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Plan Announced to Boost Walleye Numbers
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Submitted: 05/23/2013 |
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MADISON - Governor Walker hopes greater walleye numbers can help boost state tourism.
Walker announced a nearly 13-million dollar effort to boost walleye production.
The plan would allow the state to borrow millions to expand hatcheries.
It would also give several million in grants for private walleye production plants.
The plan also includes money for aquaculture work, buying fingerlings from private vendors, and expanding a program that gives tribal youth jobs on natural resources-related projects.
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One Dollar Price Tag on Historic Building
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Submitted: 05/23/2013 |
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MERRILL - An historic Merrill building will only cost you one dollar to buy, but the price tag is set low because there's much bigger cost involved.
The Lincoln House in Merrill is badly damaged and beyond repair.
It needs to be demolished.
The buyer would have to pay for that, plus have a plan to redevelop the site.
The city has been trying to sell the Lincoln House for three years.
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Farmers Alfalfa Crop Deals with Hard Winter
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Submitted: 05/23/2013 |
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DEERBROOK - Wisconsin farmers depend on alfalfa crop for feeding dairy cows.
Usually, alfalfa survives winter.
But a long, cold, and difficult winter is making things hard for many farmers.
“That’s rot. The plant is green, and it’s growing but it’s not going to make another cutting,” said farmer Jason Nagel.
This year’s growing season will be a challenge for him.
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Walleye Plan Excites Local Fishermen
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Submitted: 05/23/2013 |
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EAGLE RIVER - The initiative will help to rebound what's thought of as a suffering walleye population by adding hundreds of thousands of the fish to Wisconsin lakes.
The project could improve fishing for the state's most popular game fish and tourism in the state. George Langely, a local fishing guide at Eagle Sports bait shop in Eagle River, says walleye fishing isn't what it used to be.
"The walleye population has pretty much suffered in the last twenty years and it's really nice to see Madison recognizing that and taking some steps to do something about it. It will take a while but it's a great start."
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Unemployment Down for Most of State
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Submitted: 05/23/2013 |
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MADISON - Some northwoods counties got left behind as unemployment rates IMPROVED almost everywhere in Wisconsin last month.
The state Department of Workforce Development said yesterday that unemployment got worse in April in Price, Menominee and Calumet counties.
Unemployment stayed the same in Iron and Langlade counties.
Rates improved in the other 67 counties.
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DNR raises bag limits on hundreds of northern Wisconsin lakes
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Submitted: 05/23/2013 |
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MADISON - Wildlife officials have increased daily walleye bag limits for anglers as Wisconsin Chippewa spearfishing winds down.
The state Department of Natural Resources has raised limits on 423 lakes in the ceded territory, a swath of northern Wisconsin the tribes gave to the government more than a century ago. The rules include a five-walleye limit on 289 lakes, a four-walleye limit on three lakes, and a three-walleye limit on 131 lakes.
Bag limits on 113 lakes remain unchanged.
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Ministry Health Care to Cut Hundreds of Jobs
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Submitted: 05/22/2013 |
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MILWAUKEE - Ministry Health Care plans to lay off several hundred employees, citing a drop in the number of patients and cuts in federal reimbursement levels.
Ministry operates 15 hospitals and 47 clinics across Wisconsin.
The facilities include Saint Joseph's Hospital in Marshfield and Saint Michael's Hospital in Stevens Point.
Ministry spokesman Geoffrey Huys says about 225 to 250 employees will be cut, mainly through attrition and job eliminations.
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