"When complete, this connection will draw people of all ages outdoors to enjoy the scenic beauty of south central Wisconsin and the Wisconsin River,” Dane County Executive Joe Parisi said in a statement.
Lightning struck an abandoned cabin, setting it on fire, near the Wisconsin River between Lake Delton and Portage Saturday afternoon.
An Indiana man broke the Wisconsin state record for the biggest channel catfish caught with a bow and arrow while fishing the Wisconsin River in Wisconsin Dells.
A man drowned Saturday after falling into the Wisconsin River while fishing, the Richland County Sheriff’s Department reported.
Cars were already lined up Monday afternoon to be some of the first on the Merrimac Ferry for the 2021 season. Motorists on both sides of the Wisconsin River/Lake Wisconsin were excited to take the ferry for the first time this year.
Two children who fell into the Wisconsin River Thursday in Portage were rescued unharmed.
Two children who fell into the Wisconsin River Thursday in Portage were rescued unharmed, authorities reported.
The Merrimac Ferry, which is closing for the season on Thursday, shuttled more than 200,000 vehicles across the Wisconsin River this season.
The 92-mile Lower Wisconsin State Riverway is now recognized as a Wetland of International Importance by the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands.
"This is important because the minutia of everyday life is often left out of historical records," one of the archaeologists working on the site said. "This helps us better understand what was happening during this period."
The historic flooding of June 2008 was perhaps best known for an outcome that left many people high and dry near the Wisconsin Dells. On June 9, 2008, saturated soil beneath a 500-foot section of Highway A slid away, causing the 267-acre Lake Delton to drain into the Wisconsin River.
Columbia County is asking residents in flood-prone areas to heed warnings and make plans for possible evacuations as the Wisconsin River at Portage entered a minor flood stage Monday.
Parson's Indian Trading Post & Museum, one of the state's oldest tourism businesses, like other businesses, is struggling in the wake of a shutdown.
Penzy's has nearly 70 stores nationwide while Great Dane and Vintage have each closed their four Madison area locations.
The famous school of architecture founded by Frank Lloyd Wright during the throes of the Great Depression is closing at the end of June. But nothing is changing at Taliesin itself.
The State Natural Areas Program protects almost half a million acres at 692 sites all across Wisconsin.
Sauk Prairie locals, area elected officials and community leaders all came together Oct. 19 to celebrate the progress made so far on the Great Sauk State Trail, and the potential for more to come.
Residents of the towns of Roxbury and West Point, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Officials, county board members, State Assembly Re…
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Former CEO of The Onion pens book detailing people he met from Baraboo, Sauk City while a journalist
Steve Hannah’s new book, “Dairylandia: Dispatches from a State of Mind,” is a collection of stories and profiles of people he met while traveling through his adopted state of Wisconsin, where he’s lived on the Wisconsin River near Prairie du Sac since 1975.
Work will continue through the fall, be suspended during the winter, then resume in the spring with completion scheduled for May.
A man drowned Tuesday in the Wisconsin River at Newport Park, the second drowning in the river near Wisconsin Dells this summer.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural is asking for the public's help in figuring out who may have dumped the invasive crayfish and why.
Authorities have identified a man who attempted to rescue his wife and two children from the Wisconsin River before he went under and drowned.
The father was trying to rescue his three children who had floated away from shore. His body was found by boaters Sunday morning.