BURNETT COUNTY
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 2019 VOL. 57 NO. 22 www.burnettcountysentinel.com $1.00
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Election Results JONATHAN RICHIE EDITOR@BURNETTCOUNTYSENTINEL.COM
BURNETT COUNTY—Burnett County residents went to the polls Tuesday to decide a number of seats in various municipalities across the county. All vote totals are unofficial until the voting canvass is done at the Government Center Tuesday, April 9. In the Town of Meenon, Tom O’Brien defeated challenger Christopher Sybers for Town Chair. O’Brien received 126 votes and Sybers got 62. In Meenon’s Supervisors race challengers Randy Strese and Patrick Taylor were both able to defeat incumbents Mary Jo Bierman and Ronald Buecksler. Taylor garnered 93 votes, Strese got 91 and Bierman and Buecksler got 89 and 39 votes respectively. Another contested Town Chair race was in the Town of Wood River. Write-in candidate Ronald Burg looks to have defeated incumbent Joel Johnson by just two votes. Burg got 153 votes compared to 151 for Johnson. In the Wood River Supervisor race, incumbent John Hennessey held on to his seat and challenger Gilbert Meyer was able to defeat Damon Johnson for the seat vacated by Daryl Wedin. Hennessey got 199 votes with Meyer getting 167 and Johnson 144. In the Village of Siren, trustee SEE ELECTION, PAGE 2
‘I am an addict and that is the best thing about me’ BY STACY COY SENTINEL
In August of 2016, Rose Peloquin was hiding from deputies in the woods after a string of burglaries in Siren. On Thursday, Rose proudly stood in front of a court room full of family, friends, and loved ones receiving her graduation certificate from Burnett County’s
drug court program. “My name is Rose. I am an addict and that is the best thing about me,” she said as she spoke to the room after receiving her certificate. “I once heard a friend of mine say this in a meeting and I didn’t really understand what she meant by this until now. If it SEE PELOQUIN, PAGE 2
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La La Land in Siren The Wisconsin Singers came up from Madison to perform in the Siren Auditorium. Pictured here are Aaron Mleziva and Melanie Helvick duing “City of Stars” from the moive La La Land. More pictures from the concert on page 28.
Burnett County offering to resolve countywide warrants JONATHAN RICHIE SENTINEL EDITOR
The Burnett County Clerk of Courts’ office is holding a Warrant Resolution Day in the Government
Center April 26 from noon to 4 p.m. The clerk of Courts released information stating, “Do you or someone you know have a Burnett County Warrant? Did you fall behind on your payments and a warrant was
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issued? Tired of hiding from the police?” They will be reviewing any and all warrants during this event. SEE RESOLUTION, PAGE 2
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