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Wisconsin and Minnesota fishery officials are considering the first changes to bag and size limits on the Mississippi River in 50 years.  The two state agencies say they don’t have any specific plans yet but will begin gathering information at five public hearings later this month.  The first will be held May 14th in Red Wing, Minnesota.  The two Wisconsin hearings are set for May 16th in Prairie du Chien and May 17th in La Crosse.  Any suggested changes would have to go through the ruling-making process, meaning the earliest they could go into effect would be 2020. Source: WRJC.com News At Other State Sites: [wp-rss-aggregator source=”87908,87904,713,696,676″]

Five Northwestern Wisconsin girls are now Cub Scouts. Isabelle and Abby Huber and Mary Catherine Jarman, all of Lake Nebagamon, and Hailey and Abby Monroe of Hawthorne were among the first girls in the Northland to join Cub Scouts on Tuesday, the first day girls could officially become part of the organization. The five girls and their parents gathered at the council’s office in Duluth, Minnesota Tuesday morning for a ceremony to mark the occasion. They are now part of Pack 212 in Northwestern Wisconsin. Source: WRJC.com News At Other State Sites: [wp-rss-aggregator source=”87908,87904,713,696,676″]

The U-S Environmental Protection Agency is accepting Wisconsin’s story and limiting the areas which will be facing tougher smog regulation.  The Walker administration and state business owners argued pollution problems in areas along Lake Michigan are actually caused by smog from Illinois and northern parts of Indiana.  Environmental groups worry that the E-P-A relaxing the rules won’t protect the air quality in eastern Wisconsin.  The federal agency found parts of Milwaukee, Sheboygan, Ozaukee, Door, Kenosha and Manitowoc counties were in violation of a new, tougher ozone standard.  Those counties, plus Waukesha and Washington counties, have been exempted from standards enacted while President Barack Obama was in office. Source: WRJC.com News

The latest on a military cargo plane crash in Georgia. Source: WAOW.com News At Other State Sites: [wp-rss-aggregator source=”87908,87904,713,696,676″]

The event will be May 7 in Wisconsin Rapids.        Source: WisconsinRapidsDailyTribune.com News At Other State Sites: [wp-rss-aggregator source=”87908,87904,713,696,676″]