MN Daily Update: Upgraded fishing piers in northeast Minnesota
The Minnesota DNR reminds state anglers that the agency has
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May 25, 2026
American eel caught by Chicago River angler raises questions
Ben Gorashchenko looked down at the long, twisting, wriggling creature he just reeled in on the Chicago River and was not sure what he had hooked.
Turns out, he was pulling in an American eel – an extremely rare find in the urban river. Researchers told Block Club that, to their knowledge, there is just one other known instance of someone catching an American eel in the Chicago River in recent years, when a child caught one in 2017.
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Wisconsin DNR’s Hunter Ethics award goes to man who helped save red-tailed hawk
Josh Astell, of Fort Atkinson, was awarded the 2025 Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Ethical Hunter Award for an act in 2025.
The annual award, started in 1998, goes to a Wisconsin hunter from a list of nominations submitted by the public to a four-member selection committee; usually for a single act taking place in Wisconsin during the previous year.
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Wisconsin CWD bills are killed, but life may still flicker
Last year, State Assembly Rep. Jenna Jacobson (D-Oregon) and State Senator Jeff Smith (D-Brunswick) introduced what they called a “CWD prevention package” containing three bills that aimed “to combat, monitor, and increase awareness around chronic wasting disease (CWD).”
Those bills ended up dying in committee and did not make it to the desk of Gov. Tony Evers, but Jacobson said the bills could return during a future session.
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WI Daily Update: Giant sturgeon netted during Wisconsin research work
Earlier this month, a group of college research students netted
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