Burnett County News

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.

GRANTSBURGa 'Cory D. Louis, 32, of St. Croix Falls was killed Sunday in a rollover vehicle accident in Anderson township, near Grantsburg.

SIRENa 'The Burnett County Airfield was reopened last weekend after crews, pictured here, finished paving the new 5,000-foot runway with more than 8,500 tons of asphalt a ' that's 17 million pounds.

Lawyers for state Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman argued Wednesday that an ethics complaint against him over a campaign ad should be thrown out on First Amendment grounds.

The ethics case of state Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman comes down to what constitutes a lie.

SIRENa 'The Otto Bremer foundation believes enough in the value of the Restorative Justice program in Burnett County to allocate them a $30,000 grant.

Law enforcement says no foul play is suspected in a fatal shooting in Burnett County.

A 34-year-old Somerset resident and Osceola area business manager was arrested Tuesday in connection with a series of lawn and farm equipment thefts that spanned throughout western Wisconsin and eastern Minnesota.