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Bear rescued after more than a week with its head stuck in a jar

Wildlife officials in Wisconsin announced a bear seen wandering through three counties with a plastic jar stuck over its head ...

DNR ends Wisconsin air quality alert for first time in over a week as fire smoke leaves

On Aug. 6, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has not extended its Wisconsin air quality alert — a decision it ...

Line 5 Wisconsin reroute hearings on permits, proposals begin Aug. 12

Enbridge has proposed the 41-mile section to replace a 12-mile section of the pipeline through the Bad River Reservation in northern Wisconsin.

Wisconsin sturgeon thrive, reproduce in Georgia river, marking conservation success

(WLUK) -- Sturgeon originating from Wisconsin are thriving in Georgia's Coosa River as part of an initiative to revive the ...

Scientists try new way to limit invasive carp in Mississippi River: feeding them

Researchers plan to entice the nuisance fish to certain areas of the river with food, then enlist commercial fishers to catch ...

Bear freed after getting his head stuck in a jar – unclear if it contained honey

A two-year-old female black bear seen wandering around Ashland, Wisconsin, for eight days with a plastic jar stuck on her ...

Jar Head: Young bear freed from plastic jug in northwestern Wisconsin

CABLE, Wis — A young bear is seeing the world more clearly now after wandering for at least a week with its head stuck in a ...

Elusive bear survives more than a week with a jar on its head before being freed

A bear in western Wisconsin was freed after spending more than a week with its head trapped in a jar, surviving by burning its fat stores and dunking its head underwater to drink through punctures in ...

When will air quality improve in Wisconsin? When will wildfire smoke clear? Here's what to know

Canadian wildfire smoke has affected Wisconsin all week, prompting multiple air quality alert extensions from the DNR.