Burnett County Sentinel October 30, 2019

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BURNETT COUNTY

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2019 VOL. 57 NO. 42 www.burnettcountysentinel.com $1.00

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Farmers may be harvesting until Christmas JONATHAN RICHIE SENTINEL EDITOR

Farmers are always at the mercy of the weather and this fall farmers across Burnett County are dealing with the extreme wetness in the soil and may be harvesting well into December. Supervisor Duane Johnson recently said that the average farmer in this re-

gion is about three-four weeks behind in the harvest where they normally would be. “I think most of the farmers will be busy until Christmas,” Johnson said. “The corn is wet and the fields are wet.” Johnson, a farmer in the Town of Dewey, said he will have to wait for the field to freeze before he can get onto the fields.

He added, “Some dairy farms were supposed to harvest in September and they just got to it last week.” SEE CROPS, PAGE 6 SENTINEL PHOTO

Farmers had to plant late-season corn in the spring and now they may be harvesting well into December.

A meth crisis quietly grows in Wisconsin PARKER SCHORR THE CAP TIMES

building is located on Industrial Avenue in Grantsburg right next to the original Enterprise building. Bryan Vilstrup of the Grantsburg Chamber made a few comments before the ceremony. He said that

Jess Przybylski had never really dealt with loss. Then the father of her children was killed in a car crash. In 2011, her friends offered her methamphetamine to distract from the grief. Soon after, Przybylski lost her job. Her two children were taken from her once, then once more when she was caught faking a drug test. A growing rap sheet eclipsed her college degree as she lost cars, relationships — and nearly her life. “It was a one-time thing, and that was it,” Przybylski, who lives in Chippewa Falls in northwest Wisconsin, says of her meth addiction. “It started out slow, but it was a pretty hard downward spiral for about five years … It gets to be where it just Jess Przybylski takes over your life and it's not fun anymore. It’s all you think about.” Like other amphetamines, meth elevates dopamine levels in the brain, creating a rush. But it is significantly more powerful than stimulants like cocaine, says Timothy Easker, director of Chippewa County Department of Human Services. Meth can keep individuals awake for days

SEE MCNALLY, PAGE 2

SEE METH, PAGE 2

JONATHAN RICHIE | SENTINEL

McNally workers along with Grantsburg representatives gathered at the new Enterprise 2.1 building in Grantsburg for the official ribbon cutting ceremony and opening of the new facility which will be operated and leased by McNally Industries.

‘There’s a buzz in Grantsburg’ McNally facility seen as economically positive JONATHAN RICHIE EDITOR@BURNETTCOUNTYSENTINEL.COM

GRANTSBURG––“We are blessed to be a part of this business that has been around since 1942,” said McNally President and general manager Jim Segelstrom just

before they cut the ribbon in front of the new enterprise building. The Enterprise 2.1 building is a project funded by the Northwest Regional Planning Commission (NWRPC.) Last September, the NWRPC committee met in Grantsburg to discuss the project. The

‘It started out slow, but it was a pretty hard downward spiral for about five years.’

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