Outdoors
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Recreation should be priority for all in New Year
It’s time to keep the momentum going.
Even though it finally snowed Monday, Dec. 29, the last couple of weeks have brought some hopeful news for outdoor ...
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Christmas lights shine on Schmeeckle app, new bike plan – and vandals
Some bonehead – probably besotted – ripped up one of downtown’s new bike hitches on the morning of Wednesday, Dec. 2. The hitches, installed in several ...
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With ducks distant dream, dogs, memories will do
I had a dream the other night. There I was, back on the windswept Saskatchewan prairies with good friends Rick, Ben and Don – several years ...
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New outdoor relationship requires a few ground rules
Hey, Gal … glad you could join me on my bike ride today. We’re riding pretty close to 15 miles on one of my favorite routes ...
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Audubon Society will present update on bird atlas project Nov. 18
Project Coordinators Bill Mueller and Mike Reese will team up to present an update on the “2nd Wisconsin Breeding Bird Atlas Project” at the Aldo Leopold ...
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Rut in full swing as hunters set out for deer season
The rut is on! The white-tailed buck deer rut that is. By all accounts, it has been on for a couple of weeks. It will continue ...
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Local man develops line of hunting novelty items, offers hunting tips
Mike Okray of Stevens Point has continued a life-long passion for the outdoors with a line of hunting-related novelty items sold on his website keepingitincamo.net.
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Busy Willow River State Park good setting for quick father-son campout
“What do you think would happen if we gave a squirrel coffee?”
The question was posed by my 12-year-old son, Sam, who had just discovered the real ...
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Original ‘selfie stick’ provides view of a bigger picture
“Selfie sticks” are getting whacked a lot lately.
For those still living in the world of talking to others, selfie sticks are the ...
