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Kenosha police have removed a menagerie of exotic reptiles from a home in the 1400 block of 53rd Street. Five Central American snakes, two American alligators, one crocodile, a Gila monster and a snapping turtle were taken from the home to the Kenosha zoo. Officials at the zoo say...

A Wisconsin firm will de-contaminate almost 100 construction barges used to ship building materials to the site of the new Saint Croix River bridge near Hudson. Preliminary work on the project was halted after Minnesota's DNR found dead invasive zebra mussels on six of eight barges...

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources says gypsy moth eggs will start hatching over the next few weeks, so now is the time to find and kill them. The DNR wants homeowners to search trees, houses, firewood piles, play sets and any other outdoor surfaces for the egg masses,...

The state DNR says five suburban Milwaukee men who trapped and put a T-shirt on a wild deer could be fined up to $300 each. WTMJ Radio and TV reported this week on a YouTube video from Oak Creek that showed five men create an elaborate trap, wrestle with a deer, then put a shirt...