it’s time to take a look at some of the county’s candidates running to take a seat in office. The Sentinel sent the Village’s and School Board’s candidates a questionnaire to provide the voters some valuable insight before heading to the polls…

Burnett County passed a resolution establishing a four-month moratorium on campgrounds on March 18. After hearing some comments from the public and some discussion amongst themselves, the board of supervisors believed it would be the best option for the county right now.

The School District of Grantsburg has had a Youth Apprenticeship Program for several years, and it is designed for students to experience and gain skills in a real work environment. It is a statewide school-to-work initiative and it gives local businesses the opportunity to inspire and devel…

Evan McKee, Mason Getts and Caleb Smith, three students from the tech education department in Webster gave a presentation and a tour of the tech ed department to the school board members to give them deeper insight to the tech department and their different machines that they work with.

“Our kids are looking forward to doing something normal.”

After needing to cancel the event last year, the students are happy to know that the outlook for prom is more positive this year. Even though it may look a little different than previous years, with needing to wear a mask, both staff and students are happy to announce that prom is moving forward.

When is a quilt not a quilt? When it’s a lifeline.

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…

Burnett County has always worked diligently to educate, prevent and control aquatic invasive species (AIS) within the county. Some of the common AIS in Burnett County that the county is trying to control are Zebra Mussels, Purple Loosestrife and Yellow Iris.

A Grantsburg man was injured and hospitalized after a crash east of Rock Creek on Highway 70 on the morning of Thursday, March 18.

For many years the Burnett County Highway Department has had property on the end of Main Street in Grantsburg where they can store their plow truck that services state highways in Grantsburg. Michael Hoefs, the Burnett County Highway Commissioner, said this has allowed the department to be m…

If you like to roam antique stores, flea markets and collectible shows, you won’t want to miss the season opening of the Log Home Country Store on Saturday, March 20 at 9 a.m. Opened in June last year by Wisconsin native Stacie Getzie in a former log home just south of Webster on State Road …

Webster–– Applications for the 2021 Benson Ace Helpful Place Scholarships are due April 8. Benson Ace Hardware presents $500 scholarships to two seniors at both Webster High School and Frederic High School. Eligible students have a minimum 2.5 grade point average and will work as a skilled t…

Daniel Chelmo, who was denied a 120-unit campground conditional use permit (CUP) May 2019 to be placed on Devil’s Lake, has reapplied for two CUPs to build two campgrounds again on the north and south side of County Road A in Meenon. One campground will have 60 RV sites at Devil’s Lake while…

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.

The ATV/UTV winter trails and the state funded snowmobile trails are closed due to the warm weather the region saw last week and over the weekend.

Douglas Nyren was sentenced to five years in state prison following a guilty plea to second degree sexual assault of a child in 2007. He had to register as a sex offender and is now facing child pornography allegations.

Dozens of law enforcement, fire department personnel and other county workers were outside enjoying some sweet March sunshine and a demonstration of the county’s new drone.

After taking 2020 off Burnett County is slated to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day this year. This Saturday Siren will be having their parade to celebrate the Irish-themed March holiday.

The Land Use and Information committee unanimously approved sending a moratorium on campgrounds to the full county board. The proposed moratorium will be on the Board of Supervisors agenda on March 18.

MADISON—Hunters and trappers blew past Wisconsin’s wolf kill target in less than 72 hours, forcing a premature end to a hunt that initially wasn’t supposed to happen for another nine months and raising the ire of animal rights activists.

For over a year there have been plans to open a coffee shop on Madison Avenue in downtown Grantsburg. First a sign went up on the storefront, followed by a billboard on the highway.

Thursday was a significant day in the local fight against COVID-19.

Darcy Kolander has joined the Burnett County Sentinel staff as a Multi Media Sales representative.

A new fishing pier with handicap accessibility is coming to the Yellow Lake Narrows.

51 bears were trapped in Burnett County in 2020. A majority of them were trapped in corn fields after farmers reported crop damage.

Yellow Lake Lutheran Church’s council voted to donate $9,300 to the Yellow Lake Food Distribution. The endowment committee voted to donate an additional $5,000 to the Yellow Lake Food Distribution.

The Grantsburg School District is looking to bring a $17.9 million referendum to the election polls on April 6, which could potentially turn into a $22,135,000 referendum if both questions are to pass. The district’s goal now is to inform the community on the referendum, its goals, and why i…