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Although the final day of the season at the Thorp Aquatic Center is on the horizon for August 25th, fun is still planned for the remaining hot summer days! A “So Long Summer” party will …
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By Danielle Boos
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8/22/24
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Back in May OTT celebrated Forage Month. I wrote about morels, of course, as well as fiddleheads, pheasant tails, ramps, watercress and I think a couple others that escape me right now. The …
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By Dave Beck
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8/14/24
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Hello friends,
This week's column is just pure crazy and fun, as usual, I am short on space. I love to fish Green Bay and do it in both my canoe and my 18.6’ War Eagle. I generally can …
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By Mark Walters
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8/14/24
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Hello friends,
This week's column was going to be about a serious musky fishing trip on Sawyer County’s, Chippewa flowage. Serious musky fishing turned out to be casual musky fishing, …
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8/7/24
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Hello friends,
One of the bonuses about my daughter Selina going to UW-Stevens Point is that she introduced me to several future biologists and this week I will have the pleasure of introducing …
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By Mark Walters
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7/31/24
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Hello friends,
I have something new for you and I think that you are going to like it. My golden retriever Red was bred with an excellent sire named Max. Max is owned by Jim Steurwald of …
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7/24/24
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My game plan during a recent fishing outing was pretty simple: replenish my fish supply. I realized that I had made a slight miscalculation regarding my fish inventory because my freezer was …
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By Dave Beck
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7/17/24
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Hello friends,
This column has spanned over 35 years of my life and this week I have returned home from a wedding on Madeline Island that I simply have to write about. I think that you will …
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By Mark Walters
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7/17/24
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Hello friends,
Last week and this one as well I am writing to you about a 7-day fly-in fishing trip to Shultz Lake in Ontario, Canada where we fly out of Red Lake with Chimo Lodge and Outposts …
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By Mark Walters
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7/10/24
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Hello friends,
Each May I go trout fishing somewhere in Wisconsin. This week I headed down to Columbia County to fish Rowan Creek. I grew up in Poynette and fished Rowan Creek hundreds of times …
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By Mark Walters
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5/22/24
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Hello friends,
If you think that life doesn't go by in a blink of an eye, I am about to show why I feel it does. Thirty-five years ago, this Friday night I wrote my first column. I was living in …
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By Mark Walters
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5/15/24
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This week's column is chalk full of interesting experiences, so I have to be vague, if you know what I mean. Carsyn and Conner Thiede are the 13- and 11-year-old children of Tyler and Patsy Thiede of Mayville
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By Mark Walters
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4/24/24
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Once fierce rivals on the diamond, baseball players from Owen-Withee and Thorp will be teammates moving forward. Starting next season, Thorp and Owen-Withee will co-op for varsity baseball. This …
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By Jimmy Cardinal
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4/24/24
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Scientists at Marshfield Clinic Research Institute are asking the public to submit ticks for a research study called the Tick Inventory via Citizen Science (TICS).
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4/17/24
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For 15 years the TurfMutt Foundation has advocated for the care and use of yards, parks, and other green spaces – what the Foundation calls “backyarding.” The outdoor areas around …
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4/17/24
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Hello friends,
Every once in a while, I have to get out of actual hunting, fishing, camping, canoeing and backpacking and write about something different. This week I am writing to you about the …
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By Mark Walters
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4/17/24
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On Friday March 22, we had a field trip. We first went to the Fischer Farm. Matthew taught us how to milk the cows and what they do if a cow gets sick. Then Mr. Fischer taught us what they feed their …
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By Fisher Hilton, Owen-Withee 4th grade student
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4/10/24
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Mark your calendars for the Clark County “Bloomin’ Greenhouse Tour”- 2024. Get out and enjoy the breathtaking annual Bloomin’ Greenhouse Tour beginning mid-April through Fall …
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4/4/24
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Following the winter storm that dropped several inches of wet snow over Owen-Withee and surrounding areas, Reagen Friedenfels, her brother Jax and mom Nicole hopped into the spirit of the season and …
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Photo by Nicole Friedenfels
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3/27/24
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It’s time to think Spring! The Clark County Master Gardener Volunteers will be hosting their Annual Spring Garden Conference Saturday, April 6, starting at 9:30 a.m. in the Clark County …
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3/21/24
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