Burnett County Sentinel May 13, 2020

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BURNETT COUNTY

WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 2020 VOL. 58 NO. 28 www.burnettcountysentinel.com $1.00

COVID-19: Zero lab confirmed cases in Burnett County following free testing P2

‘Wait and see’ for Watercross JONATHAN RICHIE EDITOR@BURNETTCOUNTYSENTINEL.COM

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Watercross racers on Memory Lake.

Organizers have not canceled the 44th annual World Championship Watercross snowmobile races at Memory Lake this year. They are relying on a ‘wait and see’ approach. Grantsburg Watercross Executive Director Rick Quimby spoke to the village board Monday night to give a brief update on this year’s event, which

despite rumors has not been canceled. “Our official statement is the wait and see approach,” Quimby said during a Zoom meeting. “Everything is on hold right now.” Quimby said all of the events infrastructure is in place for July but it is unclear if the weekend will have the same events it has in year’s past. He said they might not have fireworks over the weekend and added they will probably cancel the street dances.

“We are looking at setting up spectator areas,” Quimby said. “So, we can manage the number of people allowed in.” According to Quimby, the event is all set to go with races, but having spectators is a different story. Gov. Evers’ Badger Bounce Back Plan outlines three phases to allow gatherings of over 50 people. SEE WATERCROSS, PAGE 3

Tiffany wins JONATHAN RICHIE EDITOR@BURNETTCOUNTYSENTINEL.COM

Tom Tiffany will soon have an office in Washington D.C. following his victory in a special election Tuesday for the 7th Congressional District seat. Tiffany (R-Hazelhurst) a state senator from Hazelhurst defeated Tricia Zunker (D-Wasau), is an Associate Justice of the Ho-Chunk Supreme Court, handily across the state. The seat was vacated by Sean Duffy who resigned last year for family Tiffany reasons. With almost 200,000 votes being cast, Tiffany won the seat by over 25,000 votes. Zunker was able to win northern counties Ashland, Bayfield and Douglas but Tiffany won the other 20-plus counties. In Burnett County, Tiffany won all but four municipalities. The towns of Jackson, La Follette, Oakland and Swiss tallied more votes for Zunker which were not enough. Tiffany received 2,491 votes compared to 1,665 for Zunker. All Burnett County vote totals are unofficial until the canvass, which will be taking place late this week. Tiffany recently told the Sentinel why voters should choose him. “I helped Wisconsin navigate its way out of the Great Recession to become prosperous. We need a leader who has proven they will provide effective leadership and who will work with President Trump to get real results for our hardworking families in rural America.”

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Siren Village President Dave Alden said he is tired of driving through Siren and not seeing businesses open.

Village contemplates re-opening JONATHAN RICHIE EDITOR@BURNETTCOUNTYSENTINEL.COM

The Siren Village Board met with local businesses owners Monday morning to discuss re-opening the village.

Village President Dave Alden recently stated he wants the village to open up its bars and restaurants to the public to keep those businesses open as tourism season begins later this month. Alden said that the village has

somewhere between 34 and 40 businesses in Siren and a number of them are closed due to COVID-19 and the states safer-at-home order. Siren Chief of Police Chris Sybers SEE SIREN, PAGE 3

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