Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wake-enhanced boats and cigarettes came to mind while musky fishing on an Oneida County lake. I gave up casual smoking 32 years ...

Here's a status report on wake boating in Wisconsin at the start of the 2026 boating season. Under Wisconsin law, wake boats ...

As parties grapple over how or whether to regulate wake-enhanced boating in Wisconsin, the spotlight will focus March 29 on Lake Beulah in Walworth County. The 812-acre lake is very popular with wake ...

A recently-released study on a Connecticut lake found wake boats operated in surf mode produced much greater wave energy, propeller downwash and disturbance of sediments than traditional motor boats.

Three-quarters of respondents to a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel poll say wake-enhanced boating should be regulated and more than half said it should be a blend of state and local rules. More than 725 ...

MADISON, Wis. (WSAW) - A broad coalition of Wisconsin groups recently formed to defend Wisconsin’s waters from the devastating impacts of wake-enhanced boating. The coalition is made up of Wisconsin ...

Wisconsin residents continue their efforts to get the Department of Natural Resources and legislators to act on issues related to wake-enhanced boating, including a "home lake" petition and ...

WAUPACA COUNTY, Wis. (WBAY) - A controversial wake boating ban continues to divide a community in Waupaca County. The towns of Farmington and Dayton heard from several community members on Wednesday ...

Wake boats are specialized watercraft designed to create large wakes for wake surfing, wake boarding or tubing. Over about the last decade these boats have become increasingly popular among water ...

A coalition is forming in Wisconsin to support tougher rules on wake-enhanced boating and recommend a framework for statewide legislation on the activity. "Our goal is to be proactive on this very ...

Wake-enhanced boats and cigarettes came to mind while musky fishing on an Oneida County lake. I gave up casual smoking 32 years ago, long before Gov. Jim Doyle and the Legislature passed a law ...