11/20/2025

ASHLAND - The Wisconsin DNR will host a public meeting on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025, at 6 p.m. at Northwood Technical College, Room 306, in Ashland. The meeting will review midpoint progress – from 2020 to 2025 of the 10-year 2020 to 2029 Lake Superior Fisheries Management Plan, which guides sport and commercial fisheries management. The plan presents an ambitious agenda of work for the Lake Superior Fisheries Team to fulfill the plan’s vision: a diverse fishery and ecosystem that balances the ecological, cultural, social and economic needs of Wisconsin’s Lake Superior basin region. The event will include a summary of accomplishments followed by a Q&A to gather input on priorities for the remaining period of the plan 2026 through 2029. More information is at dnr.wisconsin.gov

11/20/2025

ARBOR VITAE - Gov. Tony Evers and the Wisconsin Department of Transportation announced that 26 additional locations will receive $14 million in federal funding to build electric vehicle charging stations in Wisconsin including one at the Highway 70 Kwik Trip location in Arbor Vitae.  This latest round of awards fills coverage gaps after the first round of awards was announced in May 2024. The first round awarded $22.4 million in federal funding for 52 projects, 11 of which are currently operational and 16 have been authorized for construction.  The governor celebrated the launch of the first of these charging stations in Wisconsin at Kwik Trip stores in one in Ashland that went online earlier this year. 

11/19/2025

GOGEBIC / ONTONAGON COUNTIES – The 2025 Firearm Deer Season in Michigan started Saturday.  Since yesterday morning there were 29 antlered and 5 antlerless deer harvested in Gogebic County for a total of 185 so far this season according to the DNR website just before sunrise this morning.  In Ontonagon County numbers show 51 antlered and 1 antlerless deer were harvested since yesterday morning for a total of 269.  The Michigan gun deer season runs until the end of the month; hunters are reminded to report deer kills to the DNR on their website or through the DNR app.  Wisconsin gun deer season starts on Saturday.