The sturgeon spearing season ended this week on the Upriver Lakes, but is likely to last the full 16 days on Lake Winnebago. DNR Senior Fisheries biologist Aaron O’Connell says while there are some big fish out there, the trend has been toward leaner fish. “Our percentage of fish weighing 100 pounds or greater is right around where it was last year,” O’Connell told WFDL news. “Biggest fish harvested so far in the Winnebago System was a 150.1 pound fish.” An aerial shanty count found nearly six thousand shacks on Lake Winnebago, and O’Connell many are clustered on the northern half of the lake.
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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 […]
todayMarch 27, 2025
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.
todayMarch 27, 2025
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