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Applications for 2027 Upriver Lakes sturgeon spearing season due Aug. 1

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) reminds spearers that the deadline to apply for an Upriver Lakes tag or purchase a preference point is Aug. 1, for the upcoming 2027 sturgeon spe...

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Interwald clinches outright Small Division title with lopsided win
Westboro’s Braxton Weissmiller follows through on a swing that produces a grand slam home run in the third inning of Sunday’s game with Interwald. The Trojans scored seven runs in the inning to close a big early deficit to 15-7, but Interwald shut them down from there, winning 25-7 to clinch the outright title in the Dairyland League’s Small Division. MATT FREY/THE STAR NEWS
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Interwald clinches outright Small Division title with lopsided win

The Interwald Woodticks clinched their second straight Small Division title in Dairyland League base...

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Rib Lake gets a DH sweep at Merrill
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Rib Lake gets a DH sweep at Merrill

The Rib Lake Legion baseball team improved to 18-6, wrapping up a successful summer by sweeping a Th...

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Sparkly, brand-new sports school year set to kick off next week
Players from Medford’s high school football program conducted the Raider Nation Youth Camp at Raider Field July 22-23 after the high school team’s camp workouts. Nearly 120 youths going into grades 1-6 attended each day. Above: Carter Weiland (l.) and Paxton Schumacher drive block on Raider juniors Devin Dassow and Jack Rodman. Above right: Collin Freeman bounces off the pad held by Raider senior captain Cash Thums and dives into the end zone. Lower right: Ryker Campbell shows good form as he attacks the tackling wheel held by Raider senior captain Forest Hartl. PHOTOS BY MATT FREY/THE STAR NEWS
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Sparkly, brand-new sports school year set to kick off next week

Wasn’t it just yesterday when all eyes were on the Medford Raiders and their trip to the WIAA Divi...

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DNR accepting Hunter R3 grant applications through Sept. 15

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is accepting applications for the Hunter Recruitment, Retention and Reactivation (R3) grant program. The deadline to submit grant applications is 11:59 p.m. CST on Sept. 15.The Hunter R3 grant supports projects that promote awareness, understanding and participation in safe, ethical hunting and hunting-related outdoor skills. These skills offer i...

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DNR uses restitution from kayaker to fund public service equipment

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has announced the restitution received as part of a 2025 Green Lake County Circuit Court ruling against a kayaker who staged his death was used to purchase new sonar equipment for emergency response to public safety incidents and natural resource protection cases.Ryan Borgwardt staged a boating fatality on Big Green Lake, the state’s deepest in...

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DNR releases fall 2026-spring 2027 hunting regulations, fall hunting and trapping forecasts

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has released both the hunting regulations (fall 2026-spring 2027) and the 2026 fall forecast series. Together, these resources contain most of the information that hunters will need to participate in hunting game species. The fall forecasts also include hunting and trapping outlooks for a variety of popular game species.New this year, the DNR pub...

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