BURNETT COUNTY
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 2017 VOL. 55 NO. 28 www.burnettcountysentinel.com $1.00
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County plans summer road projects BY STEVE BRIGGS SENTINEL WRITER
BURNETT COUNTY—The county’s biggest road improvement projects during 2017 will involve seven miles of work to portions of County Road H and County Road Z.
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Grantsburg High School students and chaperones spent several March days in biology research and study in Costa Rica. They also enjoyed staying with host families. From left, Mark Riewestahl, Instructor Katie Johnson, Rachel Glover, Chaperone Rebecca Berg, Belle Ress, Instructor Matt Berg, Thorne Carter, Jacob Barnard, Brittanie Blume, Nicholas Klemann, Janessa Bonneville and Claire Palmquist.
Grantsburg students share highlights of Costa Rica trip GRANTSBURG—Last January, several Grantsburg high school students and their families hosted Costa Rican students for a snowy winter week as guests in local homes and at the high school. During school’s winter
break March 10-19, Grantsburg students accepted an invitation to visit their Costa Rican friends and stay in their homes near San Jose, the nation’s capital. While there, they toured a park with three waterfalls, Volcano
National Park and spent a day at their friends’ school. After home visits, the Grantsburg group traveled to rustic “eco-lodge” on Osa Peninsula. SEE COSTA RICA, PAGE 9
County H The H project will rebuild 3.9 miles of road from County Road EE to Delano Road in the Town of Roosevelt in the county’s southeastern corner. County Highway Commissioner Mike Hoefs told the infrastructure committee the design firm of Mead & Hunt is working on the construction plan. It will be bid in May with a projected completion date of September 15, 2017. County Z The summer season’s other large project will be three miles of County Road Z in the towns of Anderson and Trade Lake from State Road 87 to Church Road. Construction and completion is planned for late summer 2017. A&H If funds remain after completing the forementioned projects, the county highway department wants to take on another County Road H project to reconstruct about one
mile of County H northward from A&H intersection in the Town of Scott. Webb Lake Supervisor Larry Main told the county board at its meeting last Thursday that the condition of H north of the A&H intersection has gotten so bad that many drivers choose to drive on the shoulder. In another project under review, engineers are completing analysis of County Road H from County Road G to Gaslyn Creek Road in the Town of Rusk. Two sharp curves there are under consideration for improvements or road straightening. The analysis will weigh the costs versus benefits of improving or eliminating the curves. The project is tentatively scheduled for construction in 2018. The county is also finalizing its list of county roads that will get routine maintenance including crack sealing, seal coating and line painting. County O County Board District 4 Supervisor Jeremy Gronski, who serves parts of the towns of Anderson, Grantsburg and Trade Lake southwest of Grantsburg, told the county board that three miles of County Road O west of State Road 87 also needs high-priority repair because of “severe and dangerous deterioration.”
Spring elections are Tuesday, April 4 BY SEAN DEVLIN SENTINEL EDITOR
BURNETT COUNTY — The word “vote” may just be the most printed word in the past 12 months. So, here we go again, get back to the voting booths. The 2017 Spring Election is just days away— next Tuesday, April 4. Polling will take place from 7 a.m. to
8 p.m. Tuesday in each municipality’s voting location. On the ballot will be candidates for the following positions: School Board, Village Board, Village President, Burnett County Circuit Court Judge, Town Board and State School Superintendent. See today’s Sentinel on pages 6-7 for Town Board Candidate Profiles.
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For all three school districts, two seats are available and five of six seats will be filled by incumbents. Siren: Mark Pettis, Peggy Moore. Webster: Bob R. Carlson, Terry Larsen. Grantsburg: Jason Burkman, Heather Jensen (challenger). Josh Prusinski is stepping down from his seat. As for village boards, three trustee
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seats are open in each village — 10 individuals are on the ballot for nine positions. Webster: Tim Maloney, Kevin ‘Charlie’ Weis, Darrell Sears. Siren: Jan Hunter, Rick Engstrom, Todd Schultz. Grantsburg: Larry Ebersold, Diane Barton,
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