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BURNETT COUNTY

WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 2016 VOL. 54 NO. 36 www.burnettcountysentinel.com $1.00

NEW FOUR WINDS MARKET: St. Croix Tribe announces development plans. P2

Beating suspect remains in custody BY TODD BECKMANN SENTINEL

TODD BECKMANN | SENTINEL

The need for speed This 1970 Plymouth GTX was doing what is was designed for on Saturday — burning rubber at the time trials at the Burnett County Airport. The burnout allows the tires to warm up, creating better traction. Speed and muscle car enthusiasts alike looked on as car after car vied for one-eighth mile supremacy. More photos on Page 16.

Money matters as seniors tackle real world WHS seniors participate in the Mad City Money simulation BY TODD BECKMANN SENTINEL

WEBSTER—For one morning last week, Webster High School seniors found themselves transported to a mythical future where they had a job, a spouse, a baby and had to ‘buy’ all of their needs and wants, based on their income. In a nutshell, that’s Indianhead

Credit Union’s Mad City Money simulation, a program the banking institution presents to area high school seniors. “We want to help prepare high school seniors for when they leave high school and have to make monetary decisions on their own,” Andrea Albarado, simulation facilitator, explained. In all the years the credit union has been offering the simulation, she SEE MONEY, PAGE 7

Danbury Laundry damaged DANBURY—The plate glass door of the Danbury Laundromat was broken out about 10:20 p.m. on Thursday by a customer locked out of the facility by the automated locking system. The customer, who is reportedly hearing impaired, apparently finished folding her clothing, placed them in one of the carts provided by the facility, and pushed the cart outside to transfer the items to her car. When she went to go back into the laundromat, she could not re-enter due to the automated locking system. She had left her purse and other items inside. There are several large signs that notify customers of the automated locking system, as well as smaller signs that have emergency contact phone numbers listed should a customer find

SIREN—A preliminary hearing has been set for a 25-year-old Webster man who has been charged with several felonies, including attempted first degree intentional homicide. Jacob Taylor Widmyer was in Burnett County Circuit Court last Wednesday afternoon for his initial appearance. Judge Ken Kutz set his bail at $2,000 and scheduled a preliminary hearing for July 8. In addition to the attempted homicide charge, Widmyer faces counts of aggravated battery to an elderly person, strangulation and suffocation, false imprisonment, possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and obstructing an officer. According to the criminal complaint, Burnett County deputies responded to a disturbance at a residence in the 7700 block of West Main Street in the Village of Webster at 12:30 a.m. Wednesday, Apr. 27. Upon arrival, deputies discovered a 65-year-old female who had been severely beaten. Deputies were able to rescue the female victim from the residence by helping her escape through a window.

Jacob Widmyer

TODD BECKMANN | SENTINEL

Cassidy Formanek (right) “shops” with Jennifer Hill at “My Closet.”

SEE BEATING, PAGE 6

SEE LAUNDRY, PAGE 6

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