MARQUETTE —The Michigan Department of Natural Resources Becoming an Outdoors-Woman program will offer several Beyond BOW events this winter in Marquette County. The one-day workshops help women experience outdoor recreation and education. Activities include snowshoe hikes, lighted ...

I admit I invest a lot of money and effort each winter into convincing local wildlife to make an appearance in the yard. The scene when successful can be akin to a Disney movie, with deer, rabbits, squirrels and multiple types of birds sharing space at the feeders. Suet draws in an array of ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — Sagola Township Sportsmen’s Club will host the 46th annual Tip-Up Town of the U.P. from 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 5, at Sawyer Lake and Edey Lake north of Channing. Admission to the clubhouse is free. Fishing contest anglers must have a button and be ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Department of Natural Resources policy board swapped one of former Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s appointees for another in leadership elections Wednesday, choosing Greg Kazmierski to replace Fred Prehn as chairman. Prehn, who didn’t run for reelection to ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A member of the Department of Natural Resources policy board suggested Wednesday that the agency’s new wolf management plan shouldn’t include a specific population goal and instead lay out metrics indicating whether the population should be reduced or allowed to ...

AURORA, Wis. — The Homestead Aurora Conservation Club had 185 adult entries in its annual Pete “Toad” Church Ice Fishing Derby, which was open to all area waters Jan. 15. Cash prizes were paid to adults in five categories. Kids, who fished for free, got prizes donated by Northwoods ...