🌱 Why Hayward musky anglers are fighting Wisconsin’s new statewide opener date

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In today's newsletter:

• Why Hayward musky anglers are fighting Wisconsin’s new statewide opener date

Also on today's calendar: Memories & Melodies and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: How do you measure a fish? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Mostly sunny and very warm, with a high of 77 and low of 58 degrees.
• Thursday: Cloudy, breezy and very warm, temps: high: 75, low: 50.
• Friday: Mostly cloudy and cooler, with a high of 59 and low of 31 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Wisconsin anglers organize against earlier northern musky opener (stevenspointjournal.com) — Hayward anglers are helping lead a statewide push to roll back Wisconsin’s new earlier, single-date musky opener, arguing it could stress spawning fish in northern waters like the Chippewa Flowage. While the DNR insists modern catch-and-release makes the change biologically safe, recent spring hearings in Sawyer and other counties show growing opposition that could take years to translate into a rule reversal.
   

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📸 Around Hayward

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Hayward

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★ Featured events ★

Friday April 24

• Carol Z & Friends “Something to Talk About”. Bonnie, Joni, Stevie, Carole, and more. Women of story and song.
  The Park Center, 15791 US-63, Hayward
  7:00 pm

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Other local events

Thursday April 23

• Soccer: Girls Varsity vs. Ashland (Home)
  Hayward HS Varsity Soccer Field
  5:00 pm

Friday April 24

• Golf: Boys Varsity vs. Barron (Home)
  Hayward Golf Course
  4:00 pm

Sunday April 26

• Memories & Melodies
  The Park Center , 15791 US-63 , Hayward
  2:00 pm
• Memories and Melodies
  The Park Center , 15791 US-63 , Hayward
  2:00 pm

Tuesday April 28

• Soccer: Girls Varsity vs. Washburn (Away)
  Washburn High School
  5:00 pm

Thursday April 30

• Soccer: Girls Varsity vs. Barron (Away)
  Barron High School Old Gym
  5:00 pm

Friday May 1

• Soccer: Girls Varsity (Time Changed) vs. Rhinelander High School (
  Rhinelander High School
  7:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday April 22

• Grant Writing Course
  Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University , 13466 W Trepania Rd , Hayward
  9:00 am

Thursday April 23

• Indigenous Women's Poetry
  Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University , 13466 W Trepania Rd , Hayward
  2:00 pm
• Soccer: Girls Varsity vs. Ashland (Home)
  Hayward HS Varsity Soccer Field
  5:00 pm

Friday April 24

• Golf: Boys Varsity vs. Barron (Home)
  Hayward Golf Course
  4:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• This week, the spotlight is on Wisconsin’s 17 million acres of forestland because it's Forest Appreciation Week (April 20-24) and we'll be celebrating Earth Day on April 22 and Arbor Day on April 24!
  Nearly half of Wisconsin’s land is covered by forests or urban trees that provide ecological, economic, recreational and health benefits to residents… (Nextdoor )
• Celebrate Earth Week at Crex Meadows State Wildlife Area this Saturday, April 25!
  Come out from 8 a.m. - noon to help cleanup Crex, Fish Lake and Amsterdam Sloughs wildlife areas. Trash bags, high visibility vests and gloves will… (Nextdoor )

• USIC posted a job opening for Utility Locator in Hayward. Apply here.
• Army National Guard posted a job opening for 92W Water Treatment Specialist in Hayward. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Hayward here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Spooner

• Make Movement Day is Saturday (gazettextra.com)

Rice Lake

• Henry Repeating Arms Announces Major Expansion of America's Most Popular Rimfire Lever-Action Platform (huntinglife.com)
• Walking in the limbo of spring (gazettextra.com)
• Michna to portray 'the unsinkable Molly Brown' at Thursdays at the U (gazettextra.com)

Barron

• Barron's seeks a senior markets editor (talkingbiznews.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: By inches because they have no feet. (Thank you Gypsy S. for sending it in!)
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