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OCONTO FALLS, Wis. (WFRV) – With the 2024 fishing season opener on Saturday for inland lakes, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources game wardens are urging caution and other reminders to all boaters on the water, whether they are fishing or participating in other recreation. “People are just itching to get out. And whether or not […]

Members of the South Dakota National Guard at the Brigadier General Ernie Edwards Readiness Center in Watertown received an early Christmas present Wednesday afternoon, courtesy of the Boy Scouts and

{KXLG -Watertown, SD} An update was posted from the mother, Melissa Bruckner, of the family that endured a devastating fire on Wednesday, November 8, 2023, just after midnight. The girls,

LAKE TOMAHAWK, Wisc. (WJFW) -- The Wisconsin DNR is reminding boaters to stay safe this Labor Day, as lots of people take to the water for the last hurrah of

LAKE TOMAHAWK, Wis (WJFW) – Conservation Wardens and other law enforcement officers will be patrolling Wisconsin waterways this weekend in an effort to discourage impaired boating. Operation Dry Water is

The weekend anglers have been waiting for is here. After a long, ice and snow-covered winter, it is finally time to back the boat down the launch ramp for the f

NORTHWOODS, Wis. (WJFW) - Snowmobilers may only have a few more weeks to enjoy the trails but Warden Supervisor Chris Bartelt urges them to stay vigilant. “If you look at

MCNAUGHTON, Wis. (WJFW) - Over the weekend 2 more crashes in the Northwoods brings the count of recent snowmobile fatalities to 4, all in the span of four days. The

Outdoornews April 1, 2021 Peshtigo Team / January Wardens Paul Hartrick, of Oconto Falls, and Gaven Brault, of Green Bay, responded to a complaint of two bucks locked at the horns. The wardens arrived and observed a large buck dragging a dead buck through the woods. Hartrick placed a catch pole on the buck’s antlers and pulled him to the ground. Brault then held the live buck down and Hartrick handed the catch pole to the reporting party to hang on to. Hartrick then used a saw to cut the dead...

Outdoornews February 4, 2021 Ashland Team / November Wardens Phil Brown, of Iron River, and Dave Sanda, of Gordon, contacted an individual to register a bobcat. It was discovered: the cat had not been tagged correctly; the tag was not validated; the cat was trapped with a cable restraint, which are illegal to use until Dec. 1; and, the individual had illegally placed cable restraints for fisher trapping.  Warden Brown observed an individual driving slowly down a gravel road with a dog running ...