MOLE LAKE, Wis. – In late August, Robert Van Zile Jr. looked out over Rice Lake with dismay. Brown spot disease had decimated this year's wild rice crop. The lake is home to the last remaining wild ...

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ATHENS TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — Long before Michigan was granted statehood, before the first pilgrims made landfall and even before Christopher Columbus made his fateful journey across the Atlantic, ...

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Broadcast version by Mike Moen for Wisconsin News Connection reporting for the Solutions Journalism Network-Public News Service Collaboration In the late summer of 2023, thick stands of wild rice ...

MOLE LAKE — In late August, Robert Van Zile Jr., looked out over Rice Lake with dismay. Brown spot disease had decimated this year's wild rice crop. The lake is home to the last remaining wild rice ...