Noodle away, Wisconsin catfish enthusiasts. Hand angling, or noodling, as it’s commonly known, is now legal in the state with new emergency regulations adopted by the...
Big bounce in overall numbers for the just-completed nine day gun deer hunt in Wisconsin. The DNR says hunters registered roughly 211,430 deer during the hunt,...
The Wisconsin DNR is investigating two illegal elk shootings in Monroe and Jackson Counties that have occurred so far during the 9-day gun deer season. An...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin legislator who doubles as a firefighter ripped the state Department of Natural Resources for persuading his department to rescue a...
Nine-day gun deer season opener Saturday in Wisconsin. Always big expectations for the hundreds of thousands of hunters who hit the woods. Numbers of hunters are...
A new governor, a new direction for natural resources protection? That’s the hope from conservationists and environmentalists in Wisconsin, fatigued after fighting eight years of a...
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) — “Here’s our thistle! This is a rare, very rare plant,” retired wetland ecologist Pat Trochlell exclaimed as she stood at the edge...
For years, the boathouses that sit in the right of way in the waters around La Crosse have enjoyed a special historic designation status. Most of...
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A subsidiary of Foxconn Development Corp. has been fined nearly $1,200 in connection with flooding at the company’s construction site caused by heavy...
Whatever minimal efforts Wisconsin is taking to combat the spread of chronic wasting disease clearly aren’t working. That’s apparently why there’s a big shift in how...
It’s not the city of La Crosse going after boathouses on the river. City parks director Steve Carlyon says the latest attack on boathouse owners locally...
If you didn’t get the call yet, you didn’t win the first-ever Wisconsin elk hunting season lottery. The DNR picked just four names out of a...
Today is the last day to apply for, quite literally, a once-in-a-lifetime experience. The Wisconsin DNR is accepting applications through today for the first-ever managed elk...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources officials are asking their board for permission to hold a public hearing on Gov. Scott Walker’s new...
A frac sand processing plant in Monroe County may just be on hold for now. The proposed $70 million Meteor Timber plant near Millston was derailed...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Several environmental groups are challenging a settlement between the state Department of Natural Resources and the Dairy Business Association over rules regarding...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin officials are imposing a statewide emerald ash borer quarantine. The state Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection announced Wednesday that...
Among the last-minute bills racing through Wisconsin’s legislature is one that has nothing to do with roads, schools, welfare or any of the other hot-button issue....
A city committee will consider the cost of abandoning a long unused water well in La Crosse. The city’s board of public works will review bids...
MADISON, Wis. — Campers and hikers might have to dig a little deeper to get into their favorite state parks in 2018. And if they’re packing...