The Burnett County financial picture is strong for the future, with some caveats, according to a preliminary audit shared last week with supervisors. But the county is starting to lean into short-term ...

The new owners of Whispering Oaks Resort on Clam Lake, east of Siren, have spent the past five months cleaning up the property to reopen an old-fashioned family resort.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has revoked former Burnett County prosecutor Daniel P. Steffen’s law license. The revocation cites felony convictions, and a serious breach of public trust linked to his ...

Several young girls were injured during a tubing incident last week on Devils Lake, where several girls riding on an inner tube behind a pontoon struck a fishing boat, throwing the girls off the tube ...

A plea deal to avoid a possibly lengthy jury trial has also revealed several mitigating circumstances, and a claim that the accused was likely “over-charged” by the previous county prosecutor. We're ...

Burnett County’s Health and Community Services Committee is working to assess critical issues ranging from the impact of the federal budget on local programs to evolving community health challenges. A ...

The tax deed auction is the last of its kind for Burnett County properties, as all the 13 parcels currently listed fall under the “old rules” of tax deed sales, prior to Wisconsin Act 207, which means ...

Not only have the number of deaths attributed to the highly-addictive synthetic pain medicines been on the decline, area municipalities are now receiving and beginning to spend the dollars awarded ...

The two suspects behind an alleged downtown Grantsburg drug lab made a joint appearance before Judge Melissia Mogen for a preliminary hearing last week, where the state presented some of the evidence ...

Mudhen Lake, in the Town of Daniels between Siren and Grantsburg, was the site of a “hard landing” last week of a 1979 Cessna U206G floatplane, disabling the plane and leading to a ‘Good Samaritan’ ...

The newly sworn-in St. Croix Chippewa Tribal Council has two new members and a new chairperson after recent election results were certified with no appeals. The new council officially took their ...

A 2024 jail assault on a Burnett County Corrections officer that left the officer with career-ending injuries has led to the perpetrator spending over four additional years in prison.