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Lake trout have recovered in most of Lake Superior

After decades of work, fishery managers say lake trout have fully recovered in most of Lake Superior after the invasive, fish-killing sea lamprey decimated their numbers. The Lake Superior Committee of the Great Lakes Fishery Commission, which is made up of state, tribal and Canadian natural ...

Marquette names Ah Yun president

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Marquette University officials announced Wednesday that Kimo Ah Yun will serve as the school’s next president. Ah Yun had served as acting president since June, when President Michael Lovell died in Rome after a three-year battle with cancer. Ah Yun becomes only the ...

Wisconsin’s nine-day gun deer hunt opens Saturday

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A beloved Wisconsin tradition begins anew this weekend as hunters take to the woods for the start of the state’s nine-day gun deer season. The season opens at dawn Saturday and closes on the evening of Sunday, Dec. 1. Hunters are looking to rebound after a tepid ...

More details on kayaker who faked death, fled overseas

GREEN LAKE, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin man who faked his own drowning this summer so he could abandon his wife and three children has been communicating with authorities daily from Eastern Europe, even telling them how he did it, but has not committed to returning home, a sheriff said ...

Tiny Earth Winter Symposium focuses on antibiotic discovery

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Students from areas across the state and nation will present their findings at the Tiny Earth in Titletown research symposium in the Lambeau Field Atrium from 5 to 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 6. The event connects students, parents, faculty and community members from the ...