Burnett County News

As Burnett County grows, the county's infrastructure committee is charged with identifying the physical needs, like office space, for the peoplke who do the work as well as the people who are served.

TRADE LAKEa 'Proponents of the Whispering Pines development on Spirit Lake and naysayers alike, packed the Trade Lake Town Hall Thursday night to hear the fate of the project.

SIRENa 'During his arraignment last week in Burnnet County Circuit Court, a 28 year-old Grantsburg man pleaded guilty to third degree sexual assault, had his sentence deferred and was ordered to serve three years probation.

More than 100 breakaway Lutherans attended their first church meeting in protest to last summer's vote by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America to bless same-sex relationships and ordain practicing homosexual ministers.

SIRENa 'Whispering Pines Camp is in the news again as potential investors of the property sought a re-zone of the site on the south shore of Spirit Lake during a public hearing at November's Burnett County land use committee meeting.

A western Wisconsin woman has pleaded guilty to her 13th drunken driving charge.

SIRENa 'The non-profit organization Caring Bridge ALC took ownership of the Capeside Cove property on November 1. Formed in 2007 to build and manage assisted living centers, Caring Bridge is looking to re-open Capeside in some fashion.

If it wasn't for the unseasonably warm 70-degree weather, Michael Gregoire might have kept his monster buck another day or two - just to continue showing off the prize kill.

Michael Gregoire of Sheboygan Falls has been bowhunting for 14 years, but never had he encountered a buck like the one he pierced with an arrow from 20 yards on Thursday afternoon.

As you have no doubt noticed by now, the Burnett County Sentinel's online edition has undergone a face lift.

SIRENa 'With the ambulance contract settled with North Ambulance for 2010, all eyes have turned toward the contract negotiation for 2011.

Three more suspects in a big northwestern Wisconsin drug ring, plead guilty. Michael Hammond, and Shaleah and Ericka Reynolds will all be sentenced in December in federal court.

A division one basketball player will spend time in jail for his role in a bank robbery in Burnett County.

Approximately 80 Lutherans from five churches in Polk and Burnett counties met last Sunday to explore the idea of breaking away from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and starting a new church.

Calling DNA the new fingerprint of the 21st Century, State Senator Sheila Harsdorf toured her Senate district last week touting the importance of the DNA Saves legislation she has co-authored. "This is about saving lives," Harsdorf, a Republican, said of the proposed law.

A St. Croix Falls woman who last summer racked up her 13th drunken-driving arrest won't be getting behind the wheel any time soon.

A 28 year old Superior man has been arrested for allegedly committing 2nd Degree Sexual Assault.

Oct. 1, 2009 3:02 p.m. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner ripped into President Barack Obama Thursday for nominating a former state Supreme Court justice to serve as a U.S. District Judge for Wisconsin's Western District.

Last week I got an unexpected surprise email. It reminded me of a special young lady from this area who turned the head of this old newspaperman.

SIRENa 'In an effort to keep residents as up-to-date as they would like to be on seasonal flu and the H1N1 flu, the Burnett County Health and Human Services department has released the following website to help provide information.