Fox River Catfish Sets Wisconsin State Record
Two Omro men fished Easter at Fox River using dead shiner bait and landed a 65 pound flathead, certified by the DNR at Olsen's Feed Mill Auroraville. They released the fish after X-ray checks and days in an aerated tank, amid public viewings. The previous state record was 64 pounds 2 ounces. The world and largest records cited involve larger specimens from Indiana and Texas.
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Omro
Fox River
DNR
Olsen
Auroraville
Mr. Bellemore
David Olson
North Hudson
St. Croix
White River
Indiana
Texas
Lake Lewiston
Uniform bill pushes statewide gun control ban in Madison vote
The Urban and Local Affairs Committee heard 13 witnesses last week praising a bill that would block local gun ordinances and align local rules with state standards. It would bar municipalities from banning handgun possession and abolish existing local gun laws. James Fendry of the Wisconsin Pro-gun Movement cited a security guard fined for carrying a firearm in St. Francis. Opposing input came from Michael Nordin, chair of the Wisconsin Chiefs of Police Association.
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Madison
Urban and Local Affairs Committee
James Fendry
Wisconsin
Pro-gun Movement
St. Francis
Michael Nordin
The
Wisconsin Chiefs of Police Association
Conservation hearings tally record sets votes on twenty proposals
Nearly 4,400 voters statewide debated 18 conservation rule changes and 14 advisory items. Key outcomes included a narrow approval to close coyote hunting during deer season to protect timber wolves, and approval of studies on predator impacts. Several measures failed or passed by wide margins, shaping wildlife management and hunting rules.
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Conservation Congress
Close Park Lake
Close Ripon Millpond
Close Beaver Dam Lake
Wilson Lake
Flambeau River
Oconto River
Pecatonica River
Pine Lake
Belmont Deer Hunt
Pepin Rifle Deer Hunt
Treaty rights debates in Wisconsin snarl fishing clash
Wisconsin North Country faces heated debate over Chippewa treaty rights and off-reservation spearfishing while some urge negotiation and education to prevent future clashes. Protesters accuse Indians of eski, while supporters urge teaching treaty history and law to curb racism and protect resources.
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Wisconsin
North Country
Protect Americans
Butternut Lake
Here
Congress
Peterson
U.S
Oneida County Man Won’t Be Charged Over Lake Tomahawk Incident
Oneida County authorities will not press charges against a local resident who fired a pistol on his property while Chippewa Indians speared nearby on Lake Tomahawk. Assistant District Attorney Brian Pawlak said evidence was insufficient to arrest and that the man acted within his rights to shoot at varmints and did not intend to intimidate the spearers.
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Oneida County
Lake Tomahawk
Varmits
Brian Pawlak
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Mike Bellemore
Joe Hodel
Highway 29
Richard Eggleston
North
Tom Ratzlaff
Park Falls
Larry Peterson
Protect Americans’ Rights and Resources
Episcopal
William C. Wantland
Eau Claire
Wantland
Frank Kuehn
Herbster
South Shore
Superior
Ashland
Mr. Kuehn
Oneida
H-Bank
Midwestern Precast, Inc
Hwy
West and
Patz
A.P.R
Patz Chain
Bloomer Harnish Equip
Cadott Sedlacek Sales & Service
Chetek Argin Dahil
Colfax
Donald L. Sikora
Dallas
Lester Thompson
Ave
Ellsworth Hoikka
Mondovi Ableidinger Construction
Withee
Tri-County Equip. Co
Toe
Triangle Equipment Company
Baldwin
Badger Sales
Bloomer, Inc
Bloomer, WI
Kodel Implement Inc
Cameron
Morrison Implement Inc
Chippewa Falls
Durand Implement Inc
Durand, WI
Bushmann Enterprises
Greenwood
G&g Luck
Polfus Implement Inc
New
Richmond, WI
Ridgeland Coop
Ridgeland
Farmers Implement Inc
Shawano
Yellowstone
Stanley
Peterson Implement
Whitehall
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