WI Daily Update: Supreme Court declines to hear corner-crossing case; here’s what it means
The U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 20 announced it was
October 27, 2025
Town of Drummond wrangling with Wisconsin DNR over release of water into trout stream
The lack of rainfall in northwest Wisconsin has resulted in a weather classification of “abnormally dry,” with the impacts being felt on lakes and rivers throughout the region.
Bayfield County’s 97-acre Drummond Lake is one such lake. Area residents are concerned because the DNR is mandating a minimum water flow through the Drummond Lake dam. This is due to a state statute mandate that 25% of the water any dam holds back must be released downstream to protect aquatic life. According to town officials, that is questionable logic in this situation.
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Rock River’s ‘hefty’ shovelnose sturgeon stoke curiosity of Illinois researchers
When anglers began regularly pulling hefty-sized shovelnose sturgeon from the Rock River – catching fish weighing up to 10 pounds – the Illinois DNR made sturgeon throughout the river a research priority. In 2022, the agency tapped Stefan Tucker, a sturgeon specialist and fisheries ecologist at the Illinois Natural History Survey, to investigate the shovelnose.
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