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Jan. 11-13: Midwest Walleye Expo at the State Fir Park in Milwaukee, WI. Fri.: 3 p.m. – 7 p.m.; Sat.: 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.; Sun.: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Adm.: $6 for adults and kids 12 and under free. Jan. 11-13: 31st Annual Rockford, IL RV, Camping & Travel Show at the Metro […]

ALEXANDRIA AREA Little Mary Lake is producing sunfish in less than 12 feet of water on wax worms and larvae. Look to Lake Reno for walleyes in 14 feet of water with jigging spoons or shiner minnows working best. Ice depths really vary on the lakes in this area and the spots people are fishing

6 p.m., at the Public Works Building behind the Alliant Energy Center, located off John Nolan Dr. & Rimrock Rd., Madison.Contact Ken Johnson at 608-275-3243.

Dec. 31: Late archery deer season closes. Pheasant season closes. Ruffed grouse season closes in the Northern Zone. Frog season closes. Hungarian partridge season closes. Bobcat hunting and trapping season closes. Mink trapping season closes in the northern, central and southern zones. Fisher trapping season closes.

Tyler Nelson was snowmobiling on Lake Fremont with a friend when he went through the ice. Justin Birkholtz, 20, rode his snowmobile across the ice to a residence on the lake and got a rowboat, according to the Sherburne County Sheriff’s Department. Birkholtz pulled the boat back near the open water and pulled Nelson out.

Associated Press International Falls, Minn. A snag has stalled plans by officials at Voyageurs National Park to let snowmobilers ride on 11 bays that had been closed to protect the park’s wolves. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has notified Voyageurs that its biologists first must sign off on the decision. Late last month, Voyageurs

Also, customers will be able to make reservations online at: www.stayatmnparks.com, expected to be online in January. Reservations can be taken by phone at a new toll-free number: (866) 857-2757 (1-866-85PARKS), beginning in January.

Editor Politicians, farmers, and conservationists are surfing a new Internet data base that lists the federal farm subsidies paid to individual farming operations throughout the United States from 1996 to 2000. The nonprofit Environmental Working Group acquired the data with a Freedom of Information request and posted it on its web site, www.ewg.org, Nov. 6.

Jan. 20: Hartford Conservation & Gun Club 12th Annual Ice Fisheree on Pike Lake from 6 a.m. – 3 p.m. For more info call 262-673-6208. Jan. 26-27: Winter Camping Made Easy, annual winter outing held at Mosquito Hill Nature Center. For more info & to register before Jan. 18th, call the center at 920-779-6433 or