Courtesy Wisconsin DNR MADISON – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources urges anglers to properly clean their gear after discovering the parasite  Myxobolus cerebralis  in Elton …

The 50th Birkie takes place despite lack of ‘winter’ By Mitch Mode Special to the Star Journal It is the week of the American Birkebeiner.  We drive on bare blacktop past rolling hills and …

Visually impaired skier Krista Erickson, left, is guided by Julie Coppens at the 2023 ParaBirkie. Ski for Light is now the presenting sponsor of that event. Erickson, from Chicago, is the vice …

STOCK PHOTO WOODRUFF – State Representatives Rob Swearingen, Calvin Callahan and Sen. Mary Felzkowski will hold a public discussion regarding the 2023 gun deer hunting season in Wisconsin. The …

The 2023 gun deer hunt harvest totals and license sales are now available. / Photo Credit: iStock/FRANKHILDEBRAND Courtesy Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources MADISON – The 2023 gun deer hunt …

By Mitch Mode Special to the Star Journal It was a short walk from the shack to the deer stand, short, but on this November morning, snapping with the noise of walking on leaves fallen to duff and …

By Mitch Mode Special to the Star Journal Comes a time when change rides in on swirl winds and uncertainty looms as storm clouds over the land, casting shadow and in the shadows, doubt and …

By Mitch Mode, special to the Star Journal An old photo; colors washed with aging.  Tucked away on a shelf, dusty, the masking tape that once held it to a mat now brittle and pocked.  A small …

The Great Backyard Bird Count takes place this weekend, Feb. 17-20. Anyone can participate in the count, which was launched in 1998 and recently saw more than 300,000 people submit their …