Articles tagged with sturgeon

Tue, April 24, 2012

Fire destroys barn at bed and breakfast in Sturgeon Bay

STURGEON BAY, WI (WTAQ) - A Monday night barn fire in Sturgeon Bay leaves numerous animals dead at a bed and breakfast.  Dispatchers were called ...

Tue, April 03, 2012

Couple identified in Sturgeon Bay plane landing by non-pilot

STURGEON BAY, WI (WTAQ) - An 80-year-old Sturgeon Bay woman who landed a small plane after her husband collapsed behind the controls was identified today ...

Sun, April 01, 2012

Recent cold snap slows down sturgeon spawning

SHAWANO, WI (WTAQ) - Wisconsin wildlife officials say warmer temperatures this week may increase sturgeon spawning around Shawano.

Cold weather has slowed things down recently ...

Tue, March 20, 2012

Volunteer sturgeon guards needed for spawning season that could start next week

OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ) - The warm weather is dramatically alternating the timetable for sturgeon spawning on the Wolf River and Lake Winnebago shoreline. Volunteers are ...

Mon, February 20, 2012

Sturgeon spearing remain slow as ice, water clarity remain issues

OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ) - Mild weather, plus poor ice conditions, equals a small harvest for sturgeon spearing on Lake Winnebago. Only 23 fish were taken ...

Mon, February 13, 2012

U.S. fishermen on ice as sturgeon spear season opens

By Brendan O'Brien

WINNECONNE, Wis (Reuters) - Dan Loftus, on a mission to spear a sturgeon from the ice-choked waters of Lake Winnebago in ...

Mon, February 13, 2012

Mixed start to sturgeon spearing season

STOCKBRIDGE, WI (WTAQ)-Poor ice conditions and low water clarity are blamed for a weak start to the sturgeon-spearing season on Lake Winnebago.  A ...

Sun, February 12, 2012

Wisconsin fishermen on ice as sturgeon spear season opens

By Brendan O'Brien

WINNECONNE, Wis (Reuters) - Dan Loftus, on a mission to spear a sturgeon from the ice-choked waters of Wisconsin's Lake ...

Wed, February 08, 2012

Memorial for Bay family Thursday in Sturgeon Bay

STURGEON BAY, WI (WTAQ) - A memorial service will be held Thursday evening for a mother and two children killed in a triple murder-suicide in ...

Mon, January 30, 2012

Sturgeon Bay woman waives preliminary hearing in fatal overdose case

STURGEON BAY, WI (WTAQ) - A Sturgeon Bay woman accused of providing drugs in a fatal overdose case waived her preliminary hearing Monday.

28-year-old Andrea ...

Mon, January 30, 2012

Busy sturgeon-spearing season expected

UNDATED (WSAU) For the second year in a row, record numbers of Wisconsinites will take part in the annual sturgeon spearing season that takes ...

Fri, January 27, 2012

Sturgeon Bay woman charged in drug death

STURGEON BAY, WI (WTAQ) - A 28-year-old Sturgeon Bay woman has been charged in connection to a drug-related death.

Authorities say Andrea Esther has been ...

Sun, January 15, 2012

Sturgeon Bay fire officials rescue 2 fishermen

STURGEON BAY, WI (WTAQ) - Rescue crews from the Sturgeon Bay fire department have helped save the lives of two fishermen in Door County,

The ...

Wed, November 02, 2011

Sturgeon Bay man gets $2.5 million cash bond for stabbing wife

STURGEON BAY, WI (WTAQ) - A $2.5 million dollar cash bond was set Wednesday for a Sturgeon Bay man who is facing charges of ...