DNR board passes resolution against proposal that would make it advisory
The state Department of Natural Resources Board has unanimously passed a resolution against Gov. Scott Walker's plan to make the board advisory.
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Construction season to arrive in Park Falls
Spring has finally arrived, which is sometimes better known as the opening of "construction season."
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Walleye bag limit approved by WNRB
MADISON -- The Wisconsin Natural Resources Board approved Wednesday an emergency rule that maintains a three walleye daily bag limit on most lakes and rivers in the Wisconsin Ceded Territory.
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Adventures Out There: Together
The afternoon falls away under our feet as we walk down the soggy trail heading west. It hasn't been maintained, and is thick with brambles, whose spiky curving stalks are just starting to bud out. We walk together, single file, not saying much because there's nothing much that needs saying.…
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Soft ice ends frozen water fishing season
For all practical purposes, the ice fishing season has come to an end on lakes across the Northwoods. According to a report by DNR Fisheries Biologist Skip Sommerfeldt, recent mild temperatures have really softened up the ice cover and a lot of open water areas have developed, especially aro…
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Heritage Credit Union display honors veterans
President Franklin Roosevelt called the December 7, 1941 horrible Pearl Harbor attack "the day which will live in infamy." Within weeks he ordered plans for a retaliatory attack on Japan. It became the April 18, 1942 "Doolittle Raid" and included a Wisconsin flier with Price County relatives.
Quote from research paper by Scott Mess who has "relative connections" to the raid -- "The plan was to raid Japan was conceived in January of 1942.
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Maintenance and improvement projects examined
A laundry list of repairs and replacements were discussed at the Butternut School Board meeting on March 23. District Superintendent Joe Zirngibl said that he has been compiling a list so that he could gather input from the board members about which items he should make a priority.
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Despite budget restraints, students and staff work toward excellence
Despite the dire budget proposals for the Chequamegon School District discussed at the March 24 school board meeting, there were some especially bright spots highlighting students and staff.
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Barebones school staff reduced further yet
Several words that could be used to define the lengthy discussion on the 2015-16 staffing plan for the Chequamegon School District would be excruciatingly painful.
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