A busy day job and full life mean it doesn’t happen as often as he’d like, but when the weather and trail conditions are just right – and were they ever this past winter – a certain route on the Keweenaw Peninsula calls out to passionate snowmobiler Ryan LaPorte. “I’ll take off ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — Next weekend is the annual Free Fun Weekend in Wisconsin, which means state park admission fees, fishing licenses and trail passes are waived for both residents and nonresidents. Michigan's Three Free Weekend — where residents and nonresidents can grab a fishing rod, ...

Another year has brought another online debate — and warnings — about providing grape jelly for the orioles. But there’s a new wrinkle I recently learned that I feel compelled to pass along. In the past I’ve reprinted information about feeding jelly from an interview I had in 2019 ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — Off-highway recreational vehicle operators are urged by Department of Natural Resources officials to wear helmets and seatbelts and follow route and trail rules this Memorial Day weekend and throughout the rest of the year. To date, Wisconsin has had 14 ATV/UTV ...

Spring bird migration appears to be peaking, with a major movement of warblers and other songbirds taking advantage of the ideal wind flow north. The Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Bird Cast Migration Dashboard for Wisconsin, https://dashboard.birdcast.org/region/US-WI, at peak migration ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has offered a summary of changes ahead for the 2026 deer seasons as approved this week by the Natural Resources Commission. The department presented its recommendations to the commission in April. Under Michigan law, the NRC ...