MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Hunting and fishing fees would not go up under the state budget Gov. Scott Walker is proposing. But the state Department of Natural Resources would be allowed to raise state park admission and camping fees under the two-year spending proposal. The budget also approved DNR Secretary Cathy Stepp’s plan to reorganize the agency and not break it apart as a Republican lawmaker has proposed. The reorganization plan calls for reducing the number of DNR divisions from seven to five, moves the Bureau of Science Services’ 19 researchers into a new Office of Applied Sciences and shifts 33 ranger positions into warden positions. Large farms also would be allowed to hire consultants to craft permit applications.
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photo: waupun mayor rohn bishop The Waupun Common Council has postponed action on wage increases for paid on call firefighters and elected officials to get more public input. The council discussed the matter, sometimes heated, at their meeting this week and will take up the issue again at their April 8th meeting. If […]
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A house fire near New Holstein claimed the life of a child. Shortly after 2am Wednesday firefighters were called to the scene on Honeymoon Hill Road near County Road T. A child in the home was pronounced dead at a hospital. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
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