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A pair of Rice Lake residents were issued citations by a Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources warden during December 2022 for alleged ice fishing violations, Barron County Circuit Court records said.

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The Blue Hills Sportsman’s Club will sponsor its semi-annual Hunter’s Education class for fall of 2022 the week of Sept. 26 - Oct. 1.

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The 2022 Barron County Aqua Dairy Show, will be held on Monday, June 27, at the Barron County Fairgrounds in Rice Lake. The show will start promptly at 10 a.m. this year.

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The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced that preliminary totals show Wisconsin turkey hunters registered 39,007 birds during the 2022 spring turkey hunting season, a 5% increase from the 37,266 birds registered in the spring of 2021.

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A Ridgeland man’s bear hunt in September 2021 turned out to be an expensive outing after he was fined $1,374 by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, according to Barron County Circuit Court records.

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The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) is seeking public comment on replacement names for geographic feature names recently declared derogatory by DOI. The DOI is accepting comments from the public through April 25, 2022.

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The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is asking deer hunters and the public to help slow the spread of chronic wasting disease (CWD) by following baiting and feeding bans and properly disposing of deer carcass waste this hunting season.

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A Turtle Lake man was fined $642 after allegedly trapping a raccoon and using it to train hound dogs to hunt, according to Barron County Circuit Court records.

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People who showed up on La Salle Avenue for Barron Fall Fest last Saturday might just end up seeing themselves on TV next year, as part of an hour-long special celebrating the fall season in Wisconsin, according to local and state sources.

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The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is once again asking ruffed grouse hunters and outdoor enthusiasts who come across a sick or dead grouse to submit a sample for a multi-state West Nile virus study.

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The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced that the fall 2021 sharp-tailed grouse hunting season remains closed due to the spring surveys results and concerns over future viability of the sharp-tailed grouse population.

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The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is actively following incidents of bird mortalities first reported in the eastern United States in late May. At that time, wildlife managers in Washington, D.C., Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and Kentucky began receiving reports of sick…