The Burnett County Sentinel 1-23-2019

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BURNETT COUNTY

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2019 VOL. 57 NO. 12 www.burnettcountysentinel.com $1.00

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Government Center closes after sewer issues JONATHAN RICHIE EDITOR@BURNETTCOUNTYSENTINEL.COM

BURNETT COUNTY––The Burnett County Government Center was closed Friday Jan. 18 for the afternoon after the building’s sanitary sewer system backed up and its water system was shut down. “This required that the water be turned off for the building,” Sheriff Tracy Finch said in a statement. “Consequently, the Government Center was closed to the public at noon and all non-essential staff members were sent home for the remainder of the day.” Due to the water system being shut down the inmates of the jail had to be transported to other area jails. “The sewer problem was subsequently fixed. Most of the inmates were then transported back to the Burnett County Jail that evening,” Finch said in a statement released Friday evening. She also thanked the sheriff’s office staff as well as the Barron and Polk County Jails for their assistance.

EUGENE SIKORSKI| SENTINEL

Cold air, just don’t care! The cold temps on Saturday didn’t stop folks from heading to the lake to enjoy the Webster football program’s annual ice fishing contest fundraiser. Miranda Green, Ashley Imme and Andrea French mug for the camera as they show off some of their winnings. More photos on page 14.

House fire remains under investigation JONATHAN RICHIE EDITOR@BURNETTCOUNTYSENTINEL.COM

GRANTSBURG––The house at 343 W. Wisconsin Ave. in Grantsburg that caught fire last Tuesday, Jan. 15 is still under investigation. It is the same house that caught fire last year in April and has since been abandoned. There was an abundance of smoke at the fire. Some

Webster holding tech ed open house JONATHAN RICHIE EDITOR@BURNETTCOUNTYSENTINEL.COM

WEBSTER–– “The tech ed department will no longer be the best kept secret in Webster Schools,” Roy Ward announced at the Webster School Board meeting Monday night. “Next Thursday we are going to open up the shop and show the public all the good things this program does.” Ward was at the meeting to spread the word about the upcoming open house at the Webster High School Jan. 31 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. The Webster Tech Ed Program includes Tiger Manufacturing and Webster Welders. This is the first ever Tiger Tech Ed Open House and will include raffles, demonstrations and a walking

SEE FIRE, PAGE 2 JONATHAN RICHIE | SENTINEL

The house fire on Wisconsin Avenue in Grantsburg required three area fire departments to assist at the scene. Here the crew is figuring out how to handle the large amount of smoke.

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