Rejecting a DNR staff recommendation of six bull elk tags, the Wisconsin Natural Resources Board on May 27 voted 5-2 to allocate 10 tags for t…
Winter storms damaged two docks and a vault toilet in Apostle Islands National Lakeshore.
MADISON (AP) — The state Department of Natural Resources plans to reopen eight of 11 shooting ranges on Thursday with a host of conditions.
Northland College alumna Judy Lehmkuhl was on hand at the 2020 Iditarod Dog Sled Race this year and captured several images from the annual wi…
We had a big event in our household this week. We're cat lovers, and last month I met a brand new litter of tuxedo kittens while stopping at C…
When I was in middle school we had a crazy mid-winter thaw and an intense rain that froze the snow hard enough that you could walk and even ju…
The other night I was out with Fergus and Jenkins for their bedtime business. As they sniffed around for the perfect spot, I stood gazing up a…
There are a fair number of winter “ultra” races where the race course is “ultra” in its length. In the Mountain West there is the Fat Pursuit;…
Next to riding on two wheels, my favorite activity is canoeing. I was born and raised in the southwestern part of the state and the Mississipp…
For most of the summer and early fall, I've avoided having bird feeders around the house other than a single feeder that I brought in at night…
I never actually made it to Morgan Falls. Because of the rain, I got a late start from our place and I rolled in late in the day. There were s…
It’s a late October night at Baker Lake campground, deep in the Superior National Forest miles inland from Lake Superior, where dad and I have…
I’m finding it difficult to escape my comforter these mornings, now. Waking up before the sun breaks the ridge to the east, daylight arrives c…
Raw power gets a lot of press as the thing you need a bunch of in order to ride a bike fast. When we think of someone truly fast on a bike we …
“What do we do if you fall overboard?” I recall asking my friend, Adam, in all seriousness. I was standing on a dock in the Grand Marais, Minn…
As the sun warmed the back of my neck, I floated comfortably in my PFD (life jacket) between our two stand-up paddleboards with a hand resting…
Let’s face it: there’s nothing practical about racing a bike. You’re not producing anything you can eat or sell. A case could even be made th…
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