outdoors

Kiap-TU-Wish Chapter of Trout Unlimited announces it has received a $39,000 grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation for stream habitat restoration on the Trimbelle River, located in Western Wisconsin. In conjunction Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and the Pierce...

STAR PRAIRIE - More reward money is being offered to help authorities find the people who illegally shot a hibernating bear in northwest Wisconsin. The DNR said the bear was shot in February while sleeping in a culvert near Star Prairie. It was dragged to place near Somerset where...

Almost two-thirds of Wisconsin's corn crop has been planted. Officials say over 20% of the crop was put into the ground last week. But corn planting is still 21-percent below the average for the past five years. Wisconsin is the only Midwest state with less than 80% of its corn...

A rural Lake Tomahawk man found out the hard way during the weekend that Wisconsin's wild fire season isn't over yet. Authorities said he tossed a cigarette butt on his property and drove into town. The tiny spark started his grass on fire after he left - and about an acre of land...

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...