SPARTA, Wis. — There were times during a recent trip to southwest Wisconsin when I didn’t know whether I wanted to grip my camera or my paddle. Paddling along a section of the winding Kickapoo River ...

The Kickapoo River is up to a record high of 23 feet in some places and could jump to 25 feet before the week is over. Water in Readstown crept over Highway 14, something local residents say has never ...

Aug. 26--Major flooding is a familiar occurrence for communities along the Kickapoo River in southwestern Wisconsin. But the magnitude of the water that swept through communities along the Kickapoo ...

The sun had barely risen at the Kickapoo Valley Ranch near La Farge, and I was already tempted to abandon my plans for the day and instead spend it rocking away on my cabin’s porch. I cradled a cup of ...

A swiftwater rescue was conducted in the afternoon hours of August 11, 2019 on the Kickapoo River between landing 10 and bridge 11, near Rockton, WI in the town of Whitestown. Sheriff Spears reports ...

Waukesha s Blue Fuel Marketing spent the past weekend helping people get to know nature in Wisconsin up close and personal. Waukesha’s Blue Fuel Marketing spent the past weekend helping people get to ...

VERNON COUNTY, Wis. (WEAU) - The Vernon County Sheriff is reporting a drowning occurred on Thursday June 1, 2023, at around 1:15 p.m., in rural Ontario, Wis. in the Town of Whitestown. According to a ...

The Kickapoo Reserve Dam Challenge Triathlon will be held Saturday, Oct. 7, with a race start of 9 a.m. The event takes place at the Kickapoo Valley Reserve, a public property in southwest Wisconsin ...

The floodwaters of the Kickapoo River cover streets and surround buildings in Ontario, Wis., on Tuesday. At the peak of the flash flooding earlier that day, the water was several feet higher; it broke ...

Prior to the acquisition of a 17-acre parcel of property on the Kickapoo River in Vernon County, there was only one piece of private land on an 18-mile stretch of the ancient, winding river. In ...

Everything from sports teams, to monuments, and locations are changing their names in an effort to combat cultural appropriation. One local coffee shop took on the task two years ago, and is now ...