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WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 2018 VOL. 56 NO. 39 www.burnettcountysentinel.com $1.00
WATERCROSS: Photos from this exciting annual Grantsburg event. P31-32
Siren man dies near Grantsburg JONATHAN RICHIE EDITOR@BURNETTCOUNTYSENTINEL.COM
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Double champion! Siren’s Rachel O’Brien had a very successful weekend at the 42nd Annual World Championship Watercross in Grantsburg. O’Brien won both the Semi-Pro Stock Ovals and the Women’s 800 Ovals. See the full results on page 18. More photos from the weekend on pages 31 & 32.
Haugen pleads guilty in hit-and-run death Domminic Angelo Richard Haugen, 35, Radisson, plead guilty today in the case of hit-and-run death of 30-year-old Courtney Oustigoff in the summer of 2016. Haugen was initially charged with the class D felony in February 2017 and a jury trial was scheduled to begin next month. HIT-AND-RUN DEATH According to the criminal complaint, Oustigoff was struck sometime after 10:53 p.m. the evening of June 14 and before 6:11 a.m. the morning of June 15. Burnett County Sheriff detectives received an anonymous tip that Haugen had struck a female with his pickup truck and dragged her a distance.
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GRANTSBURG––James W. Carlstrom, 49, Siren, was killed in an automobile accident east of Grantsburg on Saturday afternoon at approximately 3:40 p.m. According to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Carlstrom was driving a Ford Focus traveling northbound on County Road Y when the vehicle was struck by a vehicle going eastbound on Crosstown Road. The other vehicle, a Jeep Grand Cherokee, was driven by Olivia V. Brock, 17, Grantsburg. Brock and passenger Justen D. Peltier, 16, Grantsburg, were both transported to Burnett Medical Center following the crash for non-life threatening injuries. The release states, “the crash investigation indicates that the driver of the eastbound vehicle failed to stop at the stop sign on Crosstown Rd.” The Burnett County Sheriff’s Department, Grantsburg Fire Department, North Memorial Ambulance and the Burnett County Medical Examiner were assisting agencies. Carlstrom was pronounced dead at the scene. The crash remains under investigation by the Wisconsin State Patrol.
Shell Lake man stabs son with bayonet Charged with aggravated battery and mayhem JONATHAN RICHIE EDITOR@BURNETTCOUNTYSENTINEL.COM
BURNETT COUNTY–– A Shell Lake man has been charged with aggravated battery with intent to cause great bodily harm, a class E felony, after he stabbed his son with a bayonet in LaFollette Township in June. Eddie E. Alwine, 66, Shell Lake, was in the Burnett County Courthouse last week for his preliminary hearing for his case which included the charge of mayhem, a class C felony and possession of drug parapherna-
lia, a misdemeanor. According to the criminal complaint, on June 11 law enforcement arrived on County Road X after receiving a report that Alwine had allegedly stabbed his son, Aaron Alwine, in the abdomen with a bayonet. During their Alwine investigation, law enforcement officers learned Alwine admitted to stabbing his son in the stomach. They also found
out the bayonet went about six inches into Aaron’s abdomen. The criminal complaint does not make clear who’s residence the incident occurred, just that officers were sent to 24665 County Road X. The wound was in the middle portion of the younger Alwine’s abdomen causing intestines to “protrude from the wound.” Aaron Alwine was bleeding profusely and needed to be airlifted to receive extensive medical attention. The wound went from his sternum to his naval. There was damage to his SEE ALWINE, PAGE 6
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